After ICE raided a downtown Charlottesville courthouse and arrested two men, the federal agency is promising to prosecute the bystanders who challenged their authority.
The moron factor cannot be stressed enough. Or ignorant rube factor, or internet troll voter factor, or however anyone that either voted for him or protest non-voted wants to identify. Voting against fascism to save some semblance of what we already lie to ourselves about being an American Dream was so fucking easy. When someone says they’ll do fascist things, after having tried a coup once already and gotten away with it, and they subsequently get voted back into office despite everything beforehand, I start to lose words to describe my frustration. Things won’t get better by voting worse actors into decision making positions.
The moron factor cannot be stressed enough. Or ignorant rube factor, or internet troll voter factor, or however anyone that either voted for him or protest non-voted wants to identify. Voting against fascism to save some semblance of what we already lie to ourselves about being an American Dream was so fucking easy. When someone says they’ll do fascist things, after having tried a coup once already and gotten away with it, and they subsequently get voted back into office despite everything beforehand, I start to lose words to describe my frustration. Things won’t get better by voting worse actors into decision making positions.