▲ 667 ▼ Trump administration now classifies Antifa and left-wing networks among ‘major’ terror groups (www.cnn.com) submitted 3 months ago by cantankerous_cashew@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 140 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 44 points 3 months ago (1 child) They're coming for us. This is the real reason for the camps. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago (1 child) What's so disturbing to me is that all the conspiracy theory nutballs I've known, the ones who... are hardcore preppers who said the economy was due to collapse into a post-apocalyptic dystopia anytime a Dem is in the white house kept talking about the FEMA death camps at former railway hubs with barbed wire fences pointing inwards think black helicopters are running urban pacification drills in cities keep being up giant fields being leased by the govt to store nothing but thousands of plastic coffins never shut up about "jackboot" "police states" during the entirety of Obama and Biden terms They were all either hardcore right-wingers or simple "never trust the govt" types who suddenly started wearing maga hats permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 months ago They are not necessarily against those things in principle, even within their own country. They just don't want to be the targets of it. Probably some, whether they are being honest with themselves for the reason or not, are wrapping themselves in MAGA for safety, then convincing themselves it's the Good Side by accepting the propaganda. Which is neither to excuse any other group for accepting propaganda nor to assert Both Sides in any way. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago (1 child) What's so disturbing to me is that all the conspiracy theory nutballs I've known, the ones who... are hardcore preppers who said the economy was due to collapse into a post-apocalyptic dystopia anytime a Dem is in the white house kept talking about the FEMA death camps at former railway hubs with barbed wire fences pointing inwards think black helicopters are running urban pacification drills in cities keep being up giant fields being leased by the govt to store nothing but thousands of plastic coffins never shut up about "jackboot" "police states" during the entirety of Obama and Biden terms They were all either hardcore right-wingers or simple "never trust the govt" types who suddenly started wearing maga hats permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 months ago They are not necessarily against those things in principle, even within their own country. They just don't want to be the targets of it. Probably some, whether they are being honest with themselves for the reason or not, are wrapping themselves in MAGA for safety, then convincing themselves it's the Good Side by accepting the propaganda. Which is neither to excuse any other group for accepting propaganda nor to assert Both Sides in any way. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 months ago They are not necessarily against those things in principle, even within their own country. They just don't want to be the targets of it. Probably some, whether they are being honest with themselves for the reason or not, are wrapping themselves in MAGA for safety, then convincing themselves it's the Good Side by accepting the propaganda. Which is neither to excuse any other group for accepting propaganda nor to assert Both Sides in any way. permalink fedilink source parent