Quick reaction to help people? Like in a disaster?

No.

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[–] 36 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I see, and where in the constitution does it state that being in a crowd triggers exemptions from first amendment rights? I must have missed that part. Could have sworn angry crowds would fall under the whole ASSEMBLY portion.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The constitution only matters if its enforced. That's no longer the case. It's not worth pretending that we're living in times where it was at least marginally followed nor enforced.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    What makes me the most angry is the blatant hypocrisy. If Obama would have tried any of this we'd already be at war. But it's just been can I do this? Nobody stopped me. Can I do this? Nobody stopped me. Repeat 1000x

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    [–] 51 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (10 children)

    P25 was hoping people would be rioting by now and they keep upping the ante to try to get people to do it.

    However, if people did start to revolt, I doubt it would stop in the streets. It would be a multiple front effort, from digital, physical, and media fronts. The military lacks the resources to control the whole country and I honestly doubt that the American military is completely on Trump's side .

    And the current administration is dumb as fuck. They do not have the wherewithal to carry out martial law effectively. Trump is just doing his best to distract us from the Epstein files, his current shutdown failings, his ballroom, his crypto fraud, etc

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  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Anything to justify that Insurrection Act.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    At some point we need to just accept this is an inevitability and plan strategy with that in mind. Avoiding providing anything that could be justification can be useful to but time and build support or preparations, but it's not a stance that can just work indefinitely, because they will simply keep doing more extreme actions to try to provoke a reaction. Even if it takes public executions by masked agents of the regime to finally trigger the response, if they want to make violence happen, they can.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago* (6 children)

    I thought the same way until I read about the 2024 Venezuela presidential election.

    Maduro created an alternative government body to subvert the existing parliament and had judges on his side that said it was legal for him to do this. That allowed him to consolidate more power and further secure his position as a dictator.

    Even though everyone in Venezuela and across the world can see this blatant corruption, there's little the people can legally do about it, because the government doesn't work for them anymore. And you can see similar things happening in America. The gerrymandering of states, the use of military force on the citizenry, the threats of changing electoral laws, etc.

    It happened there, and it can definitely happen here if we let it. That's why its important we continue to protest, stand up, and make our voices heard lest we wind up like Venezuela or worse. That needs to be our cautionary tale, not our playbook.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    120 guns per 100 people in the US. Venezuela? 18.5 guns per 100 people.

    I'm not saying it would or should come to that, but if it did Americans are armed.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I think that's a good point. Americans are heavily armed and those that are generally know how to use them, however a gun alone is not enough. You need to have the will and desire to use it.

    How many Americans do you believe will do that?

    How many Americans could even hold their own against a lightly armored squad?

    I just don't believe in the fantasy of American citizens fighting the US government with their pistols and hunting rifles. I think that's a story they sell us to make us feel like we have power.

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  • [–] 29 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Americans ran off of countries to invade and now they had to invade themselves

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    Revealed: Pentagon orders states’ national guards to form ‘quick reaction forces’ for "thought control."

    FIFU

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Well though I've been very disappointed with the protests so far in that the amount of people was just insanely low.

    I just saw a protest in Bucharest where well over a million people showed up, well over 5% of their total population. Even the last no kings barely got to that level and that is after the country has been humiliated, made the world's laughing stock, destroyed, and converted to a fascist military state.

    Having said all that, I've been very positively impressed by the restraint that people have shown so far, this might actually be the winning card here, keep that up

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Well, I guess that conceal and carry permit was a good idea.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    National Guard ain't got level 5 plates...

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    [–] 37 points 1 year ago

    I miss when Bush being a war criminal was the shittiest thing.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago

    Quick reaction forces, you say? Like, lightning quick, with double ⚡⚡s? /S

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    So what are you guys doing to stay sane? Because between this, nuclear testing resuming and basically anyone they want to label antifa as a terrorist plus just the overall feel of dread. I'm starting to get really depressed and really angry. If I didn't have a wife or daughter whom I love very much. I'd be considering removing some people in the GOP with no regard to my own life. Starting to think Fear is the only thing those ghouls will understand here on out

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 year ago*

    So what are you guys doing to stay sane?

    I'm taking the bar exam in February. Figure the best I can do is help people in some way in a legal prococess to try and somehow get some sort of aid. Might be pultry in comparison to the harm suffered. But, it's the least I could do in this mad house.

    Starting to think Fear is the only thing those ghouls will understand here on out

    Fear doesn't work on them. They think themselves invulnerable because they're in power. But, when a despot is at the height of power (they get cocky), that is when they are most vulnerable.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago*

    Ooop here we go. Bout to get spicy.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
    [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Quick reactionary forces

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    [–] 15 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Preparation to quash dissent when he suspends the ‘26 midterms. Or pulls any number of other stunts.

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