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https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a33381103/donald-trump-federal-law-enforcement-protests-american-cities/Are We Supposed to Pretend We Aren't in the Hands of a Madman?
This is crazy bananas stuff aimed at scaring white people who live no closer to, say, Baltimore than they do to the moon.
By Charles P. Pierce
Jul 21, 2020
Should I be alarmed that the president* seems to want to set off a kind of civil war so he can butch himself up for television ads boosting him for re-election? Should I assume weve driven that deeply into the trackless frontiers of Crazyland?
Why the hell not?
From The New York Times:
What happens the first time a state trooper or a city cop draws down on one of the nameless federal goons in camo in Philadelphia or Milwaukee? Worse, what happens the first time a Fed kills or wounds a citizen and the local LEOs stand aside and do nothing? In either case, El Caudillo del Mar-a-Lago wins because he gets the chaos in which he thrives plus great B-roll for the gang down in the video shop. And its not like hes hiding it or anything.
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This is crazy bananas stuff aimed at scaring white people who live no closer to, say, Baltimore than they do to the moon. It also is using the most serious power the government in such a transparently self-serving way that Juan Peron would stop and say, Chill, jefe. Dont be so obvious.
The Coast Guard?
Are we supposed to pretend this is all normal? Are we supposed to pretend we arent in the hands of a madman?
Im going to need some guidance very soon.
Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)Everyone has treated this sick jerk like he is a normal person with normal characteristics. Just unfamiliar with traditional politics. He isnt and has proven daily hes without normal humanity or compassion or concern.
The Cretin counts on people doing nothing because he has never BEEN held accountable.
Some in the media are finally catching on and using the power of their platforms to fight back. The shock has probably worn off that this freak ISNT like anyone else and is incapable of normal emotions and intelligence.
It remains to be seen if it is too late. I tend to think we CAN fight back, but it will be painful.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)They apparently find it hard to believe anybody could be so purely evil. Well, I know from experience, it's possible.
Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,791 posts)Last edited Tue Jul 21, 2020, 04:18 PM - Edit history (1)
We are overdue, way overdue, to stop him.
Nov. 3rd is our last chance.
woodsprite
(11,940 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,791 posts)GeorgeGist
(25,326 posts)Stick a fork in US
Cha
(298,021 posts)we are.
BamaRefugee
(3,488 posts)all KNOW the situation we're in, we don't need daily reminders, WE NEED IDEAS AND METHODS AND STRATEGIES for dealing with it!!!
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)That's already happened. Twice. They shot a guy in the head and he's still got a brain bleed, severely wounded in the hospital. Then they broke that Navy guy's hand. Now they are teargassing pregnant women.
Charlie, do these injuries not count?
Demsrule86
(68,788 posts)when Biden is elected The DHS needs to go.
Lonestarblue
(10,156 posts)Anyone without cognitive difficulties would not find the last five questions unbelievably hard, so hard that most people would not be able to answer them. I daresay that anyone on DU could answer every question. We need to use this demand over and over: Use the 25th on the 45thnow.
hadEnuf
(2,223 posts)The Right Wing has always accused the other side of what they themselves are actually planning or doing.
Too bad it's had to get to this point in order for some to wake up, but then again some will still remain in denial.
Hekate
(91,005 posts)uponit7771
(90,371 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Mr. Ected
(9,675 posts)And we had no way to communicate or band together.
Nightmare stuff. Had a taste of it in 2016. I wouldn't doubt we'd be slated for termination by the neofascists, only this time they'd reveal themselves and swell in pride.