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For years, prominent voices on the right argued that Democrats were enacting a police state. They labeled everything—a report on homegrown extremism, IRS investigations into nonprofits—a sign of impending authoritarianism.
Everything from the right is projection.
They are bad, dishonest , broken, people.
Every projection is a confession.
That's what a projection is.
Your guns are next
Just the “liberal” guns, at first…
How are they going to justify that?
If someone voices something different than what they want, they label them as communist extremists and create a fake group name like antifa to which they claim they were apart of. Which they already labeled antifa as a terrorist organization, thus giving them the ability to prosecute with no way to prove someone isn't in antifa, as the group doesn't really even exist unless it's 1930s Germany. Whether or not they end up being able prove your guilty, remember Trump during his first term stated he believed in taking away the guns first, and then doing the investigation. Mike Pence had to walk him back on that because it would be unconstitutional.
To be fair it doesn’t seem that far from 1930s Germany
It's not. They're following the same path almost exactly.
Call them unAmerican and take their guns; if they complain, throw them in Alligator Auschwitz
According to their fascist dogma, dissent is inherently treasonous, so they won't need any further justification.
Also, Wilhoit's Law applies:
Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition ... There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect
And once they eliminate the out-group it will never be them who is the new out-group.
Why do you think they'll need to justify it?
With lies, like everything else
I know I just don’t see that going well. Especially since all the no limits on gun ownership rhetoric from the last 20 years
Maga dipshits have proven time and again they don't care about what stance they held yesterday if they're told to think otherwise today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxgybgEKHHI
This was his first term.
I have people still saying they voted for him before a "Gun grabbing democrat"
How did Taco "justify" DC?
My bet is all at once. Within a year.
Nothing to see here. Just putting the military in place for his coup.
ACAB
We should start a strongly worded letter writing campaign. If they don't respond we'll get really serious and get on the phones. We might even peacefully protest if it comes down to it.
Uh, when did the right wing warn about anything? I remember a whole lot of projection because they are the ones that are filled with the antisocial trait known as right wing authoritarianism.
They've always howled about how Democrats are taking away people's rights and freedoms. As you say, it's projection.
And not a single person on the left is going to do anything meaningful to stop it.
Fuck you. It's not easy. It's not simple. And we are trying. The united states is fucking huge and the problem is a long time in the making. The game is rigged. There are already more good guys than bad guys, but the bad guys are outmaneuvering us. So either help us, or shut the fuck up.
trying really really hard. totally.
So excited to see you out there shooting up fascists and not online posting bullshit about how Noone is doing anything to stop it. Go do it asshole be the change you want to see