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Yes, it does. It’s part of a pretty consistent pattern of neutering political opposition to the MAGA crowd, and can’t really reasonably be viewed as anything else.
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On September 23 2025 09:19 WombaT wrote:Yes, it does. It’s part of a pretty consistent pattern of neutering political opposition to the MAGA crowd, and can’t really reasonably be viewed as anything else.
It‘s wild, honestly.
Not that everything they do is okay as is usual for groups that can form into mobs, and mobs are usually dumb.
But just slapping a terrorist label on people who oppose fascism ? Just doing that could suggest you are antifa if they want to.
Especially after he pardoned a bunch of the capitol rioters it seems absolutely one-sided.
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On September 23 2025 09:10 WombaT wrote:
Charlie Kirk isn’t all that relevant to how ICE is currently operating, and whether that’s desirable or not.
I think it very much is. If someone is willing to take on the millionaire with private security what chances someone without this resources have?
On September 23 2025 09:09 Luolis wrote:
Just to confirm, Razyda, do you think that police should cover their faces and hide identification? Surely they are also at risk and should be protected.
What I think is police should be able to protect their identity from general public. They should have some sort of identification (as in badge number, not a name and address on it though). In case conservative position is unclear: Lynch by general public is a no, no.
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The idea to improve policing in the nation by further dehumanizing the police is certainly a bold strategy.
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You ever notice civil rights activists didn't hide their faces but the KKK did, even though the latter killed the former and it didn't go both ways?
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This. This is the sort of protesting that need to be happening in the US right now
ROME (AP) — Thousands of protesters and strikers calling for solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza took to the streets in Italy on Monday, with some storming Milan’s central train station and clashing violently with police.
Italy’s grassroots unions, which represent hundreds of thousands of people ranging from schoolteachers to metalworkers, called for a 24-hour general strike in both public and private sectors, including public transportation, trains, schools and ports.
The strike caused disruptions across the country, with long delays for national trains and limited public transport in major cities, including Rome.
apnews.com
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Can’t you eventually and theoretically doxx a police officer through their identification number because it is, well, an identification number? What’s the point of that sort of policy unless your goal is to make it as difficult as possible to report a police officer where witnesses of foul play are essentially required to remember an even harder to see and remember licence plate number.
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And for the majority of interactions with police you can bring them to court where the police officer will have to show up and swear in with their full name.
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GH stop pretending if the Democrats did anything on Gaza youd vote for them. You already admitted youd just move onto another issue.
Asking Americans to protest over Gaza when we have a potential authoritarian in office and we dont protest over that is not realistic.
The constant discussion over Gaza is tiring. You dont really give a shit about Gaza, you dont believe in harm reduction.
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Northern Ireland26340 Posts
On September 23 2025 10:40 Sadist wrote:
GH stop pretending if the Democrats did anything on Gaza youd vote for them. You already admitted youd just move onto another issue.
Asking Americans to protest over Gaza when we have a potential authoritarian in office and we dont protest over that is not realistic.
The constant discussion over Gaza is tiring. You dont really give a shit about Gaza, you dont believe in harm reduction.
One might even say you might also get more folks on the streets but for clampdowns on protest, fears you’ll get swept up by ICE and whatnot.
No guarantee you’d get a hypothetical Dem admin to bend on the topic to a sufficient degree, sure. You will get more room to try though, have at it
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On September 23 2025 10:40 Sadist wrote:
GH stop pretending if the Democrats did anything on Gaza youd vote for them. You already admitted youd just move onto another issue.
Asking Americans to protest over Gaza when we have a potential authoritarian in office and we dont protest over that is not realistic.
The constant discussion over Gaza is tiring. You dont really give a shit about Gaza, you dont believe in harm reduction.
It's not about who I would or wouldn't vote for. That's a red herring.
I was saying we needed to do it before the authoritarian democratically won office anyway.
While I obviously care about Gaza, I was actually saying we need to be doing protest like that about basically everything Trump is doing. As an example:
For champions of freedom of speech, we have a man being arrested for "threatening" facebook posts.
The posts in question?
+ Show Spoiler + I guess you can just check out the article if you want to see them, since it includes the "change my mind" one that's a bit much.
The shooting wasn't hypothetical, neither is the quote.
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So with the media failing to do their job and press Trump about project 2025 and barely acknowledging that hes been following it to a T with his appointments and use of the budget to try to force things through, we now have 47% implemented since November. Edit: since January
https://www.project2025.observer/en
Corporate media does our country such a disservice.
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On September 23 2025 11:12 GreenHorizons wrote:Show nested quote +On September 23 2025 10:40 Sadist wrote:
GH stop pretending if the Democrats did anything on Gaza youd vote for them. You already admitted youd just move onto another issue.
Asking Americans to protest over Gaza when we have a potential authoritarian in office and we dont protest over that is not realistic.
The constant discussion over Gaza is tiring. You dont really give a shit about Gaza, you dont believe in harm reduction.
It's not about who I would or wouldn't vote for. That's a red herring. I was saying we needed to do it before the authoritarian democratically won office anyway. While I obviously care about Gaza, I was actually saying we need to be doing protest like that about basically everything Trump is doing. As an example: For champions of freedom of speech, we have a man being arrested for "threatening" facebook posts. The posts in question? + Show Spoiler + I guess you can just check out the article if you want to see them, since it includes the "change my mind" one that's a bit much. .
To be fair, it is basically impossible to keep up with all the shootings at US high schools. No one can remember all of those.
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On September 23 2025 11:28 Sadist wrote:So with the media failing to do their job and press Trump about project 2025 and barely acknowledging that hes been following it to a T with his appointments and use of the budget to try to force things through, we now have 47% implemented since November. Edit: since Januaryhttps://www.project2025.observer/enCorporate media does our country such a disservice.
Include social in there and you've got it. The average person has no idea how to think critically, but now they can collect and be stupid together. It's depressing.
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On September 23 2025 09:06 Razyda wrote:Show nested quote +On September 23 2025 08:55 Fleetfeet wrote:
Ooo is this Razyda on round three of the whole 'theres two cultures, only one can survive trust me bro' thing? Ooo is this Fleetfleet saying nothing??
On the contrary, it's me pointing out that you're taking a third swing at an argument that you haven't defended and presumably can't defend because it's a shit argument. You're the one not saying anything.
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On September 23 2025 10:24 Hat Trick of Today wrote:
Can’t you eventually and theoretically doxx a police officer through their identification number because it is, well, an identification number? What’s the point of that sort of policy unless your goal is to make it as difficult as possible to report a police officer where witnesses of foul play are essentially required to remember an even harder to see and remember licence plate number.
A police officer must be held to a higher standard than an average citizen. That's part of the job.
If you don't want to, become a Mall Cop.
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On September 23 2025 15:29 KT_Elwood wrote:Show nested quote +On September 23 2025 10:24 Hat Trick of Today wrote:
Can’t you eventually and theoretically doxx a police officer through their identification number because it is, well, an identification number? What’s the point of that sort of policy unless your goal is to make it as difficult as possible to report a police officer where witnesses of foul play are essentially required to remember an even harder to see and remember licence plate number. A police officer must be held to a higher standard than an average citizen. That's part of the job. If you don't want to, become a Mall Cop.
Mall cops aren't allowed to be masked either.
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Let's go about this differently. Razyda: are you in favor of law enforcement being allowed to wear a niqab?
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On September 23 2025 15:43 Acrofales wrote:
Let's go about this differently. Razyda: are you in favor of law enforcement being allowed to wear a niqab?
In a "christian" country?
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On September 23 2025 10:02 GreenHorizons wrote:This. This is the sort of protesting that need to be happening in the US right now Show nested quote +ROME (AP) — Thousands of protesters and strikers calling for solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza took to the streets in Italy on Monday, with some storming Milan’s central train station and clashing violently with police.
Italy’s grassroots unions, which represent hundreds of thousands of people ranging from schoolteachers to metalworkers, called for a 24-hour general strike in both public and private sectors, including public transportation, trains, schools and ports.
The strike caused disruptions across the country, with long delays for national trains and limited public transport in major cities, including Rome. apnews.comhttps://twitter.com/il_pucciarelli/status/1970084774174724579
Hey, I was actually at that protest outside Termini! Kind of by coincidence, I just happened to be nearby in Rome at the time.
Honestly not that different a feeling from a 50501 protest. More communist party flags, certainly, and maybe a few more Palestine flags although in my experience there’s a lot of those at 50501 protests too.
What interests me though (I don’t know the answers to these questions, I’ll try to research more when I can but I also wanted to pose them here): What does the accompanying “general strike” in Italy look like? Who organizes it? And who actually strikes? It doesn’t seem like I had any trouble finding food or transportation, but I’m not sure if that’s because those workers aren’t supporting the strike or if they’re not even being asked to.
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