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Wonder how they'll get around the Posse Comitatus Act.

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[–] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 70 points 3 months ago (1 children)

“Look, we live in dangerous times,” Johnson said. “We’re fighting communism on our own shores, and we’re fighting evil terrorists and tyrants around the world, and we have to be able to protect our national security.”

"Our" national security? No, your national security. I'm the enemy. I'm the one who needs to be eliminated, or otherwise removed from this country, according to you, even though I'm a born and raised American citizen. Fuck your security.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Fuck, parts of my family have definitely been here longer than most current politician's families, but apparently I'm a domestic terrorist.

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago

One of my familial branches has been here since before fuckin James Town, we came over with a Jesuit mission somewhere on the east coast want to say Mid-Atlantic but the oral traditions forgot so I don't have that knowledge.

[–] s@piefed.world 58 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If we pool together all of our money, we can finally defeat communism

[–] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Chef’s kiss

[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 29 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

Wonder how they’ll get around the Posse Comitatus Act.

The same way they got around existing law in a number of other cases in the past years: ignoring it, or letting SCOTUS decide that it's OK. Or claiming "national emergency".

Not saying the courts shouldn't fight back though.

Also, sheesh, still with the communism? I thought they'd at least switched to socialism. Talk about an all-time classic boogeyman.

[–] Dryad@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

Many in Congress are old enough that McCarthyism still seems like current events.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

They looooove the golden oldies. And their target audience is probably Faux News and the hate radio listener.

Also, nearly ALL of these assholes equate socialism with communism. And the ones that don't say they are the same thing will typically claim socialism is a slippery slope straight to Soviet style communism under Stalin.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 2 points 3 months ago

People like my dad, who grew up in the 70s and early 80s, still jump at the mention of the dirty evil C word

[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 3 months ago

AKA imprison political opponents.

[–] tea_n_typewriters@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

I’ve been working for the last 22 hours and haven’t heard anything about communism.

[–] dizzle18@lemmy.zip 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ok Mike, better check up on what kind of porn your son is wanking off too right now. Fucking weirdo.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I want Mikey Johnson to share his browser history.

[–] dizzle18@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 months ago

I bet it is VERY enlightening. And by that I mean horrifying.

Oh of course they do 🙄

Communists? Really? It's been over 50 years since the Powell memo was released.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_F._Powell_Jr.

Stop with the flowery language and just come out and say you represent corporate interests, and will ensure anybody who gets in the way of those interests will be labeled either a communist/terrorist/antifa or some kind of combined threat: commterroant

I feel like we should all stop using the term antifa and demand they stop using the term antifa. Bc they need to be forced to acknowledge in all official documents that their targets are now officially antifascists.

Oh btw how's it going prosecuting LITERALLY ANYBODY in the Epstein files? 🦗🦗🦗

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Remember that pretty much everything not viewed positively by the Seven Mountain Mandate types was labeled "Communist subversion": atheism, Teh Ghey, uppity women, civil rights, being anti-war, etc...

Also, never forget this:

Little Mikey Johnson is a 7MM type.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What is a 7mm type? What does that even mean? Is that some kind of mechanics' joke? Does he prefer smaller rounds than 9mm? Does he like watching seven male-on-male countless couples copulate?

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

7MM = Seven Mountain Mandate.

The very fact that Mikey Johnson being part of that cult is not common knowledge demonstrates that the notion of having a "liberal media" cannot even pass the laugh test.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Mountain_Mandate#Prominent_followers

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ugh. Thanks for that, Charles Darwin. Glad I now have that piece of knowledge rattling around in the ol' noodle.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

🫡

Honestly, every American should know just who and what these people are. The "liberal media" does a terrible job of letting people know just how extremist the conservatives and their party really are.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago

I knew he was extremely dangerous fascist scum, but I didn't know the details of this aspect. Feel free to post this around, I'm sure plenty more people need to know.

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Tru dat. I heard we have government sponsored gas stations and partial ownership of tech companies.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Now they come for the unions, the teachers, the professors, the worker’s rights supporters.

[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Lol so he wants the military to lose another war? At least we'd save money not fighting on the other side of the world.

[–] decapitae@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Nazis. They seem confused and frantic - now is the time to vote, boycott, protest, and generally resist the evil criminals

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 months ago

Mmmmm, that stage is largely past. You should still do those things, but stuff is accelerating pretty quickly. The lid is on, now, and the pot is starting to boil. The time to complain about the chef entering the room is past.

[–] InvalidName2@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 months ago

Are the communists in the room with him right now?

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

COMMUNISTS IN EVERY WOODPILE!

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Haha, that's a real ad! McCarthyism finds its way into consumerism.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I saw this poster in so many dorm rooms.

[–] spitfire@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

I think you all need whatever he describes as „communism”.

[–] TwodogsFighting@lemdro.id 3 points 3 months ago
[–] NM_Gringo@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What would possess him to say something so monumentally stupid?

[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

I think you're underestimating their malice.