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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThoughts regarding our new American Secret Police...
(Apologies if this should be in the editorial section - but I am encouraging discussion so I guess it go to either. I'll let the moderators correct me if I've posted this incorrectly)I dont post very much mostly responding and supporting others - but these last few days Ive been thinking about these unmarked, masked federal agents/gestapo who are wandering around Portland
Trying to view them as fellow human beings, I cant help but consider the common humanity we share with them:
1) They have families and loved ones
2) They keep their job because they most likely need the income and security
3) They likely have a spiritual or intellectual way of rationalizing the wider world
4) They have hobbies and personal pursuits
5) They have favourite foods, music, movies, etc.
6) They feel pain when hurt (either emotional or physical)
But Im also drawn to the differences and other observations concerning these agents/gestapo (can we just say Secret Police?)
1) They subscribe to the current right-wing zeitgeist - and most likely have had military training
2) They support the current government and its policies (assumption: They are white)
3) Their masks and lack of proper identification allow them full expression of their inner motivation (and aggression against something they distain)
4) They have consciously agreed to actually be Secret Police
5) They behave as if they are psychopaths (Which they likely are)
6) They lack the ability to consider others as human beings rather Objects instead - they de-humanise us when they attack
7) They are acting as if they really are the gestapo and so one could assume that they either lack a reasonable understanding of history, or they fully subscribe to the ideals of the history they are repeating
8) They probably do not appreciate that they represent a vast source of sarcasm and humour for our beloved late-night show hosts
So, my personal summary (and dont waste time asking how I got here) is:
1) We have allowed a Authoritarian Psychopathic Police State (APPS) to birth itself over the past 40 years)
2) We must start planning and implementing any social actions with full understanding of how such authoritarian entity will behave (consult with social psychologists to ascertain appropriate and effective responses)
3) We should likely refrain from being Shocked about the most recent abusive behaviour emanating from our APPS and instead channel our rage into viable action via #2 above)
4) Admit and understand that our late-night comedy (Whilst entertaining) actually desensitises us (Sorry that should be Me!) in a slow and effective manner
5) Vote like you, your family, your friends, and our planet depend on it!
6) Dont let the Miniature Orange Foreskin get you down!!!
Anyway, Thanks for reading and considering my perceptions may be incorrect, and I also may be assuming things I should not. Please have a think and add any constructive thoughts/observations.
Kindest regards to all (especially everyone standing up on the streets of Portland!)
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Thoughts regarding our new American Secret Police... (Original Post)
Layzeebeaver
Jul 2020
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sinkingfeeling
(51,454 posts)1. They rank below snakes.
Thekaspervote
(32,762 posts)2. Thank you for your thoughtful post
As I watched the navy vet being repeatedly beaten with a baton for trying to talk to the nazi goons or the young man lying in the hospital, shot in the face while standing with his hands in the air I am in sensed. I dont care what happens to them! That is shear evil personified
That kind of element needs to be reckoned with, swiftly and legally removed. We must stand up and say enough or we will for sure loose our democracy