I am convinced if Trump/Barr started mass executions of politcal

[edhopper]

protesters, 40% of Americans would cheer it on.

[RKP5637]

1. Sadly, I think a good percentage might go along with that ... under Trump, the

US is really fucked up and his cult has come out of the woodwork and also off their medications.

[lame54]

8. They're either off of theirs or...

On somebody else's

[Thekaspervote]

2. That is just so so dark.. please stop. Haven't we had enough?

[DBoon]

3. I remember all the "silent majority" types who cheered the Kent State murders

and hoped more would follow.

[smirkymonkey]

4. I am convinced that if he wins, it will happen.

[SlogginThroughIt]

6. I am starting to believe it will happen either way.

[no_hypocrisy]

5. Not to mention arresting and holding without trial political rivals such as

Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, etc.

[njhoneybadger]

7. It would start out as concentration camps

Ain't America great.

[CaptYossarian]

9. Free labor for his American oligarchs.

More teenage hookers for Sheldon Adelson. Hell, that's probably where our trafficked children are going right now.

They want their Confederacy back.

[dawg day]

10. Or of "blue state governors"

And, after all, they're already fine with him dismissing 110K "blue state" deaths.

[roamer65]

11. That would be the beginning of Second American Civil War.

I will fight for any blue state that wants to secede under this scenario.

[lpbk2713]

12. "Damn Hippies"

[haele]

13. Problem with Authoritarians is they can never seem to see consequences beyond their bubble of ideolo

They can figure out that 1 +1 =2, but they can't seem to figure out any way to continue any realistic attempt at logic to get beyond the next step on the path. In other words, there is no actual map in their thinking to get to their goals.

Haele

[uriel1972]

14. I think Susan Collins might be...

"Concerned" about that.

[greenjar_01]

15. It would be a larger number than many here are comfortable with

I don't know about 40% cheering, but you'd certainly be in the high 20s, and the rest just OK with this "unfortunate necessity."