"DeSantis told us he would have no issues using troops against our own citizens."

[Bernardo de La Paz]

Richard N. Ojeda, II
@Ojeda4America

DeSantis will run for President. He has just told us all that he would have no issues using troops against our own citizens. When they tell you who they are…….f*^king listen!
Dec 4, 2021·Twitter

Link to tweet

[leftieNanner]

1. Welcome to the state of Myanmar

Florida style.

[sakabatou]

2. K&R

Since DeSatan is killing people in his own state, of course he'd have no problem with killing even more people.

[monkeyman1]

3. well shit , this should piss off a few people !!

[flying_wahini]

4. Goobers don't care because they don't think they mean THEM.

People who follow DeSantis are not the smartest people on the block.

[BlueJac]

5. The asshole is a bully. That is all

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. The people he appeals to are bullies. . . . nt

[wnylib]

7. He might find out that citizens

have no problem with fighting back in self defense.

[hay rick]

18. Florida is a concealed carry state.

I would not be surprised if a lot of lefty weapons start showing up at rallies.

[keithbvadu2]

8. His FSG is not what was before. He wants his private army of brown shirts.

His FSG is not what was before. He wants his private army of brown shirts.

Duties
The purpose of the state defense forces, including the FSG, was to fulfil the National Guard's state obligations. This included guarding infrastructure, protecting against sabotage, calming riots, or aiding law enforcement. Although the mainland United States was never invaded during World War II, state defenses would have shared responsibility with the federal military and National Guard in defending American territory had an invasion occurred.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_State_Guard

[ancianita]

9. Listenin' Saw a truck drive by today with two 7X10 'Let's go, Brandon!' flags. DeSantistan is real.

Driving a half hour later I saw a white van with a black flag on the back.

Whether Biden might be able to stop him or not, I'm getting the hell out of this state next year. I'm not sure where I can go because it just might be dangerous for any liberal in any battleground states.

Call me paranoid, but I'd rather be a wrong pessimist than a wrong optimist.

My theory: the real reason DeSantis is doing this militia guard thing is so his state can be a harbor for other militias who'd rally around Trump eventually.

[Lonestarblue]

10. Our country breaks apart more very day due to Republicans.

This month’s issue of The Atlantic magazine has an article that is sobering in its description of how authoritarian regimes stay in power. The article starts with the Belarus election, where a democratic candidate won but had to flee to another country to escape imprisonment and possible death. The dictator in power, Aleksandr Lukashenko, refused to recognize the results of the election—sound familiar? Aided by Russia, he jailed and tortured protesters, most of whom are still jailed today.

Our own country is in danger from the forces that care more about global wealth and power than democracy. It is no accident that Trump aligned himself with authoritarians and tried to end our alliances with other democracies. The question we should be asking is why the Republican Party has done the same by aligning itself with Trump. Republican leaders recently stated that they would have no policies until 2024, presumably so that Trump can decide what the party should stand for. We truly are living in dangerous times because many voters are oblivious to what the Republican Party is trying to accomplish—the total overthrow of democracy and the installation of an authoritarian ruler.

The dangers to our democracy lie within, but we seem unable or unwilling to do much about it. We know that special interests here use any means necessary to protect their interests and the excessive wealth and power they represent. These are not people who care about democracy; they are people who use the global economic system to grow their wealth and power, which is what allows them to ignore laws and operate with impunity within their power structure. It is naive to believe that people like this are motivated to preserve democracy. I think of the Koch family, the Mercers, Zuckerberg, and others who actively promote the divisions within our country because such divisions distract voters and send them to the polls to vote for people who have been bought through campaign donations to pass laws solely for the oligarchs.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/12/the-autocrats-are-winning/620526/

[zaj]

12. This has been methodically and deliberately...

...being nurtured and normalized since the 2016 Trump campaign.

[LymphocyteLover]

14. Anne Applebaum-- she's good and makes an important point how the corrupt autocrats

are all working in similar ways and using similar tactics, kind of like global mob rule. It's sick beyond belief especially how they are accelerating the desturction of the environment.

[StClone]

17. Primed for dystopia

So many people have the notion that everything is going to end in a polluted, junkyard, Warland. Why is that? Is this purposeful and who would it benefit.

[LymphocyteLover]

21. Are you saying Applebaum is saying that? I thought more she was giving a warning how we could end up

like Russia or some similar autocratic state if we're not careful

[StClone]

22. Applebaum is right on with her warning.

I made a rare foppa that reply post was meant for elsewhere.

Anyway, it is to say that the populace is primed to believe all is lost, and overacting, emotionally, and violently is not undue. Because, it's what they believe is all they have left to elicit effectively.

[twodogsbarking]

11. Sieg Heil

Holy fuck.

[LymphocyteLover]

13. he is one creepy ass evil dude

[Autumn]

15. I would love to f*king listen if this guy would tell me what the fuck DeathSantis

was talking about. Context is important. The dumb fuck talks so much shit I'm not going to google it and wade through the diarrhea that spews from his mouth to find out why he said that.

[Baitball Blogger]

16. Tamp that crazy man down!

This is looney tunes!

[DFW]

19. Fifty years later

Same melody, just a change of location: "Four dead in Orlando"

[Bernardo de La Paz]

20. We hope not, but we fear it might happen. Some RW history-deniers blocked a video

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_(Crosby,_Stills,_Nash_%26_Young_song)



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings


This video apparently passes muster. Perhaps because of no images?

Age restricted to hide American history from children who need to know it. I don't join YouTube so I don't know what its content is.