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"What's markedly different now than it was during Ferguson is that the cops don't care if their brutality is filmed. Ferguson was the first major protest with widespread smartphones and live-streaming and back then the police hated it." -- @gaslitnation patreon.com/posts/reichsta…
"In 2014, the police wanted to intimidate people, but they didn't want to deal with a DOJ investigation or the disapproval of the public. Now they don't care. They know their brutal and racist violence is sanctioned by Barr and Trump." -- @gaslitnation patreon.com/posts/reichsta…
"The police have the exact same mentality as the Trump administration: they don't mind being caught committing the crime so long as they are not punished." -- @gaslitnation patreon.com/posts/reichsta…
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Amazing the way pundits tip-toe around using words like "fascism" or "authoritarianism" even now. Because you know who DIDN'T hesitate to use those terms in 2016? Actual scholars of authoritarianism, who agreed that Trump was an aspiring autocrat and that democracy was in danger.
The pundits who proclaimed scholars warning of authoritarianism to be "alarmists" are equivalent to flat-earthers who denounce scientists. That's how unambiguous the warnings of the scholars were, and that's how ignorant the pundits were -- and, in many cases, still are.
Do you know how rare it is for a large group of PhDs to agree on anything?! But in 2016, scholars of varied disciplines, regional specializations, and political orientations all agreed on the threat of Trump. We spoke out, loudly, to a receptive public and a vacuuous elite.
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"The Trump admin has made antifa into a mythical entity used as a scapegoat to persecute activists. Barr's designation of antifa as 'terrorists' will be used as a pretext to round up anyone they want. This tactic is common in autocracies." -- @gaslitnation patreon.com/posts/reichsta…
"The Trump admin may label anyone who opposes fascism as being in antifa, which is short for "anti-fascist". So if you oppose fascism -- *which you should, because it's fascism* -- then you may well be targeted by the US government." -- @gaslitnation patreon.com/posts/reichsta…
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"We see a litany of pundits and politicians declaring their surprise at events. People feign shock to avoid accountability. They need desperately to proclaim that no one could see this coming because then no one could have prevented it." -- @gaslitnation patreon.com/posts/reichsta…
"When you see officials saying they can't believe this is happening -- that's their cover. That's to change your expectations of what public servants are supposed to do. They want you to forget that protecting the people is their job." -- @gaslitnation
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"Politicians want you to embrace this personality cult mentality where you cheerlead them from the sidelines as they do nothing more than tweet. They're tweeting, just like you -- only they have powers and obligations that you don't." -- @gaslitnation patreon.com/posts/reichsta…
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