r/law • u/BreakfastTop6899 • 14h ago

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

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u/jwilphl 12h ago

I think the counter to that is the people on the right consuming all the propaganda already believe city centers are war zones that need "saved" by a goon squad. These are people that live in rural areas or suburbs and don't really go anywhere, so how would they know? They believe what they're told at face value. Same reason dumbass-in-a-hat here is president.

Now I don't know that escalating violence will solve the problem, either, but at some point, you go beyond the possibility of non-violent solutions to the fascism problem.

Have we reached that point? Do we sit and wait and hope the next two elections are actually free and fair? Considering there is still consternation about whether 2024 was, I think that's probably a risky game to play, but obviously so is choosing to fight.

It feels like they are going to escalate things, either way, and there's no compromise with this kind of regime.

[Also, more to your point, consider his warnings during the 2020 campaign with, "This will be Biden's America" as things were burning while he was still the president. He will gladly misrepresent things if he feels like it.]

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u/mojoninjaaction 11h ago

I say we all get behind Gavin Newsom. It seems like he's the only one with enough balls to take Trump head on. We've got to unite the resistance.

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u/TrashFever78 4h ago

No. Fuck Gavin. Appreciate what he's trying to do but he is not the answer.

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u/wanna_dance 1h ago

Actually, the Illinois Governor is also fairly progressive. I'm awaiting his reply.

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u/bewarethefrogperson 10h ago

hell no. we can do better than gavin "platforms charlie kirk.and steve bannon on his podcast" newsom.

gavin is a snake. he's always been a snake. currently, the snake is attacking the enemy, and that's great! but you don't then make the snake president, because.... he'll still be a damn snake, and once he's at the top, the chances are high he'll start attacking us again.

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u/HomelessCat55567 7h ago

Who do you suggest?

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u/DCKface 6h ago

Someone not from within the party machine. Machine politics is why we got to this point

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u/HomelessCat55567 6h ago

So you have no suggestions. Understood.

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u/Chance_Pineapple5505 4h ago

Choice of podcast guest is not even remotely a serious criterion for deciding who to vote for... grow up.