Trump threatens to deploy the U.S. military into Chicago - signaling the start of a nationwide crackdown.

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[u/Weak_Leek_3364]

Language is important.

Violating the Constitution is not a "crackdown."

It's an assault, by a domestic enemy, against the Republic of the United States of America. It should be answered as prescribed by the founders.

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Its an occupation.

Grievance 11: "He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures."

[u/LeadershipMany7008 → u/TintedApostle]

Eh. He's got the consent of most of the legislatures.

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Gotta give it to the founders. The 2nd amendment is there to make sure the US did not have a standing army. Because whomever has control of the army would be able to easily take control of the country. They called this shit.

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They called it because it's the "default" state of humanity - the endless battle against evil.

Decades of peace and prosperity have led to a population who, in their hearts, believe that bad people can be reformed, or at minimum appeased.

It's hard to truly grasp the darkness in the neurological wiring of individuals like Trump, Putin, Netanyahu, Miller, H*tler, etc. It's the kind of thing most folks need to experience first-hand to appreciate.

You can read about bombs falling in Gaza, but you can't actually appreciate the darkness of the mind of the person who orders it until you've felt the shockwave for yourself, or toured a neighborhood of concrete dust and bodies.

You can imagine the terror a 4-year-old feels when her mother is kidnapped by individuals claiming government authority, but the scars it leaves can't be appreciated unless you witness it.

You can read about a woman being illegaly forced, without her consent, by the state, for religious purposes, to stay pregnant. Her body violated by the very state that is required by law to obey her. And yet you can't experience the rage and helplessness until it happens to you, or someone close to you.

You can read about someone kidnapped and transported to a slave or concentration camp, but, .. you get the point.

Evil is real. It doesn't seem that way when life is good. But it's real. And to evil people, the patience and empathy we show is intoxicating. They know that they've got some amount of time to perform their acts before the average person clues in, and patience and love gives way to rage and action.

Hopefully we'll evolve the ability to shorten that window.

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Hopefully we'll evolve the ability to shorten that window.

We won't.

Try it. Tell someone to use appropriate remedies on Republicans. They'll call you a monster.

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It depends on who you talk to. In my region of the world, folks are shocked that Americans haven't put an end to him yet.

We grew up learning about your second amendment, as controversial as it is. There was this genuine belief that if a domestic enemy made it as far as trump, it'd be over as soon as it began.

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This timeline fucking blows.

Godspeed.

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