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[–] Red_October@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago (2 children)

What may have been the largest organized protests in American history were just a few days back, the president has record-breakingly low approval, even his own party's talking heads are turning against him. If you're not going to be satisfied by anything short of armed uprising then at least be brave enough to say as much, but pretending that Americans just don't see anything wrong and aren't doing anything is an act of wilful and blatant ignorance.

[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I wouldn't rest on your laurels just yet. You'll know when you've begun to turn the tide because the beast will lash out. The restraint we are seeing right now just means they've got a whole lot more in the tank.

You dont have to look further than last October to see this same type of hubris play out. Kamala had momentum and there was 100% a point where if the vote happend then she would have won. For what ever reason they backed off on the "weird" stuff and started rolling out the neocons. The DNC is going to fuck you and you wont even see it coming.

[–] Red_October@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You're only proving that you don't actually have any idea what's going on here, acting like we're resting on our laurels because there was a big protest. Nobody here is thinking "Yeah we made ourselves heard, job's done!" Nobody here says the fight is won, but you're out here acting like nothing is being done at all.

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[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

You know what Hitler did when he had low approval? He made disapproving illegal.

Just wait for it.

[–] Puddinghelmet@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Pull ICE masks, I would let them shoot me just to protect the person they're abducting, fckn nazi's, u wanna shoot an american citizen and make me a martyr? be my guess and see what'll happen

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[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 23 points 5 days ago (4 children)
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[–] jimjam5@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

For Texas at least, under penal code 9.31(a)(1-3) it’s presumed to be reasonable self defense to use force (it specifically does not mention what kind of force, but it is assumed that deadly force is included, I think) against a person who “was committing or attempting to commit aggravated kidnapping, murder, sexual assault, aggravated sexual assault, robbery, or aggravated robbery.”

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago (26 children)

There are still people here who still make the excuse that Harris is just as bad as Trump, you guys are fucked as a country

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[–] WhatsTheHoldup@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Are people in denial? It just seems like a commonly understood thing. I've talked to straight CNN consuming boomers and even they see it for what it is.

For the record I'm in Canada so maybe it's just hard to see from the inside.

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[–] misteloct@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Third term? I'd be glad if we came to terms with it by his 6th term.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago (6 children)

I am fully prepared for writing off this entire fucking generation.

We're going to enter dictatorship, tyranny, wars without end, mass waves of poverty, degradation of all our comforts and rights, and techno-feudalism and the average American literally- Does. Not. Care.

This is the way the pendulum swings sometimes. A massive group of people have to literally fucking rot in misery for no reason before their kids grow up and start anew with renewed energy and drive. I know this generation certainly doesn't have it. Let's not be fooled by millions of people turning out for celebratory marches on a single weekend. We all know that won't do anything and it will be a miracle if we can muster up enough group momentum to even get that again.

[–] witten@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago (3 children)

You may be prepared to give up, but the rest of us aren't. I hope you find your hope before it's too late.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

going on a half-century and seeing everyone make the same stupid mistakes over and over, seeing generations not only not pass down wisdom but actively abandon the next generation over and over, it makes it hard to have hope.

I respect and support anyone trying to make change, I will continue to do what I can in my situation, but I don't have expectations anymore. At a point I'll be retreating to the woods with my loved ones to close out the world and spend more time gardening than scrolling.

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[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The guys so old, I'm not sure hell make it through this term. He's clearly not well, but that's what makes this all crazier. Dems at least knew to kick out their senile old man, how the Republicans are okay with this is wild.

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[–] Jhogenbaum@leminal.space 13 points 5 days ago (2 children)

What pic are they referencing?

[–] razzazzika@lemmy.zip 8 points 4 days ago

For some it'll probably take til his fourth

[–] brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 13 points 5 days ago (5 children)

The same way they have been in denial until now. Why did you wait for trump to comes to terms with it?

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[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 18 points 5 days ago (3 children)

How long? My guess is that masked unmarked people that don't even verbally identify themselves will be shot at (and killed?) by someone as they're walking down the street when law enforcement are attempting to take into custody. My guess is that this shooter will either be killed by the unmarked and masked law enforcement or that person will be arrested and charged.

This is the point when all of the "every day carry" gun folks (and there are a lot of these) will then be faced with the question when they could every use their gun to defend themselves and not be facing charges themselves through no fault of their own.

I think thats when it finally tips enough people into the category to be against trump's actions.

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