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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1418965
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1418965
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Terrorists, straight up.
ETA: Frist!
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The moment Ronald Reagan said “government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem” the door was opened for groups like the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, etc. to worm their way into the Republican Party.
The biggest surprise to this is that it took as long as it did to come to this.
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Historically, prosecutions of seditious conspiracy charges succeeded against militant Islamist or Marxist groups.
But prosecuting far-right groups has tended to be much more difficult.
(The End)
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Whenever I’m driving up 95 to New England I’ll occasionally see the full sized pickup trucks aka Bro dozers with the assorted militaristic, yes you can call them fascistic, stickers be they Proud Boys (Disney ought to sue for royalties) Three percenters as well as the Punisher character (oddly enough he dislikes law enforcement). There’s also the ones that venerate their firearms like literal appendages.
It’s rare for me to cringe or feel threatened since I grew up in a fairly cosmopolitan place amongst a variety of ethnicities with few issues.
Additionally when I was young I never had to fear the left wing radical groups of the era like the Weather Underground, however boneheaded some of their antics were. But when I see these folks and their tacit supporters a chill runs up my spine.
And I’m the one driving a late model Dodge Challenger.
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These other groups, while dangerous, never tried to physically invade and occupy the seat of our national legislature.
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Despite their record of failure in Nevada, Ferguson, MO, and Malheur, I look forward to the day they succeed in their quest to facilitate a confrontation with federal law enforcement. May they go out in a blaze of glory.
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SOMEONE should pose as Q and start a “Eunuchs for Trump” movement for the Proud Boys.
Fix that incel crap real quick.
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This is what I believe.
Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, KKK and God knows who else are the Taliban in Afghanistan of our Country.
They want to overthrow our Government but they don’t know a fucking thing about running a country.
Have we ever heard what type of government will replace what we have now?
We will have guns , but will will have food or freedom?
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After seeing how Ruby Ridge, Waco, the Bundy Standoffs, and Kyle’s Big Adventure ultimately turned out you might not get exactly what you’re wishing for …
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FSM, I hope I can exit this country before Jan. 2025.
They really aren’t going to stop until they overthrow the Government by force or “election”.
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OK. Overthrow the government of elected representatives and then install a dictator for life because freedom and liberty to do exactly what?
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But regardless of the outcome of any prosecution that alleges these groups worked to overthrow the government, our researchhas shown that the more committed members of these and other extreme right-wing groups believe that the U.S. government, as currently constituted, is illegitimate and should be overthrown and replaced with one that is based on white supremacy.
Yep. Regardless of the legal outcomes, we will no doubt be treated to manifestos railing against ZOG and other right-wing extremist bug-nuttery in the not too distant future.
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And at the time, when Reagan was still a fucking punch line, not one fucking (ahem) journalist had the brains or the balls to ask, “So if you think government is the problem why are you campaigning to run it? Are you stupid? I mean, is your plan to tear everything down? Or fix everything? Or are you just full of shit?” Or even, “You were a Democrat when it was popular to be a Democrat in California. Now you’re a Republican when it looks good to be one. Were you full of shit then? Or are you full of shit now?”
No. They stood there, transcribing his horseshit as some kind of wisdom from on high. Imagine if we had a real press in 1980. Fucking Reagan should have been laughed out of politics.
Imagine the bullshit a single journalist with a fucking clue could have prevented instead of playing the fool and hoping for an invitation to the group cocksucking party.
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You’re assuming these fucking morons can even pronounce “eunuch” much less define it.
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Oh silly. We’ll have true freedom. A million half-wit “sovereign citizens” all armed to the teeth, taking whatever they want. It’ll be fucking thunderdome and it’ll all be over in a matter of months. You see what a shithole Alabama and Mississippi are? What they are now will look like the height of the Roman empire compared to what they will look like under these dickless cosplaying retards.
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Much as I loathe Raygun, anti-gummint sentiment has been a part of this nation’s history.
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Damn, these guys are as bad as BLM!
Down-arrow. Down-thumb.