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[–] 2 points 21 hours ago (32 children)

Come on. Any of the US “left” that hasn’t already started fighting back isn’t going to.

Unless, what, you’re waiting for the fascists to cross some imaginary red line they haven’t already crossed? If that’s the case, where is that line? Be specific.

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  • [–] 5 points 19 hours ago (30 children)

    What do you expect me to do? Knock on my neighbor's door and shoot him?

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  • [–] 2 points 7 hours ago (29 children)

    I mean, if you think it’s a one-person job I’m not sure what to tell you.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 hours ago (28 children)

    Okay. What then? We've already been labeled as terrorists by the current administration. Say we start organizing militias and all that. How long do you think it'll take before the ATF shows up Waco style to put it down? As if they're aren't flock cameras everywhere already. Have you even thought about it?

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  • [–] 1 point 4 hours ago (7 children)

    We've already been labeled as terrorists by the current administration.

    That definately sounds like a fucking problem, anything being done about it?

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  • [–] 1 point 4 hours ago (6 children)

    What do you expect me to do in fucking Missouri?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 hours ago (5 children)

    In the post you replied to I:

    1. agreed something is bad

    2. asked if there was a response to bad thing happening

    You are being aggressive about the simple statement "yes, this is bad. Bad things don't get better if nothing happens about it."

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  • [–] 1 point 2 hours ago (4 children)

    So you don't have any suggestions. It's almost like you can nearly grasp the problem and are purposefully ignoring it so you can feel some sort of misplaced superiority

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  • [–] 0 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

    Trying to gather information by asking "is anything being done" obligates me to spoon feed you a solution?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 hour ago (2 children)

    I asked you what you expected me to do and so far you haven't suggested anything.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 hours ago (19 children)

    It’s absolutely wild how you cowards keep spouting the same tired excuses as if they haven’t been addressed literally every time they’re brought up. Fine, don’t fight. Enjoy MAGA. You’ll get whatever you deserve.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (18 children)

    Coward? Fuck off, keyboard warrior. You don't have the first clue what you're talking about. Where do you even live? What do you even do besides playing the tough guy on the Internet?

    Edit: This you?

    I left in 2004 because of how bad things were getting- a decision that has been continually justified every day since.

    Real cowards run away.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 hours ago (10 children)

    Real heroes keep their head down and do nothing apparently...

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  • [–] 0 points 4 hours ago* (9 children)

    Oh, look. Another idiot here to shit talk because he hasn't thought about what it is he expects us to do. Got a suggestion, or are you just here to play tough guy behind the anonymity of the Internet?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 hours ago (8 children)

    Oh look, another American that wants to spend their time coming up with excuses for doing nothing rather than actually doing anything.

    I'd rather someone fucking leave then just keeping their head down and doing nothing like this is normal.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 hour ago (3 children)

    Leaving costs money most don't have. Believe me, if could get a job in Canada and move there I would.

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  • [–] 1 point 58 minutes ago (2 children)

    Sure, but you're not calling someone a coward for leaving. I'm saying somebody leaving is at least something, and something is better than nothing.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

    No suggestions, no surprise. Only shit talk, also no surprise.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

    The same fucking playbook every time:

    1. can't somebody else do it? ("Why don't you come here and do something?")

    2. we've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas ("what's your suggestion" instead of trying to come up with an idea on your own)

    3. endless excuses to not even try any suggestion provided.

    No surprise.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 hours ago (1 child)

    can't somebody else do it?

    Do what?

    we've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas

    I asked what you expected me to do. You've suggested nothing.

    endless excuses to not even try any suggestion provided

    No suggestions have been provided

    No surprise.

    Repeating after me doesn't equal a point.

    I'm starting to think that you haven't thought about it at all.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 hour ago*

    No suggestions have been provided

    That's because pointing out the hollowness of you asking for suggestions is more effective if I point out the playbook before you give all your excuses. Here are some simple suggestions for you:

    1. Move. The thing you insulted another poster for.

    The excuse: moving is expensive.

    So is dying. They're literally saying they want to kill you. Every refugee ever has managed it with fewer resources and more obstacles than you have.

    1. Protest. Like actually protest. Not this "one Saturday every 6 months we go to our designated out of the way protest space so as to not cause too much trouble, then clean up after ourselves and get back to work on Monday." Actual portests are disruptive.

    The excuse: AmErIcA iS tOo bIg

    BLM managed it after the death of one person. How many people have ICE murdered without consequence?

    1. Get involved in politics. Find a politician that opposes this shit and join their team. If no such politician exists become the politician and build a team.

    The excuse: that's hard

    Oh, you wanted suggestions that wouldn't require any effort?

    Now go ahead with your excuses and prove that giving you these suggestions was a waste of time.

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  • [–] -1 points 6 hours ago (6 children)

    Not a citizen, not my country. Lived there 8 years. Not sure why I’m explaining this to overly-defensive American MAGA-lite garbage, though.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 hours ago (5 children)

    "MAGA-lite"

    If you were smart enough to know how dumb you are you'd be embarrassed.

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  • [–] -2 points 5 hours ago (4 children)

    Imagine if all Lemmy shitlibs could actually turn some of this impotent rage against, you know, the Nazis, instead of the people pointing out that they’re doing fuck all about the Nazis

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  • [–] 0 points 1 hour ago

    If their rage is impotent, the Nazi's with the the money, political power, and monopoly on violence would turn them into paste, no?

    Do you think "shitlibs" would win a fight with them? Or do you just want the Nazi's to have an excuse to kill all of them because you hate them as much as the Nazis? Because it often just kind of feels like the latter with this kind of discussion.

    No one owes the world to give up their life, no one chose to be here. One especially does not owe their life to people who explicitly did not even try to prevent the mess we're in in the first place: the average US voting eligible person.

    Why should anyone lift a fucking finger to help my fellow Americans by risking their life if they're on average a bunch of selfish negligently-ignorant-at-best dipshits that let Trump win? Fuck 'em.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 hours ago (2 children)

    Imagine if ignorant foreigners could pull their heads out of their asses long enough to consider what it is they're demanding.

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