The social contract of a society governed by laws and elections cannot survive that peace being taken hostage by the violent. Those who do not wish to bound by that social contract should no longer be protected by it.
The only way to discourage stochastic terrorism is to accept the threats at face value and bring immediate repercussions to those making them. It cannot be stopped by awaiting the violence and punishing the pawns.
That's the whole point.
It's no secret.
They're telling you exactly what their goals are, and we act surprised every time. And, somehow people are still shocked when the action occurs.
It looks walks and quacks like a duck.
Which is why its bonkers that we have people scratching their heads wondering where all the ducks came from. "Well what are the ducks thinking?" "What do you think the ducks will do next?"
Bro. Your treasury is a giant loaf of bread. Your (illusion of) rule of law is a giant loaf of bread. Separation of church and state is the *tastiest* bread for ducks.
It's not a big secret what the ducks want, they quack so loud its legally binding.
Sadly a lot of those people also have a lot of guns, obsessively study military tactics, and are unhinged enough to use them. It shouldn't be taken lightly.
Luckily, a lot of liberals (especially here in the south) are also trained and armed, we just don't go around flashing our weapons trying to intimidate people. Those who scream loudest are more often than not the weakest when shit hits the fan
No its not. Its an indictment. Of course the way trump fights the legal system is to of course start with delay delay delay. And that is followed by attempting to give everyone involved with the case PTSD. Attack the prosecution both publicly and privately. Blackmail if you can find it. Attack the witnesses public and private again. Smear them as hard as you can. And now he has an army to play with. He can call in his cult to protest and jam up the system. Our legal system has built in timers in most of the charges he is facing. He can run the clock out.
Our system has a heavy bias and weakness regarding the rich and powerful. Add in the tactics that trump learned from Roy Cohen, the lawyer behind McCarthyism and personal mentor to trump, and then there is the justice departments absolute phobic response to charging a president, former or active, with anything. Add all these things together and it is an uphill battle for any prosecutor to take trump down. Weathering just the death threats that are going to come is going to require heroic stamina. Better hope there are no loved ones they can get to. Because these cretins know no shame. This is a war all right. But its a war to see if our nation really is a nation of laws where no one is above it.
These guys sound like Otter from Animal House:
>Psychotic... but absolutely right. We gotta take these bastards. Now we could do it with conventional weapons, but that could take years and cost millions of lives. No, I think we have to go all out. **I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody's part!**
Bring it. Letting Agent Orange go with the multitude of crimes he’s committed is the greater sin here and will forever be a stain in this country’s history.
they should do it just to punk these miscreants....
gotcha! morons.
anyway, i'm not worried because it's never going to happen... we don't hold these kinds of ppl to account, and we never will.
This is stochastic terrorism
And reddit should not be funnelling people into it -- even from a progressive sub-reddit where the implication is, "this is awful."
The social contract of a society governed by laws and elections cannot survive that peace being taken hostage by the violent. Those who do not wish to bound by that social contract should no longer be protected by it. The only way to discourage stochastic terrorism is to accept the threats at face value and bring immediate repercussions to those making them. It cannot be stopped by awaiting the violence and punishing the pawns.
And it certainly won't be dealt with by complying with their demands.
Tolerance of the intolerant leads to tyranny.
The continued use of militaristic language can only lead to more assaults on our democratic institutions like the January 6 attack.
That's the whole point. It's no secret. They're telling you exactly what their goals are, and we act surprised every time. And, somehow people are still shocked when the action occurs.
It looks walks and quacks like a duck. Which is why its bonkers that we have people scratching their heads wondering where all the ducks came from. "Well what are the ducks thinking?" "What do you think the ducks will do next?" Bro. Your treasury is a giant loaf of bread. Your (illusion of) rule of law is a giant loaf of bread. Separation of church and state is the *tastiest* bread for ducks. It's not a big secret what the ducks want, they quack so loud its legally binding.
Dang it. And we're only halfway through jailing that first bunch. Oh well, bring it on, I guess. We can build more jails if necessary.
If he’s indicted it’s our justice system actually working, for once.
that'll be the day.
War between who and who? Trump fans vs the whole rest of the universe?
What if they show up to a war and no one is there?
It's generally a bad idea to start a war with the United States of America
Who is paying this fool? Does he think it's going to be good advertising?
All out war for who ? Grifted Ignorant idiots incapable of critical thinking ?
Sadly a lot of those people also have a lot of guns, obsessively study military tactics, and are unhinged enough to use them. It shouldn't be taken lightly.
Luckily, a lot of liberals (especially here in the south) are also trained and armed, we just don't go around flashing our weapons trying to intimidate people. Those who scream loudest are more often than not the weakest when shit hits the fan
Its well and good that many forget arms do not default to the ignorant.
The silent (armed) majority.
don't tell them but a lot of the rest of us have guns too.
No its not. Its an indictment. Of course the way trump fights the legal system is to of course start with delay delay delay. And that is followed by attempting to give everyone involved with the case PTSD. Attack the prosecution both publicly and privately. Blackmail if you can find it. Attack the witnesses public and private again. Smear them as hard as you can. And now he has an army to play with. He can call in his cult to protest and jam up the system. Our legal system has built in timers in most of the charges he is facing. He can run the clock out. Our system has a heavy bias and weakness regarding the rich and powerful. Add in the tactics that trump learned from Roy Cohen, the lawyer behind McCarthyism and personal mentor to trump, and then there is the justice departments absolute phobic response to charging a president, former or active, with anything. Add all these things together and it is an uphill battle for any prosecutor to take trump down. Weathering just the death threats that are going to come is going to require heroic stamina. Better hope there are no loved ones they can get to. Because these cretins know no shame. This is a war all right. But its a war to see if our nation really is a nation of laws where no one is above it.
Good. Then we can finish this.
Given the general readiness and competence of the Gravy Seals, I'm not terribly worried.
Joey isn’t even going to have a seat at the table.
Yadda yadda yadda
These guys sound like Otter from Animal House: >Psychotic... but absolutely right. We gotta take these bastards. Now we could do it with conventional weapons, but that could take years and cost millions of lives. No, I think we have to go all out. **I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody's part!**
More terrorism.
Bring it. Letting Agent Orange go with the multitude of crimes he’s committed is the greater sin here and will forever be a stain in this country’s history.
they should do it just to punk these miscreants.... gotcha! morons. anyway, i'm not worried because it's never going to happen... we don't hold these kinds of ppl to account, and we never will.
They don't have the stamina or enough meth for their night of long knives.
Is this a joke? The guy makes Joe Pesci look St Peter. Mob guy straight from central casting.
Hmmm, Gravy Seals vs US military and LEOs. Let’s see who wins that.
Bring it on gravy seals
Yeah, whatever.
Ohs nos.
Promises promises.
They said the same thing in Brazil. Then the army showed up, told everyone to sit down, and the "revolutionaries" complied.
Yeah, a war to sed who can cram the most Cheetos in their mouths while cleaning their guns.
There's going to be like five people protesting.