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We're fucked.
No, we're not. The fear-driven "news" media want you to think that
These guys are gonna do terrorist attacks
Remember all those power station attacks a while back? Small probing type attacks to gauge response and measure effectivity, if you ask me. Not just "some rednecks shooting at transformers for fun".
Don't fall into the Trap of thinking that all the right wing is a bunch of toothless sister fuckers with zero brains. That's just the majority. It doesn't take more than 1 moderately intelligent asshat to make a LOT of bad days for others.
I'll never tell people to go buy guns. But I will tell you to buy some extra food and water,and a generator. And maybe some fabric to use for washable toilet wipes, since covid showed us wiping our asses is the only thing actually separating us from the other apes.
I will. In addition to the above shopping list, get a gun and learn how to use it. The best time to do this was back when Trump was campaigning for president in 2016 and things were starting to look a little too brownshirts. The second best time is now.
Cool. Yeah. Let's have a run on weapons after fox says civil war. Nice thinking Einstein
I’d rather be armed give them something to fearmonger about than have them use completely fabricated fearmongering to attack me when I’m unarmed.
Edit: If your hatred of guns overwhelms your fear of armed fascists, you might want to read some of the period responses to the activities surrounding the 1923 Munich Putsch. And if you think free (I won’t pretend they’re fair) elections can’t lead to authoritarianism, you may want to look at the 1932 German elections.
I just want to say that I appreciate you are the one response that wasn't a knee jerk reaction to my comment. You took the time to make a point, and provided something you thought would be beneficial from what you think my point of view is. Thanks. I appreciate the effort, and laud you for it. We should all be so kind to people we disagree with.
Damn, man. You really gotta call out my disengaged ass, don't you? I think you make an extremely important and overlooked point here. In any kind of social movement it's imperative that you gain a following for that movement. On an individual level, you do that with good reasoning and specifically not using unnecessary antagonism. It reminds me of all the leftists who were recently bemoaning all the apathy in the 2016 election for what they perceived as "I like whichever candidate, but their supporters were mean to me". I mean, they'd be correct that this is a childish reason to disengage completely, but these are the exact same people you need to join in your social movement. Too many times we get so obsessive with the academic structure of a movement that we become blind to the world that would benefit from it. We forget that we need to find a way that others would be receptive to our message in how we present it. Truth at all costs is admirable on the surface, but how admirable can it be when the cost is mass dismissal because we felt entitled to be antagonistic toward those who don't agree yet? So maybe I should put childish ways behind me and begin engaging with others in charitable and good faith.
If you and I can both be better, its a start. Also, eloquently put.
Yea! I prefer to stay a soft, easy target for the neighborhood psychopaths!
Everyone paid close attention to th Moore county NC incident
On both sides. If I'm them, I wait for winter when people need heat to survive.
I’ve thought we were fucked since the early 2000s, so I’m pretty sure the right wing media didn’t convince me. It was the telltale Constitution beating under the floorboards. Also, I assume you’re aware that your enemies can want you to believe things that also happen to be true?
Unfortunately, fear driven media and propaganda works on too many of us. That's why we are fucked.
I don't think any of us can actually tell to be honest. You're certainly not getting clear picture of the world around us in this echochamber that's for sure.
Edit: Lemmy, grow the fuck up please. Honestly. Downvotes aren't gonna change the fact that this is an echo chamber.(chamber... hamber...amber...mber ..ber....er...rrrrr)
As right as you are, you do have the problem of trying to tell a group of people who assume they are correct that they are wrong.
The only real method we have of figuring out right or wrong is to step away from keys and go places we normally wouldn't and talk with the locals. Unfortunately for me, I'm not really interested in places I wouldn't go. I'd rather go to places I love.
Liberals and leftists really need to arm up (and train) for when these idiots make good on their threats. We need to be able to defend ourselves and each other.
These idiots won't do shit. They folded like a cheap suit on January 6 when one shot was fired.
If these morons got together anywhere and declared open war on the US government they would be utterly destroyed.
I wouldn't be so sure. That was our Beer Hall Putsch moment. It's not like they're just going to give up and do nothing.
All they needed was a leader, and they very nearly had one. Our democracy almost ended on jan 6.
Not without the military.
https://www.military.com/sites/default/files/2021-01/JCS%20Message%20to%20the%20Joint%20Force%20Riots.pdf