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OT: American Politics

When Trump invokes the Insurrection Act, the anti-Trump protests aren’t going to last very long.

It’s not alarmist at all, sadly. It’s just factually pointing out what they’ve done, what they are doing, and what they say they’re doing next.
 
axlsalinger said:
Again, you guys are misunderstanding what I'm saying. I am pretty sure this will lead to a Constitutional crisis eventually. But that is not happening tomorrow.

And if you think this won't also lead to mass protests and a vicious legal fight, you're wrong.
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It's ALREADY a Constitutional crisis. Those reporters are in a Central American gulag right now because the Trump Administration decided to ignore a court order from a federal judge. They did it, and they're getting away with it and most people in America don't even know why this is important, wouldn't care if they did know, and don't have the mental capacity to understand the deeper meaning of it.

The only reason it doesn't feel like a crisis is because people are so dumbed down and checked out that they no longer pay attention and don't even know or care about what's constitutional and what isn't.
 
WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou said:
It's ALREADY a Constitutional crisis. Those reporters are in a Central American gulag right now because the Trump Administration decided to ignore a court order from a federal judge. They did it, and they're getting away with it and most people in America don't even know why this is important, wouldn't care if they did know, and don't have the mental capacity to understand the deeper meaning of it.

The only reason it doesn't feel like a crisis is because people are so dumbed down and checked out that they no longer pay attention and don't even know or care about what's constitutional and what isn't.
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"Unconstitutional" is just a misused word now. It means "something that i don't like" as opposed to "something that violates the constitution.

I am old enough to remember when awesome meant "something that inspires awe" as opposed to it's misuse now.
 
LeafGm said:
The one thing I'll say about this is that I'd caution anyone who takes too much comfort in the fact that Trump is a buffoon.

History, both recent and ancient, is full of authoritarians, dictators and monarchs who were complete fucking buffoons, but nonetheless bumblefucked their way into absolute power through a combination of leveraging their few strengths, lots of luck and the feckless incompetence of their political opponents. And then went on to be the authors of an incalculable amount of human misery.
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As any Leafs fan should know...
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hockeylover said:

View: https://bsky.app/profile/newseye.bsky.social/post/3lkl3lsuvxs2r

we dunno who these people are do we? they never went to court or anything?
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no due process, no.

that video is fucking horrific. like, it's one thing to treat these people so inhumanely. it's entirely another to film it and proudly broadcast it. it's so fucked. the cruelty is the point.

everyone who wants to tell us 'things are okay' or 'this is normal' should watch that video and see if it changes their minds.
 
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