If journalists were doing their jobs, they would call the deployment of National Guard troops to Washington, DC, from three deep-red states what it is: an invasion and occupation force.
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@dangillmor
No, chuds do not get to take over our cities.
What's far more likely to happen is these guard troops will find out cities are not the evil places they thought and return home to their parochial red states as changed people who see they've been fed lies.
@dangillmor Just consolidating fascism's control of the city before whatever he has planned next. (Or rather his minions, the Faux-King doesn't do planning).
@dangillmor The US is much closer to its Tiananmen Square than most Americans are remotely aware of...
@dangillmor So one guy throws a sandwich and all the fascists got their panties in a bunch. Fuck these nazi wimps.
@dangillmor it is a continuation of the descent into fascism that came into public view on January 6th. It is a coup and the whole GOP ia culpable. EVRY. SINGLE. ONE. Along with the journos who dont call out the false emperor #Felonincharge for being what it is.
@dangillmor Journalists should call it a necessary defense of order.
@dangillmor This does seem to violate the independence of the territory. The whole reason it couldn't be a state. So now some states are sending nat guard...
What would happen if Blue states did the same?
@dangillmor are there protests? Riots? What's the point in this pomp
@dangillmor
Corporate journalists obey in advance in their language. They're all trained in PR and hired for that "prior restraint."
Most people working in the news aren't journalists. They're news readers. And their editors aren't news editors, they're transmitters of corporate policy and opinion.
And still there are many heroes in their ranks.
@dangillmor
Where are all those people who fought hard for 2A rights because they needed to be ready to fight back against the infringing government overreach that was their greatest fear?
Where are all those people who fought hard for 2A rights because they needed to be ready to fight back against the infringing government overreach that was their greatest fear?
You would think that normal patriotic citizens would be lining up against this, right?
Perhaps their narrative was less about freedom and more about protecting *thier* place in the world?
@dangillmor @clive Seems like there were a few Federalist papers covering this topic. 🤔
@clive @dangillmor That old thing?
@dangillmor They’re positioned to invade Maryland.
@dangillmor it’s been at least 25 years in the making. Post 9/11 we are given the narratives that occupying forces are good, especially if they’re ours or our allies’.
@dangillmor They're doing what they're paid to do: to write what they're told to write, and frame it in a way that pleases those in control.
@dangillmor
If veterans did their job too...
@dangillmor and this is why we passed a bill in Washington State limiting deployments of outside National Guards. Despite GOP legislators wondering why it was necessary
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