• @paddirn@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    If you’re going to act like a fascist, you shouldn’t even be allowed to run for president. He should go suck on Putin’s nuts.

  • theodewere
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    of course the little coward would lock up everyone who scared him… and his little coward supporters would cheer him on…

  • mo_ztt ✅
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    1762 years ago

    Why is this surprising? It’s on. They already tried to steal the election and mobbed the capitol to try to kill the politicians that opposed the effort. They’re threatening election workers, they’re talking about civil war, they’re posting the addresses of jury members.

    It’s on. The people prosecuting Trump understand the stakes, I think (or I hope). Trump and his close allies definitely understand the stakes. I get being chilled by it and wanting to report on it, but anyone who is surprised by it, at this point, has no business being in journalism.

    • squiblet
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      202 years ago

      Also he made his slogan in 2016 “Lock her up”. He’s been threatening to imprison his opponents for 6-7 years now, like a petty dictator would.

    • ElleChaise
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      172 years ago

      Meet the Republicans after school by the bike racks, yall, cause it’s on!

    • @CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
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      32 years ago

      They are either too steeped in the bothsiderist, ridiculous “objective” school of corporate journalism, or they are pretending to be…

    • I was chilled when he first said it in 2016 during a debate, that Hillary would’ve been locked up under his hypothetical administration. Now, even though it’s explicit, it really doesn’t register. There’s no shock value to it. I would legitimately be more surprised if he had an interview where nothing noteworthy happened.

      I think this is why he’s cooked on the national stage. People aren’t surprised by him anymore.

    • @30mag@lemmy.world
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      132 years ago

      I get being chilled by it and wanting to report on it, but anyone who is surprised by it, at this point, has no business being in journalism.

      Fucking right.

    • @OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca
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      I agree. Having a leader with no respect for democracy or the justice system is far worse than chilling. It’s completely terrifying that the US is on the brink of fascism and a third of the country is cheering it on.

      • @CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
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        12 years ago

        I suspect some part of that 1/3 foolishly imagine they will be put in charge / will be revered under fascism/civil war.

      • squiblet
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        72 years ago

        also, the people with 2/3 of the money are sponsoring it.

    • squiblet
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      I like it in the sense of cease-and-desist and other forms of censorship.

      Lumen, formerly Chilling Effects, is an American collaborative archive created by Wendy Seltzer and operated by the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. It allows recipients of cease-and-desist notices to submit them to the site and receive information about their legal rights and responsibilities.

    • @Smk@lemmy.ca
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      12 years ago

      I wish because that’s almost unbelievable. I mean, hr backed down because it was too expansive ?? Like,he would care about the finance lol

  • @dartos@reddthat.com
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    162 years ago

    This reminds me of a saying an old programming mentor told me.

    “To a kid with a hammer, everything is a nail”

    • @LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
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      He’s not in prison. He’s not even in jail because he was allowed to pay bail. Which is only for people who are not a flight risk. I guess maybe he isn’t a flight risk, yet. If he finds out he can’t run for president when GA charges him and that he really is going to get charges, then I can’t see him not fleeing.

      Jail: Where you go while waiting in your court hearing. (If not allowed bail)

      Prison: Where you go when you have been charged.

      Russia: Where Trump will go in 2024 when he realizes he really is going to be in prison

    • Tony Smehrik
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      82 years ago

      No one has made it impossible for him to run yet. He knows there are enough people that will enable his behavior that he feels safe.

  • m3t00🌎
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    62 years ago

    he’ll still find a way to crazy up the headlines from prison. threaten to buyout the commissary after his followers send more money

    • @ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      32 years ago

      I’m not a sports ball expert, but I think that’s a 15 yard penalty per flag, so 90 yard penalty, plus he’s out of the game, but he did hit all of the flag checkpoints while skiing. /s XD

      It is crazy how many red flags calling for the imprisonment of political rivals raises on its own. It turns out we were one election away from becoming a fascist dictatorship in 2020 and we still need to defeat Republicans in 2024.