WideEyedStupid

I didn’t necessarily mean violence. I meant… stop staying in designated places. Block every highway, strike in every state, stop buying more and more crap, stop giving the ruling class their money. Grind society to a halt. When garbage is piled 2 stories high and their toilets haven’t been cleaned for weeks, you’ll suddenly have more power at any negotiating table. They can’t arrest all of you. Don’t stay in the designated places, don’t plan for an end to any protest. If they know when and where you will be, and for how long, they’ll just ignore it. Think about it. I would ignore it if I knew for sure it was going to end anyway. Strike and protest and don’t let up.

And be careful when you say you are against “unlawful” things… because it’s fascists who make the law. If you never want to break their laws, you might as well give up now. Like… wtf is an unlawful strike? That’s the fucking point. It’s unlawful? So what? Do it anyway! If you only do what they allow you, where they allow you, when they allow you… well, then why would they ever listen and/or change? You’re already obedient like they want.

Oh, I’m sure it won’t look the same as it did back then, but honestly, did any Americans expect there to be an SA-equivalent in the US that would gun down people in broad daylight and get away with it? How about sending people to torture camps in El Salvador with no recourse? If you think something won’t ever happen, you’ll miss the warning signs too.

Besides, I think humanity learned not nearly enough of our collectively history of wars. We’re still killing each other for no fucking reason.

For now. It’s not like the Nazis started gassing people in extermination camps on day 1 while Mengele was cutting up twins. That’s the thing. They started with one thing, and people didn’t like it but got used to it. Then they added another thing, and people eventually accepted that too. And so on. It got worse and worse. But once you accept the small things, you’ll accept more and more. When we compare to Nazi Germany, we don’t compare it to 1944 Germany, but to 1930’s Germany. To how it started and how it changed.

That’s why I knew years ago during Trump’s first term, that this kind of shit would happen. It’s the natural consequence when people accept the shit they did from him back then. And now he’s worse, and people still accept it. And don’t come to me with “but look at the protests!~!!” because they don’t work. Protesting only where and when it’s allowed is not a protest, it’s a parade, and it can (and will!) be ignored by the powers that be. Well, or used as an excuse to kill more of you. Americans are being killed in broad daylight and nothing is being done. People are being sent to concentration camps on foreign soil, and nothing is being done. Minorities are losing their rights and protections, and nothing is being done. It’s kinda like how Jewish people at first ‘only’ lost their rights and German people just accepted it and let it happen… But it escalated and we know where it ends. You are already collectively accepting the former.

Also remember: The Nazis never won by vote. They never even got a majority of the vote. They were handed power by the conservatives/liberals, because they hated the communists and socialists more than they hated the Nazis, and they thought they could control Hitler. Your democrats are doing the same now. They turn on the leftists and by doing so are helping Trump and his fascist buddies.

They don’t need majority support to do anything, as long as people just stand by and let it happen anyway.

My last phone was a Huawei Ascend P7. I always use my phones until they break or my apps stop working, which was the case with the Huawei, it still works, but the Android version was too old, so my banking app stopped working. Anyway, I used that phone for more than 7 years. And the battery still lasted more than a day by the time I had to replace it. Even the UI wasn’t terrible.

My current phone is reaching the 7 year mark as well, and I ordered a new one which should arrive in a month or so. Hopefully it will also survive for 7+ years (Jolla phone this time).

Anyway, yeah, nothing but good things to say about the Huawei device I had.

I don’t know anything about his other comments or about the user, but the comment I responded to is 100% true. Rape has a specific definition and this is not it. It’s still indefensible, you’re absolutely right. It’s a disgusting violation and these men need to be charged with sexual assault.

All these down votes… I guess about half the people here want words to no longer have definitions.

It’s definitely not rape, but these guys need to get charged with sexual assault or something. If this happens a lot, they’re obviously getting away with it. That’s just disgusting.

I had never heard of Ms. Rachel. Hmm, thanks!

This is great! Where was this taken?

From the article:

Miller went even further to say that not only left-wing groups, but also anyone who supports left-wing causes, must be subject to persecution. The issue with U.S. institutions, he said, is that they have grown too “soft” in cracking down on left-wing beliefs.

“Nothing that we do works if the threat of violence and terror goes on unchecked. Our political systems don’t work. Our judicial systems don’t work. Our legal systems don’t work. Our jury trials don’t work,” said Miller. “At the same time, we have to understand there’s a real threat that those who are not themselves terrorists but who support left-wing violence will create the conditions that allow that violence to go on.”

So no. Anyone who supports (what they deem) left-wing causes is targeted.

And what a loss it would be!

Dwarf Fortress: 0

Rimworld: … too much. 2k+. I need better hobbies. :D

I currently have a colony with 6 infertile cat people (3 couples with psychic bonds) who hate other people so much they refuse to recruit anyone, so they all became mechanitors. Randy is an asshole this time, though.

Not to be that person, but (in this case) actually… From the article:

Trump, a Republican, issued proclamations under the Antiquities Act to reduce their size by about 90% each. He took similar actions during his first term, but those were reversed by President Joe Biden, a Democrat.

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Biden designated or expanded more than a dozen monuments and had a goal to conserve at least 30% of U.S. lands and waters by 2030.

Not a big fan of centrists, but credit where it’s due, I suppose. Though you are most certainly right that a lot of damage has been done by the Trump Administration that probably won’t be fixed.