A U.S. official confirmed 700 Marines from Twentynine Palms have been ordered to assist in LA. They are expected to arrive over the next 24 hours.
  • unmagical@lemmy.ml
    211·
    2時間前

    Kinda seems like the US has gone to war with her citizens: what with the deploying of troops against them and all. Maybe her citizens should start acting like they are at war.

    Too bad there are no cases in history of a guerrilla force standing their own against the “undefeated” US military. /s

      • RubberElectrons@lemmy.world
        4·
        60分前

        California didn’t accidentally become wealthy. Lots of smart & capable people there, albeit with much to lose.

        They’ll reasonably try to keep a lid on things, but there’s a line not too far from where Californians have currently gotten pushed to.

  • wise_pancake@lemmy.ca
    176·
    4時間前

    This took less than 3 days.

    Less than 3 days of mild protest in one city and Trump is saying the governor needs to be arrested and is using the military against civilians.

    This wasn’t even classed as a riot.

  • CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
    64·
    4時間前

    Congress could end this immediately, by revoking Trump’s emergency powers. Spineless traitors the whole lot of them.

  • Archangel1313@lemmy.ca
    71·
    4時間前

    Did Trump declare martial law while I was asleep? Because last time I checked, he can’t deploy the military on US soil unless the country is in a state of emergency. And peaceful protests don’t count.

      • Archangel1313@lemmy.ca
        7·
        31分前

        The people setting those fires should absolutely be charged for their actions. But their actions don’t negate the Constitutional rights of everyone else who is protesting. And calling in the National guard before the local authorities have declared the situation to be out of their control, is a direct violation of Constitutional law.

          • Archangel1313@lemmy.ca
            2·
            9分前

            But, when you say, “they”…you are painting the entire protest as violent, unless you make the distinction that it isn’t. And the vast majority of protestors are simply exercising their 1st amendment rights, in a perfectly legal manner.

      • FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world
        2·
        3分前

        Impressive how the troll farms always manage to put one “yeah people were hurt but what about property?!” in every thread about our pigs.

      • dustyData@lemmy.world
        91·
        1時間前

        The world is also filled with governments that ordered the military to shoot civilians and are still comfortably in power. No country is immune to authoritarianism, the US is not exceptional.

      • MangioneDontMiss@lemmy.ca
        74·
        1時間前

        part of the problem is this absurdly naive optimism everyone has. people need to start being more fucking pessemistic and angry.

    • NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip
      432·
      4時間前

      Don’t worry. All the heroic men and women in the armed services will decide THIS oppression of a civilian populace is too much and some of the officers will resign. Then, in just a decade or so, they’ll have O-5s who are only qualified to be O-3s and it will all come crashing down! And if you disagree, you are just a doomer!

      Yeah… This does not end well in any conceivable way.

  • LemmyIsReddit2Point0@lemmy.world
    62·
    4時間前

    Everyone, go to your local retailer that sells crayons and get a variety of colors from different manufacturers. You never know what flavor or brand they will want so it’s best to have a spread. You can use that to barter or as a lure.

    • JasonDJ@lemmy.zip
      7·
      47分前

      You had three homonyms in your sentence and took the bold strategy of using the same spelling for all of them but got it right twice.

      66%, still passing.

      • GreenMartian@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        1·
        18分前

        Huh. I always thought homonyms need to both sound the same (homophone) and spelt the same (homograph). But a quick search showed they could be either.

        My whole life has been a lie.

  • SpontaneousCombustion@lemmy.world
    383·
    4時間前

    So this is what freedom looks like? Where are all the 2nd Amendment fanboys when they’re needed? Probably sitting in the parents basement surfing the net for manga.

    • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      2時間前

      2nd Amendment fanboys

      That was just cosplay.

      Where the actual fuck are all the active duty military personnel who all swore an oath to defend the constitution from all threats, foreign and domestic? They are literally oath-bound to engage Donald Trump the same way they do any other enemy of the United States.

      Do your fucking job already!

    • NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip
      284·
      4時間前

      Where are all the 2nd Amendment fanboys when they’re needed?

      Siding with the cops and looking for a Target they can protect while shooting some n***ers.

      Karl from InrangeTV is probably one of the only genuinely honest Second Amendment supporters out there and he summed it up pretty well (in his video on how Palantir/Doge is all about surveilance and The Government is already coming for people): The vast majority of gun nuts (youtube or otherwise) are silent because they align with what is happening.

      • SpontaneousCombustion@lemmy.world
        53·
        3時間前

        Collectively, you voted for this fascist. As a non-USian, I’ll just grab my popcorn and watch the drama unfold. Very similar to watching the Brexit debacle here in Europe.