Funny how Americans were harping how their guns protect them from a tyrannical government and now that the government is tyrannical it's all crickets.
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The loudest ones are the ones who support this garbage. Please keep that in mind.
Nah the loudest ones are the pussies
The Venn diagram on that is almost a circle
Yup. Guns are often owned by the most fearful. Some have good reason, but most are just idiots... Hense gun violence.
Since they are so prevalent, there's a good reason to own one in many locations and career paths here. But yeah, it's a mess.
Because those same who were loud about their 2nd amendment rights are the ones enforcing this. Not the other way around.
Besides from pointing out that the guns-are-my-identity people are all ultra-conservative, consider that any violent resistance being planned would not be broadcast.
OPSEC is a thing y'all need to remember that.
Those were the people stockpiling weapons as a threatening signal to the "undesirables" to stay in their place.
Also, some of those stockpiling weapons and talking about "freedom" get rock-hard over the idea of being deputized by a fascist government so they could do their worst on the "undesirables".
They don't give a fuuuuck about liberty, freedom or any of the litany of other bullshit they and other conservatives have been going on about for decades. None of that is real.
Personal examples: I can name several such people, some of whom are in the United States National Guard, one of whom specifically was interviewed by Newsweek for being one of the jackboots who cleared Lafayette Square so Asset Krasnov could hold a Bible upside down. I grew up with the asshole. He was on record blubbering about how hard it was on the Guard to be being fascist (not his exact words, but the gist of it). He's also all over Facebook spouting some of the most hateful rhetoric you'll see outside Stormfront.
I used to try to get thoughts across to him, to see his point of view and help him see mine. Then I realized it is utterly futile to try with him and people like him, as they only use words as a means of deception rather than communication.
Get ready to be shocked
"Americans" refers to 300 million human individuals.
"Get ready to be shot"
I guess that was relevant somehow? Just tired of smarmy non-Americans think they're automatically smarter than all Americans and then going on the internet and proving otherwise.
That was mostly the NRA.
Which has acted as a foreign asset
But the tyrant plays for their team, so it's all good!
They have “we the people” flags hanging in their backyards. It makes them feel safe while they bbq.
Thankfully, MJ gets the headline right here. Way too many milquetoast outfits calling this a "crackdown" implies there is even a shred of legitimacy to what Taco is doing here.
Crackdown is the wrong term because it implies there's something that needs to be addressed.
I'm not sure if "invasion" is right either. Closer, but it's troops on their home territory, so invasion seems inaccurate too.
Maybe occupation?
Invasion.
No, just mindlessly repeating things doesn't make it true.
Russia is finally invading the United States via Trump. And the US doesn’t even realize it.
Do it. Invade all major cities and get people pissed of to the point where militia and that precious right to bare arms become useful.
I hope you are right and people will stand up for their rights, but… I’m skeptical.
In the timeless words of Winston Churchill, "You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else."
Mmmmm. I believe they will. We don't have nearly enough learned helplessness to bend over and take it.
DC isn't any of the cities he's threatening. And if you look at DC, they aren't being quiet about this either.
Hope I'm right too thb...
The more pressure, the more likely. Otherwise, parents will leave their kids in a world that is not worth anything good. Pain and suffering, not much else.
Yo... A lot of those gun toting assholes want this
Until they don't...
Lol.
No. They think they do. Nobody who is actually familiar with it does.
”Whaddya gunna do ‘bout it?”, he added.
Average person: "Yeah right, take off the tinfoil hat man, that'll never happen!"
These are basically drills for when the breakdown in society really starts
This is not a threat this will happen we all need to be prepared and ready to defend ourselves and what we believe in.
Bring it. Spread those resources thin.
Remember: THIS WAS ALL AVOIDABLE.
“The revolution will be bloodless if the left allows it to be.”
Congratulations, US “left.” You’re allowing it to be.
Hawaii invasion part 2?
blanketing the news from discussing you know what that doesnt wanted released.
You mean the Epstein files?!?!