• barneypiccolo@lemm.ee
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    8 hours ago

    American Revolution. French Revolution. Iranian Revolution.

    Just a few very violent, and successful, revolutions.

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      I don’t really know if I’d consider the French revolution very succesful, considering the fact that the Bourbon dynasty was restored after only 16 years.

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      7 hours ago

      If we allow them to make us violent, they will crush us with police/military force. It’s already happening. Do NOT get baited into killing your own insurgency.

      The guy who shot Hortman had “no kings” posters in his car. He was trying to incite violence so the police would have an excuse to shoot protestors. Don’t let these people bait you.

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        7 hours ago

        Have you seen the videos of the No Kings demonstrations around the country? They were enormous! Not only were they far larger than I expected, they were MANY times larger than I expected.

        The MAGA Nazis can try to suppress those crowds, but no matter what the outcome, they will lose. This isn’t pre-Internet Tiananmen Square, where the government can simply deny it happened. The entire planet will know.

        If they fire on American protesters, no matter the justification, the MAGA Nazis government will make enemies of every Democratic nation in the world.

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          6 hours ago

          I agree, and I think that OP is trying to say, non-violence such as the no kings protests will be more effective than bloodshed

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            I have to say, the size of the No Kings crowds truly surprised me. I knew they’d be big, but these were HUGE!

            HitlerPig is obsessed by ratings, polls, popularity, etc. The size of those crowds, in EVERY major city in America, must have scared the bejeezus out of him. The problem with that is that a shallow thinker like him can only conceive of a few responses, and ferocious violence is probably the first option that comes to his empty mind.

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              3 hours ago

              That’s right! And, adhering to that strategy would be falling right into his hands. Which is what OP is saying.