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‘The Homegrowns Are Next’: Trump Promises to Send American Citizens to El Salvador in Harrowing Comments to Bukele

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‘The Homegrowns Are Next’: Trump Promises to Send American Citizens to El Salvador in Harrowing Comments to Bukele

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My Rubicon has been crossed. If you aren't sabotaging American infrastructure and Republican operations at this point you are subdued are complicit. This is a deadly attack on Democracy and the American People that hasn't been seen since WW2 against Japanese American citizens. Ask George Takei how that was.
- Friendly reminder that we are looking at a government that is likely going to imprison political dissidents and you do not know who the admins of lemmy.world are or what they will and won't turn over before and after getting a call from the secret police.
  Just like the rest of us don't know who you are and don't know if you are that "protester" with a very visible body armor and gun bulge under your shirt.
  The Internet is a beautiful thing to make disseminating information and organizing protests MUCH easier. But it is also a great way to release insane amounts of personal information to bad actors. Practice good OPSEC and understand who you are communicating with AND who is listening.
  
  They're not in the US. I think they're based in the Netherlands or something. You are 100% correct though. My account is a prime example of what not to do.
- Yeah, it can't be overstated how bad this is. This is functionally the end of due process. If the government says you're a criminal, you get memory holed in El Salvador without a trial, and you are never coming back.
- for everyone who hasn't crossed their Rubicon, declare to yourself now what your limits are
Why is this not enough to remove him from office?
- Because Republicans control all three branches of government and removal requires a 2/3 majority vote in the Senate after a successful impeachment in the House.
  
  And the qons like this.
- It is, but that's like, hard.
- Come on, you know the reason.
I said it before: everything is moving much faster than anyone could have reasonably anticipated. At the current rate we might see the first American citizens being deported by next week. Do you still think it's not going to happen? What other things did you think wouldn't happen.
Death to Donald Trump.
- Sic semper tyrannis
How are those peaceful protests going?
- I have been saying this for a bit. Peaceful protests work in a democratic environment.
  Trump is a narcissistic psychopath. He only understands power. So we're likely gonna have to get violent to get him out of there. Just saying
  
  Depends on what you mean by peaceful. Plenty of violent, authoritarian dictators have been overthrown by largely nonviolent collective action.
- Yup. Peaceful protests only work when the tyrant actually cares about the opinion of the protesters and may want to go out with even a shred of dignity.
  That doesn't work for self-absorbed scum who believes they're above everyone else and thinks they can win by bulldozing the opposition - appealing to the good will of a sociopath won't save you, because there's none there.
  He's calling the people's bluff, and he damn well knows the people don't want to get their hands dirty.
  All the defense of school shootings for what? For a second amendment that isn't even used in the only situation in history where it would be justified? All talk, no action. And Trump is exploiting it big time.
- So how does your snarky Lemmy comment helps fight fascism again? Does attempts at stopping the organisation of a resistance movement while it's in its infancy roadblocks the rise of fascism or bolsters it, in your opinion?
  More importantly, what effort have you done to organise a resistance that is more effective than the protest that you sneer at?
  
  Physically put my body on roads to block coal trucks from the Great Barrier Reef. Instead of peacefully holding a sign where the police gave me permission to do so, I risked my freedom and safety by body blocking trucks and giving police chase. They never caught me, but the NYPD got me for blocking the Brooklyn Bridge during the Occupy protests (along with 800 other people).
  What about you, how does your snarky Lemmy comment help fight against fascism again?
If we manage to have elections in for years, I will vote for any Democrat that vows to use the powers that Trump has laid out against Republicans.
Goose and gander if we can make it through these dark times.
Hope he said thank you … He could of at least put a suit on

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