cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/65164

In a set of fascistic speeches on Thursday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, White House power broker Stephen Miller, and other top Trump administration officials labelled the political left as a “terrorist” threat and vowed to use all of the tools at their disposal to systematically destroy left-wing groups. Representatives from 67 countries gathered in the U.S. on Thursday for a meeting…

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  • canniest_tod@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I really hope liberals understand that when he says “leftists”, he means you too. Fascism doesn’t stop until people stop it, and it’s usually not with votes.

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        Republicans don’t even know what a conservative is because they call themselves conservative but don’t practice conservatism.

        Interestingly, many also call themselves Christian without following the teachings of Christ.

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      Actually, what’s happening right now in the US would indeed have been stopped with votes. You don’t vote to make the perfect world, you vote to minimize the damage. You can do all those other things that you imagine are more impactful the other 364 days of the year in addition.

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      He openly said liberals too plenty of times lol, he’s not trying to hide it. They want to erase the liberal philosophy from the continent it’s not about party affiliation.