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[–] klay1@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

When Hitler was choosing his cabinet, he made Göhring Minister of the interior, which was head of the police. Then they put their SS inside of the Reichstag, when they cast the vote if Hitler should have absolute power (for a limited time, to solve a fake issue). The police, now under Göhring, didn't stop them. The SS stood everywhere, shouting Nazi paroles and threatening the Reichstag-members to apply violence if the vote does not come out their way. Back then in the Reichstag, voting wasn't anonymous. The deed was done. Some brave leftists still openly said they cannot vote yes, many were later captured and killed. Hitler obviously just cancelled the limited time part and kept the absolute power.

Many Germans later regretted, not having fought more, when they saw it all coming.

Guys, everything was alarming so far. Announcing to have ICE at the polls is even more alarming. You cannot have the Shitler get that far, where it is too late. You must act now!

Good luck over there, regards from Germany.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I suppose but you can imagine how awesome it would be

[–] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We’re gonna need a bigger basket (for all the heads)

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

We can set up this as a reminder of where greed leads

[–] lmagitem@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago

Marchons, marchons...

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 43 points 2 days ago (4 children)

So maybe armed black Panthers should show up to defend the voting stations?

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yup.

Saw a video a week or two ago. Cops roll up. Group of Black Panthers are heavily armed on a public sidewalk. The cops tell them to leave. They say "no". The cops leave.

It's a whole hell of a lot harder to oppress people who are heavily armed and in groups.

[–] Typotyper@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 day ago

Panthers tend to known their rights too. Education and confidence are a powerful combination

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Armed EVERYONE, panthers, housewives, mechanics, trans teens, latino families, truckers, the entire Village People stereotypical grouping, should be there armed and handing out cookies and coffee and making sure our communities are safe and that everyone, no matter their politics or identity or race or background has their say at the polls.

There are presently about 22,000 ICE agents. There will be somewhere around 100,000 polling stations in the US. Their math for "surrounding all polling stations" just isn't working out.

[–] Sasquatch@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

They don't need to surround every polling station. Just the ones in blue states

[–] mcv@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

Every state should be blue after the midterms.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Good, we can focus efforts easier that way.

[–] Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Time to plan to have 50 or 100 people at every polling station in every blue & red state. There should be enough retirees, unemployed, house-parents, teens to make it happen. 1 Million average Americans of every political affiliation to defend their democracy for a day.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

I will be there.

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[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

When a Republican tells you what they're going to do, believe them. There will never be another fair election in the United States.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Simple.

Everyone shows up to the polls heavily armed and stays until everyone has voted.

Actually, not even everyone has to be armed. Just enough to form a group. Do not try this on your own. Totally safe if you're in a group that's packing though. They're cowards. They're only going to mess with people who can't defend themselves.

[–] oxysis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 242 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ah yes voter intimidation, something that only happens in healthy stable democracies of course

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 101 points 2 days ago (17 children)

Last time I voted cops were talking to a guy in a red hat outside, but everyone was chill and they were laughing and joking so I didn't pay attention.

Everyone inside, totally on edge.

I found out later that guy had taken his shirt off and yelled at poll workers which was especially problematic because he had a loaded gun tucked into his pants. No holster and I'm not even sure he had a belt.

He might be there next time too, just in uniform.

I don't give a fuck, because I know what happened in the South when people caved to that kind of voter intimidation. I'm casting a ballet even if there's bullets actively being fired at the polling location.

All this shit does is make voting more important, that's how we need to frame it.

[–] lectricleopard@lemmy.world 32 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Im considering finding a local polling location where I can stand watch and gather other like minded people so there are more of us than them there. They will be the intimidated, they are the minority.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 37 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Great spirit, terrible idea.

You won't make anyone feel more comfortable, you'll just make things crowded and chaotic.

The only reason anyone should be at a polling location is casting a vote.

You want to group up somewhere and show support, do it a block away within eyesight. Have signs and shit about how voting matters now more than ever.

Chances are ICE will come fuck with you anyways, which is still a win because then they're not at the polling station either.

[–] keckbug@lemmy.world 57 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Hi, poll worker here and this is absolutely accurate. If you stand in or near our polling place we will absolutely have you removed.

However… observing polls is a core part of a functional democracy and I strongly encourage you to do so. Each county is a bit different, but essentially every single one of them have some sort of process that you can register as an observer and you’ll be legally protected while observing and documenting what you see. If you’re affiliated with a political party, contact your local officials and they can help facilitate, as most observers are party affiliated.

[–] lectricleopard@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

Excellent. Thank you. This is what we need to know. We just need to have sufficient numbers of people doing legal observation at the right places.

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[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There are far more polling locations than ice agents. Even if they selectively pick the purple ones and deploy every agent they're unlikely to end up with more than a couple agents at each.

I guess that also means those agents either don't get to vote or have to do early voting.

Imagine they lose the midterms by preventing ICE goons from voting by making them work all day

[–] AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 66 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

You know, for somebody so friendly with Epstein, Bannon sure does seem to be not in jail for some fucking reason?

[–] N0t_5ure@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Well, he was pardoned by Trump.

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[–] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Then we'll surround ICE. Fuck em

[–] baller_w@lemmy.zip 24 points 2 days ago

Right. Show up and do the needful.

I’ve seen armed “guards” and my polling station before and it’s unsettling to say the least.

Say no words. Just vote.

[–] formergijoe@lemmy.world 35 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Steve Bannon, the Epstein PR guy?

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[–] Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de 40 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I know that the Black Panthers have a history of protecting polls while armed, but perhaps it's time we allow people of all colors to be armed and protecting the polls.

There's a lot more of us than there are of ICE.

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[–] randompasta@lemmy.today 26 points 2 days ago

Fucking nazis.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

GET YOUR FUCKING GUNS, Y’ALL

[–] Insekticus@aussie.zone 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If you can't vote by ballot, vote by bullet.

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[–] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 27 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Trump wants ICE to THREATEN NON REPUBLICAN VOTERS WITH GUNS? Wow! They probably need a LOT of Funding for That! Let's give it to Them!

-Democrats Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries!

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago

Well at least they're very open and clear about their intentions, and why

[–] jason@discuss.online 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Eggs and water balloons. We should start with that now. What are they going to do?

[–] EtAl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 days ago

Great. Send half of them to the North Pole, half of them to the South. Problem solved.

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (5 children)

I'm calling it: they're going to have Palantir set them up with a database of likely Democrat voters paired with facial recognition and detain everyone who is a positive match on their way to the polls until the polling station closes.

And then they'll have the mail-in votes thrown out.

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[–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago (6 children)
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