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lame54

(40,107 posts)
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 09:38 PM Aug 2025

If it comes down to...

Shooting a National Guardsman or a Marine - are we as Americans expected to do this to defend our country?

What will be the reaction when this inevitably happens?

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stopdiggin

(15,639 posts)
1. the 'reaction' will be swift -harsh (on both individual and community) - and totally and completely predictable
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 10:00 PM
Aug 2025

next question .. ?

stopdiggin

(15,639 posts)
3. and in addition to the (completely expected) punitive reaction
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 10:20 PM
Aug 2025

the MAGA authoritarians - are positively slavering for such 'justification and excuse' ...
To carry out further authoritarian and repressive measures ...

As we have been warned time after time - over and over ...

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doc03

(39,184 posts)
4. That is Trump's goal so he can call a
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 11:16 PM
Aug 2025

state of emergency. It will be a police state and
canceled elections.

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