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"Designated" in what way?
IIRC, Trump just designated Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization despite the fact that it has never committed terrorism and it is not an organization.
This is just carte blanche to murder any political opposition.
Did anybody else interpret Trump's messages about Rob Reiner's murder as the same as when a terrorist organization takes credit for an attack? If anything actually deserves to be designated as a terrorist organization, it's MAGA.
My first impression reading his bizarre comment was that Trump believed a MAGA cultist killed the Reiners for their politics, and he was happy about that and taking credit for what happened. Basically, "look what happens to meddlesome priests".
Yes, he was telling Maga he likes that and wants more
Given that "domestic terrorist organization" is a term that has no legislative or legal meaning and was literally just a made up category for Trump to put "antifa" into, it seems like this general is actually answering that question for us.
There is exactly ONE "designated terrorist organization" in the United States and its "Antifa" and the mechanism for this designation is that Trump decided it.
He is happy to deploy the military specifically to target any group identified by Donald Trump as his personal opposition.
So the U.S. military will start killing Americans opposed to fascism (aka anti-fascists; aka the designated terrorist organization Antifa).
Like we didn’t all see this coming…
And yet I’m still surprised it’s arrived.
Someone made a "should I buy a pistol" post the other day...
And people were still saying it's a bad idea.
We passed the point where a pistol is enough anyways, and way past the time people need to prioritize their own safety.
It's easy as fuck to buy guns, ammo, and armor right now, but that could change literally tomorrow.
I've been saying since Trump won the election, everyone needs a rifle and plated vest.
It's an insurance policy for our future, an armed populace is harder to oppress. And Trump's pretty likely to try and oppress a whole lote of us...
But people still don't even have a pistol in 2025 America. I'm all for getting stricter gun laws, but until shits illegal, it's stay strapped or get clapped like the 80s
It's mainly a bad idea because an individual cannot hope fight the army and the police. What's needed is organized mass resistance.
The American Revolution and the French Revolution were fought against two of the most powerful armies in the world. America lost both the Vietnam War, and the Afghanistan war to indigenous guerilla armies. There are many, many other examples.
Guerilla warfare is highly effective against powerful armies who can't get out of their own way.
Is this a declaration of civil war? We all know their use of the term "terrorist organizations" is bullshit, so they are really just saying that they are going to start killing US citizens without due process on American soil. This general needs to be court martialed. He is not upholding his oath to the constitution.
Yeah, I'm not sure I'd trust your institutions to function at this point.
I am 100% sure I will not trust our institutions to function.
My thoughts exactly. He has just threatened civil war. They can dress it up anyway they want but the US military attacking US citizens on US soil is an act of civil war.
This is why they made antifa in to a terrorist label. Now you can kill anyone you want. Everyone is antifa whenever it serves Trump.
Just FYI, Domestic Terrorist doesn't have any legal meaning in the USA.
Trump saying something stupid doesn't make it reality.
Palestine was the test bed for this shit.
We demoed our ethnic cleansing systems over there so we could deploy them over here.
The US Government threatening to attack targets on US soil... The thing the right wing have always complained leftists and Obama were planning?
That's what they're doing now?
Then you're a fucking traitor.
Who do these war criminals and traitors think are going to protect them for the street of hard knocks? I keep saying this but I really think these fools think there are bunkers deep enough to hide and ride out all the civil unrest they are trying to sew.
Soon everyone will be on the same page, and even the Trumpers are waking up, this is a class war being waged by less than 1000 billionaires to exterminate all of us people that get in the way of their happiness..
This man should be immediately court-martialed and removed. I hope he realizes he will be the second this administration is done.
I hope he realizes he will be the second this administration is done.
Merrick Garland sat on his hands for years.
Next up for the shithouse administration: declare Democrats as terrorists, NYC, all of CA, fucking Portland...
Then we get to see if the military will really do their FUCKING JOB and obey the Constitution and what is right, or will they disgrace themselves by doing what that disgusting pile of feces tells them: attack American citizens.
Iirc, he’s already said that criticism of him is treason. So…
What a shithole country.
Just conservatives.
It was conservatives that brought us here. Don't forget that.
and democrats who repeatedly failed to act to do anything about it.
Don't forget that, either.
All democrats had to do was tax very rich people. No elon musk, no fox news, no giant mega conglomorates.
Antifa is considered a terrorist organization and transgender people are considered nihilistic violent extremists. Really putting that "enemy within" part to work.
I hate this country.
Let's keep tabs on the traitors, they need to get weeded out once a sane administration manages to come back to life. If.
If the Democrats had any fucking balls, they'd make sure he knows he'll be up on treason charges the second they're back in power. But they won't, because they're feckless enablers.
Oh great they’re going to start killing people in inflatable animal costumes
U.S. military willing to attack “designated terrorist organizations” within America, general says
I designate MAGA as a terrorist organization. Go after them plz
It's YOU. YOU are the "terrorist". They are going to exterminate dissenters.
I guess they'll be attacking the Proud Boys in no time with B-2 bombers and F-35s.
Well thats straight up treason. Direct violation of posse comitatus.
This dude should be in big fucking trouble for either not knowing or not caring what the Posse Comitatus is.
These are actual, literal traitors to our nation. They couldn't care less what the Posse Comitatus is.
These people need to hang.
Military in nation with authoritarian leader consolidating power for authoritarian takeover says things about consolidating power to continue the authoritarian takeover, more at 11.
The people in the military who could do something about this are caught in self-imposed ethical conundrums and leaving all on their own while the people who don't care and are even willing to fuel their future dictator into power have no restraint whatsoever and are getting rewarded for it. Hey, at least when it's all over, that imaginary good guy in the sky will materialize before you and tell you how you did the right thing, right?
So we're all terrorists, right?
Bold move in a country with more guns than people.
Good luck using those guns when you get painted by a Predator drone from 8 miles away and have a missile shoved down your throat at Mach 2. That won't happen? Tell that to all those people on the boats the US blew up. Oh wait you can't, they all got murdered.
The idea of fat idiots with guns somehow being the heroes who defend democracy against the big bad government is a joke. Not only is the power difference fucking huge, most of those gun freaks are fascist and bootlickers themselves. They voted for that big bad government. Americans are among the most brainwashed in the world and they don't even know it.
Yeah.. didn't they just try to declare fentanyl as a wmd? Like yesterday?
Oh, cool. So now you're gonna like, break the law within our own borders by operating within them? That's awesome. No longer will the USA military need to cross borders to fuck with people unjustifiably. What a relief.
Please take me out in the first round of strikes, because I can't live with this stupidity anymore.