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2016
Leftist Larry: Trump's a fascist. If he wins, expect secret police
Reasonable Rick: Don't be so hysterical. Our system's strong
2020
Larry: There literally are secret police now
Rick: Oh I assume there's a reasonable explanation
2024
Rick: Larry? I never knew any Larry
Leftist Larry: Trump's a fascist. If he wins, expect secret police
Reasonable Rick: Don't be so hysterical. Our system's strong
2020
Larry: There literally are secret police now
Rick: Oh I assume there's a reasonable explanation
2024
Rick: Larry? I never knew any Larry
Being an aware American means every day interacting with people who are familiar with the famous poem about nobody being left when at last they come for you, but who clearly seem to think that it means, as the last unabducted person, the poet won the game.
First they came for the immigrants, and I did not speak out—Because you don't win hearts by calling people racist
Then they came for Black Lives, and I did not speak out—Because speaking out is "cancel culture."
I don’t speak much anymore. They call it "freedom to agree."
Then they came for Black Lives, and I did not speak out—Because speaking out is "cancel culture."
I don’t speak much anymore. They call it "freedom to agree."
There have been in the past countries with secret police who abduct undesirable elements. In most cases, there came a tipping point, where a great mass of people became aware of the disappearances and made themselves unconcerned.
If you're unconcerned about this story, or if you can develop for some rationale to justify ongoing political support for the president enacting it or his party enabling it—congratulations. You know precisely what kind of person you'd have been at those previous times in history.
The secret police are here. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/17/portland-protests-federal-arrests
The secret police are here, and they intend to stay.
You can call it alarmist.
Consider the reason for alarms. https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1284337917981274115?s=20
You can call it alarmist.
Consider the reason for alarms. https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1284337917981274115?s=20
The problem with this formulation is totally ignores who is being beaten and abducted by police, and who is defending and cheering the police as they do it. https://twitter.com/jamesch89793620/status/1285593485912014848?s=21 https://twitter.com/jamesch89793620/status/1285593485912014848
Today I learned abduction isn’t a problem if the victims survive. https://twitter.com/egregious_p/status/1285574219548549121
Today I learned i am both delusional for believing the widespread report of abduction of protesters is true, and also that the person who thinks that such a belief is delusional also believes mass disappearance of leftists would be a very very good thing. https://twitter.com/maurelius161180/status/1285574184312201217
Today I learned that the real fascists are the citizens being abducted by nameless government operatives, not the nameless government operatives occupying cities in defiance of local authorities so they can abduct citizens in vans.
https://twitter.com/francof12/status/1285627245328060417?s=21 https://twitter.com/francof12/status/1285627245328060417
https://twitter.com/francof12/status/1285627245328060417?s=21 https://twitter.com/francof12/status/1285627245328060417
