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    WHERE ARE THOSE “DON’T TREAD ON ME” CONSERVATIVES WITH THEIR GUNS??

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    Paramilitary would be like a militia outside of direct political control. This is just jackboots. Gestapo in training if you please, not paramilitary.

    Patriot front going door to door with guns would be paramilitary.

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    Remember, conservatives brought us here.

    Break all ties with any you know.

    Research any company you’re intending to spend money with to verify they don’t have conservative ties. Google the owner. Search their social media.

    Do not aid conservatives in any way, shape, or form. Regardless of whether they are your neighbors or family.

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      “Google the owner” before intending to spend money with a company?

      Didn’t Google donated to the inauguration fund? Isn’t it ironic?

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        Believe it was the CEO personally, but that doesn’t make much of a difference, it was just to abolish Alphabet of any guilt, should the Trump administration ever be toppled.

        Anyway, since DuckDuckGo also uses Bing (yay msft) and Startpage uses Google and Kagi might be the most functional search engine, but it’s also an AI-first company and based in the US… Let’s consider Qwant and Ecosia. They are working on building their own shared index. Ecosia is currently more reliant on Bing than Qwant is, I believe, but they’re both trying to be more independent of the American search overlords.

        So basically, qwant the owner. Or ecosia the owner. Or if you really must, duckduckgo or startpage the owner. I can’t recommend yandexing the owner because then you’re just supporting another dictatorship.

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        It is almost like we should just boycott all big tech.

        Don’t want Meta/Google/Twatter/Reddit profiling you and giving your information to the feds? Stop using their services and encourage everyone you know to stop as well.

        Until we put our foot down they aren’t going to stop.

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      at this point, when I hear about some prominent figure dying in some tragic accident, the first thing I do is try to find out who they vote for.

      for example, that recent helicopter crash on the day of that dude’s wedding with his three nieces in the vehicle. that’s fucking tragic. no other way about it.

      and my first thought is “I bet there’s a better chance than not that this guy votes republican, I should check that before I feel bad for him”

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      Revolutions succeed by building a broad coalition of opposition.

      You’re telling people to do the opposite of that. Amateur resistance cosplay bullshit.

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        Don’t agree with the form, agree with the message.

        Joe McMAGA didn’t bring you here. He has ruthlessly manipulated into believing a false narrative by those possessing the means of information - Google, Meta, OpenAI, X - coincidentally, trump’s best buddies at inauguration and ever since. Don’t you think that’s true? If so, it’s not by lack of means or motive, so why wouldn’t they be the “conservatives that brought you here”? Aren’t they the only ones not getting fucked and oppressed by this situation? Every time you see a farmer realising how much of a fool he was by voting Trump, “haha that’s right you stupid fuck!! you deserve this!!” is the wrong attitude.

        Joe is an asset and ultimately on your side in this fight. It’s a fight for what it means to be American, and while you may disagree on what that is and you very well should argue and debate with them after, you both agree it isn’t this.

        Also, just wanted to say that this illusion that “voting with your wallet” is a virtuous way to exercise your moral agency is just mind boggling to me. Sure, “boycotting” some brand run by some poor fuck in Nebraska is very helpful towards stopping scenes like those in this video…

      • anon@lemmy.sdf.org
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        It’s by design: divide and conquer

        People are fighting each other instead of the real enemy.

        That’s why elites and (quasi or not) dictatorships are winning.

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          I didn’t expect the storyline of Metal Gear Solid 2 to be so fucking accurate. Lol

          from 2001

          Colonel: To begin with, we’re not what you’d call “human.” Over the past 200 years, a consciousness appeared layer by layer at the crucible of the White House. It’s not unlike life started in the oceans four billion years ago. The White House was our primordial soup, a base of evolution. We are formless. We are the very discipline and morality that Americans invoke so often. How can anyone hope to eliminate us? As long as this nation exists, so will we.

          Raiden: Cut the crap! If you’re immortal, why would you take away individual freedoms and censor the Net?

          Rose: Jack, don’t be silly.

          Colonel: Don’t you know that our plans have your interests - not ours - in mind?

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        Revolutions succeed by building a broad coalition of opposition

        Amateur resistance cosplay bullshit

        Do you see the issue? Educate, try not to discriminate. Those wanting to understand are open to criticism; but everyone’s susceptible to butt-hurt. Be the better; if you can muster spirit to counteract the drain. The hard road is hard

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    Pipe bombs are perfect for this occasion! Fun for the whole family.

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    I love how fucking amateur and unqualified they are even with all their big scary guns and kit. What, like 7(?) dudes all lined up in a queue directly out from the door? Just pointing their waaaay too-cumbersome-for-raiding long rifles straight up in the air? Nobody remotely covering any windows or other exits?

    They look more like fucking trick or treaters than anything. Probably feeling invincible because they know they’re there to kidnap a 120lb woman or some shit.

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      Why are they toting assault rifles everywhere they go in the first place? They’re not getting in gun fights all the time. Heavy Weaponry like that should be held in reserved not Frontline. It is because the US wants to turn the United States into Gaza in the West Bank.

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      Frighteningly, the incompetence probably won’t last. They are getting a hell of a lot of field experience and budget for toys and training.

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      That’s what is so glaring about this. It’s so so obviously just for show. Just to intimidate and posture. They are not seriously concerned about their own safety. They feel 100% safe doing this. They are raiding a house that they are quite certain does not contain any hostiles. If they believed it did, they would be WATCHING FOR THEM and not lined up in an orderly line waiting to get MOWED DOWN BY LITERALLY ANYONE.

      Incompetence.

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        As I pointed out in another thread, they act like intimidation is a shield against harm in exactly the same way that schoolyard bullies do. It relies on people’s tendency to freeze up and panic when surprised by a violent confrontation to work, and if it doesn’t work, things escalate quickly.

        The other problem is, those kinds of bullies aren’t normally equipped with firearms…

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        They can be incompetent and afraid for their own safety at the same time. I agree with everything you said though.

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      Not sure what your intent is.

      The people getting raided in the video are not white.

      This video shows that the 4th amendment has been taken away by fascists.

      For reference, this is what people living in the US just had stolen from them.

      The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

      https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-4/

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        They’re referring to the fact, that black people were disproportionate targets of harassment by the US police since it’s existence basically, and what you realising is bad and started happening to everyone, was already happening to minorities forever, it’s just virtually nobody gave a shit.

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      Depends on who your they actually is.

      Because it isn’t the current US citizens’ constitution - it’s the US founding fathers’ constitution.

      And now it’s Trump’s to wipe his ass with, together with his cronies.

      It will become the current US citizens’ once again once it starts being upheld.

      But for now, in some a lot of places, it’s Trump’s little 250 year-old dusty rag.

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      It’s more of a guideline and is only important when idiots need their emotional support guns.

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      It also says insurrectionists can’t be President and that all rights not explicitly granted to the government belong to the people. It is no longer worth the recycling value of the paper it is written on.

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        Like the oaths everyone in the military took. Defend the constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. Just mindless hollow drivel fron the dishonourable.

        The feckless. The shameful. The dishonored.

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    They look like they have no idea wtf they’re doing. Can’t wait for them to get mow down by someone that has had enough

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    One FPV drone from someone in the community would fix the issue.

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      They’re waiting for exactly that sort of provocation because they clearly want to ratchet the tensions upward. This shit will not simmer down because someone played hero.

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        They’re going to ratchet up whether they have an excuse or not. None of this is simmering down. It can boil at a rate best for them or best for us.

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        They are entering people’s homes without a warrant. The time for simmering down is over.

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          Yeah I can’t expect anything to simmer down at this point, and I’m not suggesting any hinky dinky conciliatories, just dont do anything fucking stupid, like dive bombing the fascists with a fucking DJI drone

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            You’re absolutely right. Shooting them from rooftops is far more appropriate at this point. Harassing them is not sufficient.

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        They are famously not waiting for any provocation, people are already getting disappeared and murdered in public. I’m not advocating for lone wolf type attacks, but people absolutely must assemble in groups and arm themselves, black panther style as is happening in Philadelphia

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        They could always stage provocation if needed. Question is how to resist this. If it’s war, FPVs are the best answer.

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        Realistically they cant do jack shit against a kamikaze drone. No face no case

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          Yeah but the goal is use violence against ICE as an excuse to escalate, cancel elections, suspend/withdraw/ignore more rights and protections, call in the national guard and declare martial law.

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            If that was the case they could just fly a drone of their own into themselves with the same effect, but so far that hasn’t happened.

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              I don’t think it’s very likely that anyone is going to get drone bombed really, and just ICE being targeted by acts of violence isn’t the thing that’ll kick this off, it’ll be protests against ICE escalating to the point where they’re “riots” that get “out of control” to manufacture consent to crack down on the protests.

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          Well, how hard you willing to go? You got 100k more? Dont answer that. It’s not enough. You will need to darken the sky for a long time and you will question your own humanity at the end of it.

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            It doesnt need to be 100k, there are plenty of capable people with a drone each.

            One time each is enough until others see how easy it is.

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      US military wisdom: “If you find yourself in a fair fight - you didn’t plan your mission properly”. So they stack like they’re going into a house with 4 generations in it that are all armed.

      These guys are the types who couldn’t cut it in the military but always wanted to parttake, so of course they’re gonna draw from that sphere.

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      Because they’re doing shit that’s likely to get them shot, and there’s a bit of safety in numbers.

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      And the warrant needs to be specific, not general. The warrant is required to be for a specific place and a specific person or specific thing.

      “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”

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        They are banking on the fact that you’ll be on a bus to SECOT before your charges get dropped for being unconstitutional. By then it doesn’t matter.

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    I would not to surprised to see in the not too distant future, small clusters of residents forming compounds in an effort to protect themselves. The compounds will only grow larger the more the people feel threatened. It’s gonna get really fucking weird, and extremely fucking violent.

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      It’s already happening actually, there are news of more and more people joining the Black Panthers in Philadelphia.

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      UNLESS you’re also Creating Child Porn you deserve to DIE for That COMMENT since CHILD PORN CREATORS are the ONLY Protected Peoples in the United States of America!

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        Like that guy in the UK who was “pro genocide” as a joke. All his pro-palestine friends got arrested. He was okay because he was pro-genocide. Apparently only anti-genocide is banned.