Here’s the full question (since Lemmy has title character limits): “With all the stuff going on with this administration and the Supreme Court, is it gonna take a revolution to stop this damn administration and the SCOTUS from curtailing people’s freedoms and liberties at this point because we’re way past the point of reform?”
Oh and how do you fight doomerism these days?
No, it isn’t. It’s dealing with a legitimate National Security Threat. This organization tried to overthrow our government. They stole hundreds of classified documents. They have interfered with our elections, and have STOLEN power. They are looting our Treasury, squandering our tax revenues, and destroying our carefully negotiated power in the world. They are a truly treasonous organization who intends to destroy America, only so they can pick through the rubble for treasure. That is not rhetoric, MAGA poses a legitimate, proven, authentic National Security Threat, which is exactly what every elected official swears an oath to defend America against.
And you want to give them permission to betray that oath, because you’re afraid that justice might look like a “good old fashioned purge of the opposition.” You want to surrender America and Democracy because you’re uncomfortable that it might be a bad look?
We wouldn’t allow ISIS or Al Qaeda to exist, recruit, indoctrinate, and attempt to overthrow our government, undermine our Constitution, steal classified documents, interfere with our election, punish political enemies with frivolous lawsuits, operate an organized criminal enterprise, steal EVERYTHING, etc., and we shouldn’t allow any other political entity to do that either.
I am not for punishing anyone for their POLITICS. You can believe anything you want. But you can’t commit crimes, and expect to get away with them because of your irrelevant political affiliation. Corruption is corruption, no matter which party does it. The Dems managed to punish their own Senator Robert Menendez for his corruption, and they should have the courage to punish MAGAs for their CRIMES as well, not their politics. That will be satisfying enough.
Well you say MAGA, but then lump in all Republicans and conservatives as well. Prosecutions should be based on actions, not on labels that can be misunderstood or misapplied. If you make it illegal to be MAGA, then it turns into a game of defining people you don’t like as MAGA. It always happens that way.