LaffyTrump is threatening ”shock and awe” next week. I fear that he’s hoping he can trigger huge protests, use that as an excuse to crack down hard, exert power over protesters—including using violence against them—to set a precedent, create fear, and ultimately shut down further efforts.
Warner Crocker@GottaLaff Your fear is spot on. That is exactly the plan.
@WarnerCrocker So either people will obey in advance, or, they’ll be driven to protest and get their asses kicked.
@GottaLaff Yup, The bigger part of the game is using the violence to declare a state of emergency and then put as much of the other plans in place under that cover.
But you know this.
M.S. Bellows, Jr.@WarnerCrocker @GottaLaff Thing2 and I are marching Monday in Portland, but it's midday on Day One so I figure he won't deploy the troops yet. From then on, I don't plan on making myself a large open target like that. Surreptition is the way.
CromleyGood luck, and thanks for putting Stevie Wonder in my head!
Bill Zaumen@WarnerCrocker @GottaLaff Something a bit like that was tried in China during the tian an men incident - they pulled the police, etc. completely out figuring on looting, etc., so there would be an excuse to bring in the troops to restore order. People caught on, and simply behaved responsibly. But of course they cracked down anyway.
Heard about it some years ago from a co-worker who was a student in China during those protests and (if I remember correctly) was one of the protesters..
Heard about it some years ago from a co-worker who was a student in China during those protests and (if I remember correctly) was one of the protesters..
LukefromDC@WarnerCrocker @GottaLaff Once that starts Trump's legacy becomes civil war in the US
NerbOr we get our own version of the troubles.
@GottaLaff @WarnerCrocker Or be driven to fight from underground and DO the asskicking