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Trump says if he is jailed that could be 'breaking point' for Americans
(www.reuters.com)
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How the fuck is stochastic terrorism not illegal?
It is but only for leftists. Thanks, McCarthy.
How you gonna wrap a law around it? Hell, even with something as "obvious" as this quote? Trump said nothing that "incites violence". He's playing the mob boss thing, again.
If 01/06 wasn't enough for our government to take action, nothing will be. And again, what would that action even look like?
I've preached many, many times on here and reddit that libs need to get armed, educated and practiced. Is that terrorism? Fuck me. I'm just saying that the conservatives are ready to kill us and we should be prepared to defend ourselves.
You are aware that Trump was indicted for Jan 6 right? The trial is on hold while the Supreme Court decides if he is totally immune to legal consequences.
Which is just a delay tactic. They aren't seriously considering it. If they did somehow declare president's immune for any action, biden could drop a hellfire missile on Trump and the Supreme Court and probably get away with it.
Hold it off until after Trump is inaugurated and he could do whatever he wants.
I know a lot of people talk about civil war but if that happened I think that would actually pop off a civil war.
It's a contingency. There's a lot of ways that a small number of people can destroy a generation of progress this November and rewind us to the days when America was great. When wife beating was fashionable, gay people were just "confirmed bachelors", and you could tell what was between a person's legs by looking at their haircut.
For one, Trump is running for President, and somehow still has polls.
For another, every house seat and a third of the Senate is up the year.
Lastly, they already control the majority SCOTUS, and Mitch was nice enough to keep a not-insignificant number of lower court seats open until after Obama left office.
So if Trump wins, he already controls the court and will do whatever he wants. Checks and balances be damned. What's gonna happen, an impeachment? Bah.
If Trump doesn't win but Republicans manage to pick up a majority in the house/Senate, it'll be a bit tougher time, but you can bet no leftist or progressive agenda will be a part of it. Unless somehow they manage a veto-proof majority, though I don't think that'll be possible.
And if Trump wins and they pick up seats in Congress? Well, buckle up, it's gonna be a hell of a ride.
They do fine for, oh, the Panthers, black wall street, occupy wall street, war protesters, hippies....
Because we have free speech, and people have free will. Direct calls to violence are illegal, but if you say "won't someone rid me of this troublesome Vice President", then you're not directing someone to do anything; any actions taken are on their own initiative. There isn't even a "just following orders" defense.
And it would be ridiculous to think that being a former president, especially a media lolcow like Trump, doesn't land you a guaranteed platform anywhere, at any time.
As long as everything, everywhere is commercialized including our news, every outrageous character and outrageous political outcome and outrageous tragedy will be another billboard, another rope to pull in viewers and raise a bottom line. We need independent media, but we need them to also be independent from the Wrestlemania spectacle the current batch feeds on and nurtures and grows and makes worse every day.