A bit more extreme than expected. Four dead, two improvised bombs found (& defused).
Supporters of trump storm congress.
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So if Trump were to be removed by invoking the 25th amendment it would bar from running for office again right? Then that seems the correct course to take. Not only would it punish Trump for having a mob storm congress but it would also protect America from another Trump presidency.
I mean it's not the first time the US congress has been stormed by protestors even in the most recent presidential term.
Worth remembering that one mans terrorist is another mans freedom fighter too.
Also hasn't Trump had power for a while?
Might want to look at who uses loopholes etc a lot to get away with things in recent times.
Probably better than all the grand ideas people have of prosecuting Trump the moment he leaves office, not realising the precedent that will set for it to be done or attempted by others.
If resentment runs so deep between groups of people that they don't even seem to want to co-exist anymore you have to wonder what is still holding society together and if formal institutions and legal procedure will still suffice as it's only foundation left. You can blame Trump for fanning the flames even further but he's not the cause of the divide. Neither will it go away with him out of office. It's probably also worse now, and will continue to get worse, as people get more and more brainwashed by manipulative information on social media and retreat further and further into their online echo chambers. In any society people have to give and take and meet somewhere in the middle so they can atleast peacefully co-exist. If that willingness doesn't exist anymore you end up with erosion or outright destruction of the institutions that safeguard legal protections and continuity of government which is then either 'solved' by harsh oppression or outright chaos. It's a really sad state of affairs that the divide in the U.S. has now reached such a low point that it entered the murky territory that precipitated civil wars, failed states and end of democracy.
People like to blame social media for the USA's deeply divided bipartisanship and at first it makes sense but then I think to myself: well the whole world has social media. People aren't all suffering from bipartisanship issues to the extent of the USA everywhere in the world.
I keep pushing people to read this
How Hatred Came To Dominate American Politics
To anyone following American politics, it’s not exactly news that Democrats and Republicans don’t like each other. Take what happened in the presidential debate…
fivethirtyeight.com
The answer is they don't want to because they think just a little more and they can take it all then work to crush the opposition and cripple them and then control it all. It's not even about people anymore or ideals it's about partisanship.
Biden made a few steps to trying to heal the divide but he's now gone somewhat silent it seems so it looks more like a token gesture to appease not a sincere one to try and actually heal the divide.
One thing that keeps the UK from ending up there is the election fairness rulings imposed on broadcasters such that they're not allowed to spin stuff anymore. They have to report on events that happen without showing preference. There's serious fines for those who are seen to report false information as such.
I dunno Red Rose twitter in the UK have been getting pretty bad with wishing for Boris Johnson's death. It's not quite as bad but it's certainly made some far more extreme. Hell the whole "Culture war" BS has spilled out inter international affairs in the arts seemingly too.
In most open and free countries it's true that polarization isn't as extreme as in the U.S. but it is definitely significantly worse than it was. I can just look at my own country.
What are you on about? Cases of collateral damage in the protests against police violence last year? Yes, some of that collateral damage caused harm to innocent people, but it's not like police violence in America or ethnically targetted police violence in America just suddenly became an issue out of nowhere in 2020 that just needs some more time to be sorted out. It has been a problem for decades, likewise there have been calls to reform it for decades. Accordingly, the nation had decades of time to address these issues and enact these reforms, before the frustration over these issues which, may I remind you, is the murder and abuse of innocent citizens by the very institution allegedly meant to ensure their safety, would escalate. But that didn't happen, therefore it escalated. You can't beat your dog for years on end and then act like the victim when you get bitten.
It's not about revenge, it's about prevention. I don't want to live under a dictatorship that sees me as an accesory in a Jewish conspiracy, that kidnaps my neighbours because it views them as vermin to be exterminated or that sentences my friends to slave labour for deviating too much from some arbitrary standard of normalcy or decency. I've become aware of society threatening to head in that direction in the middle of the last decade, when I was in my early 20s. The subversion of western politics and western media by the ideological succesors of 20th century hitlerism, promoting, with a thin layer of plausible deniability, an ideology of ethnic and cultural supremacy, leader cult, imperialism, religious and ideological fanaticism and a frightening willingness to commit violence to subjugate liberal democracy under that ideology. In 2015 almost not a day went by without reports of a terrorist attack on refugee shelters here in Germany while the media willfully played along with the victim blaming narrative of neofascist ideologues that either tried to imply, or outright stated, that they consider the refugess to be the real invasive force that threatens our country. At some point, I lost my trust that all of that would just sort itself out if we wait it out.
I can try to dissect that funny little cartoon, pretending it's a worthwhile use of my time, if that makes you happy. One of its core messages seems to be that the views of the generation fighting in World War 2 would seem unrelatable to many antifascists in the 21st century, considering that generation wasn't around to experience over half a century of scientific and social progress regarding civic equality, a clearer understanding of gender identity, a greater accepance for homosexuality and so on and so forth. That is probably not wrong. It's not really saying anything either. People in the 2020s have different views than people in the 1940s, if anything that makes it even more laughable that the enemy they're fighting has hardly changed and if anything, only doubled down on the delusional ideology it had followed when it was first crushed in the 1940s. There is the gotcha about equating antifascist activism with fascist activism on the account of using authoritarian measures, even if one is doing it out of unprovoked aggression and an intention to assume power over a society it considers an easy target, while the other one is taking these measures in self defense to fend off that aggression, correctly recognizing it as an existential threat.
On that note, of course the modern antifascist strawmen are depicted as being dweeby and effeminate, one even has a stereotypical gay lisp, which just happens to not only be a recurring feature of fascist propaganda, but also a mildy amusing indication about the weird insecure obsession with masculinity and the performance thereof that fascists have. A consistent feature of their rhetoric and their preferred insults towards people with opposing views is that they tend to attack their masculinity. ******, cuckold, tranny, that ridiculous "soyboy" shit they had going for a while. "We are tough and manly, they are all a bunch of girly sissies". Throwing civilized society under a bus because their daddy didn't love them.
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Are you not embarrassed about equating a handful of protestors with an armed mob of hundreds forcing their way in and looting?
Yes, those goddamn people voting against Trump and ruining his freedom to be president as and when he wants.
I've read enough of your posts to strongly suspect I look at more in the average week than you do in the average year.
You are going to have to point out where I thought she deserved to be shot. Because I never said that. I think its a fucking tragedy
You, on the other hand, defended Kyle and didnt care for the victims
Please come back when you stop with your whataboutism. You criticising innocent people for the exact behaviour you showed. If you stopped defending stupid stuff, you would be in this position.
For sure, but if the people's best interest are represented by corrupt career politicians, religious zealots and big business what can you expect.I keep pushing people to read this
How Hatred Came To Dominate American Politics
To anyone following American politics, it’s not exactly news that Democrats and Republicans don’t like each other. Take what happened in the presidential debate…
The answer is they don't want to because they think just a little more and they can take it all then work to crush the opposition and cripple them and then control it all. It's not even about people anymore or ideals it's about partisanship.
Biden made a few steps to trying to heal the divide but he's now gone somewhat silent it seems so it looks more like a token gesture to appease not a sincere one to try and actually heal the divide.
One thing that keeps the UK from ending up there is the election fairness rulings imposed on broadcasters such that they're not allowed to spin stuff anymore. They have to report on events that happen without showing preference. There's serious fines for those who are seen to report false information as such.
I dont necessarily want to let social media off the hook for its narrative driving
I also think people need to start taking responsibility for their own actions and stop blaming social media for being an asshole and, now potentially ,terrorist
Trump is facing about seven lawsuits that are unrelated to his presidency-- relating to defamation and sexual assault, fraud, and breach of contract among others.
What about the abysmal precedent that would be set by allowing somebody to escape prosecution for their own personal crimes, simply because they've been President?
Lest we forget, Facebook('s unwillingness to moderate content) played a central role in an actual genocide. So yes, social media indeed does drive division and cause harm, and nowhere has this been more apparent than in the recent election. 2012 was a preview, 2016 was the full demonstration, 2020 was a full on fucking plague of misinformation, conspiracy theories and bullshit that went completely unchecked because "muh free speech" and lack of regulation.
Though I'm not laying the blame entirely on socmed. A more important aspect is clearly one no american is willing to admit: education. The US "education system" is clearly fatally broken to the point where it's actively harming the world.
Until he starts feeling insecure again, so check back in about 20 minutes and he'll be throwing yet another tantrum.
Maybe Pence will finally stuff a bottle in his mouth this time to shut him up.
I saw a tweet blaming it on liberals and leftists pushing things like #notmypresident for driving conservatives to this. The old version of this site had people say that the cause of the Charlottesville nazi marches was the left calling people nazis. They claim to be the party of personal responsibility but also everything wrong in their life is because of immigrants, gay marriage and being expected to use people's preferred pronouns. They're a bunch of hateful dipshits and they should not be engaged with like their actually their for a good faith debate. Fuck fascists, don't engage.
Two aspects here.
Firstly, Trump inherently likes to play both sides. Say both things, and then pick whichever one is convenient when he wants to defend himslef. Partly, I think, because he doesn't really believe in anything (except himself). It's all just convenience, saying what he wants to get something out of someone.
Secondly, Trump may be aware that he has potentially seriously overstepped. Driven by frustration, fear and anger he almost certainly loved whipping up the crowd and enjoyed the consequences, but at some point it may have dawned on him that he's put himself at risk of a lot of trouble. He doesn't really do humility, but he might be considerably more compliant and co-operative.
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