We’re Nearing the Day When ICE Thugs Just Open Fire on Crowds – The United States is now closer to Assad’s Syria than to anything we recognize as fitting within the understood norms of American history.
https://newrepublic.com/post/205379/ice-thugs-violence-minneapolis-maine
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Need some quiet pills
It’s absolutely going to happen. And everyone will be shocked for some reason. But it’s the next logical step in things that have been happening. I’d even say it’s inevitable. So for the folks out there protesting in the streets, be safe.
Americans don’t recognize the state of decline because most are far too young to remember and recognize how far America had climbed from when the police fired on crowds during civil rights marches and school integration protests….
They want a theocratic dictatorship. It’s the complete antithesis to America with separation of church and state, but it’s exactly what conservatives want. Religiously sanctioned violence.
Un-American.
I mean a crowd I guess but they have already opening fire on people.
They just haven’t run into anyone who’s tired of their shit yet.
They will and it won’t be good for anyone.
Why do you think they’re afraid of Philly.
I recently saw a scene from Handmaids Tale where two cops with machine guns emerge from behind a shield wall. They don’t start firing immediately, but eventually they do.
This is pure evil.
But it’s liberals and minorities so christofacist cons are not just completely fine with it, they’re damn near giddy.
I wonder if they’ve ever heard of the Boston Massacre? I mean prob not, since they all likely failed history in high school.
The reason they haven’t yet – can you imagine the backlash?
I don’t disagree that it’s likely, but I am willing to bet it would be a huge mistake for them. Indiscriminately firing into a crowd will lead to massive demonstrations, and doubling down on shooting protesting crowds means full fledged revolution.
I see so many posts doomering about how Americans aren’t doing anything – stop that. Look at our brothers and sisters in Minneapolis. They are leading the charge.
Yet you turn on the television news and they aren’t talking about this at all, it’s absolutely unbelievable. This situation is not being treated with appropriate urgency.
Something was once written in a famous document that went something like ‘right to bare arms in an organized militia’ as a check to prevent unchecked government abuse of power. I can’t remember what that document is.
Can someone help me out?
Obviously /s. I know, you know, they know…stay safe out there good people!
Happy 250th America. Enjoy your new occupation.
Ya notice how Trump didn’t stop a single death in Iran?!? He’s gonna kill dozens if not hundreds in the next week. Impeachment Now.
I honestly don’t see a revolt happening until then, citizen or goverment. It will take a mass casualty event to galvinize resistance against the Trump Regime.
Bad article title, when and if it does happen, we can appeal to instances in our own history like Kent state or World War Two interment, and many more more remote instances where the government has actively killed or taken action against citizens. There is no reason to compare America to Syria, or to say this hasn’t happened before, or has no precedent in American history. If we want to go full spectrum there are plenty of analogous events from the civil war, reconstruction, the revolutionary war, conflicts with native Americans and so on.
I wish the new republic would occasionally turn the descriptive dial down from 11 so that it actually has an impact when they do.
The main problem conservatives have with the Islamic Republic of Iran is they are the wrong religion and ethnicity, and oppose American geopolitical interests. Many conservatives don’t oppose the regime substantially
That’s because when you elect leaders with the mindset of third world leaders (remember most third world countries are very right wing), you get third world elements.
As a bleeding heart who has spent a lifetime advocating sensible gun control. This is what guns are for people. Exercise your 2A rights and defend yourselves and communities against tyranny. We can’t keep waiting for someone else to fix this. Our government should feel safe to operate within the confines of the law, and absolutely terrified to step outside of them. We have a right to life and liberty. If a tyrant tries to take that right make them regret it. If you are uncomfortable talking about armed resistance when ice is documented kidnapping, raping, and killing US citizens, you might as well lay down now, because it is over. Things don’t return to normal after this. They aren’t going to stop until we make them stop.
For the midterms, ICE will be providing “protection” for all the polling places.
They will be checking ID’s to protect the voters from criminal illegal aliens and domestic terrorists.
C’mon, National Guard troops litereally walked up on a hill and started taking pot shots at Kent State protestors, killing four and wounding nine back in the ’70s. And that was just 30 years ago.
Umm. We’re in a messed up state but Kent State anyone?
I am absolutely certain that a certain demographic of MAGA are thirsty for their uninhibited king to turn Minneapolis, New York City, LA and other ‘lib cities’ into Grozy, Homs or Aleppo.
They’re the types who would see *The Purge* movies and the New Founding Fathers party as an inspiration rather than a warning. And the country is in this hell because too many folks thought Trump would address egg prices.
I mean, if you elect a bunch of Nazis don’t be surprised when they recreate the Gestapo.
Yeah, feel like we are just waiting for a “Boston Massacre” type of event, then things will explode, then full martial law, which I think they want.
Trump is the worst leader. His ego, bigotry, greediness and misogyny have no place in government. This man is simply an evil human. The GOP knew it since his first term and nominated him as a reflection of their values. The Republicans need to clean house. Their party is getting creepier by the day. Typical child and woman abusers supporting abuse and male dominance.
I’m confused. Hasn’t law enforcement in this country been doing this shit to black people for decades? For example: https://slamonline.com/the-magazine/the-story-of-the-jersey-four/
Was The New Republic established in 2024 so maybe this is all new to them? Is it because it happened to a white lady? Is it because the president who said he’d do shit like this, got elected, and then proceeded to do shit like this?
You should remember what the Second Amendment is and act accordingly.
Remember when he said Kamala would make the US a 3rd World country?
This is the tyrannical government the founding fathers were concerned about.
And the second amendment people, where are they? Of course, cheering for it. The American govt has a history of shooting and bombing undesirables. Now the undesirable are liberals.
Trump probably will try to use the chaos he sowed to declare martial law and cancel elections. We were inching toward dictatorship, but now it’s getting to be like ketchup.