Mainstream media playbook 101. When your narrative isn't taking hold lean on fear mongering.
this post was submitted on 15 Dec 2024
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I mean, remember defund the police?
That movement fully targeted cops.
This one is targeting the ruling class, and cops are worried.
It’s like that moment when you criticize a bad thing (like selfishness) and out of nowhere someone gets offended; they are basically telling on themselves.
That movement fully targeted cops.
I think if youd look into it you'd find its the protestors who were targetted. Not the cops.
I meant that the focus was about the police problem, this time it’s about CEOs yet cops get offended
God the police are so pathetically paranoid.
Literally shooting at acorns falling from a tree
“Waaah a dog barked at me” then they shoot the dog
They do it because they can.
It was comin right for us!
You know, if they stopped doing shady shit and unjustifiably killing people they wouldn’t have to be. Pretty simple stuff. If they took protection and serve to heart people would truly appreciate them and they would get the attention they desire.
Protect and serve is puffery.
Like the Declaration of Independance.
Sounds great, has no impact in legal system.
Protect and serve is puffery.
Not at all. They protect and serve the ruling class.
Police "investigate" citizens and it's fine, but we are targeting cops when we investigate them.
Information asymmetry is one of the tactics of power.
It would be both sad and pointless if people targeted the owner's capital defense force thugs (police) and bribed middle managers (judges/politicians).
That would muddy the waters needlessly and further the cause of the owner class of keeping us at each other's throats.
Our oligarchs whole thing is keeping us hostile towards one another. They don't care who kills who, kids killing kids, cops killing poor, poor killing cops/judges/politicians, all livestock killing livestock to them, big woop. They only freak out when someone they consider a person is killed, there's only 1 metric that determines that for them, and even most of their bought politicians don't qualify on net worth.
Haven't judges in general been extremely gentle with prosecutions involving Trump because of inordinate numbers of threats made to judges? And yet there's no effort made to stop it? And somehow, this represents an existential threat to the courts?
I don't see any reason to limit it to healthcare executives.
Hell Elons mom jumped in line as far as I’m concerned. The spoiled rich are so god damn detached from reality. I never imagined I’d be ok with mass murder but here we are.
I wonder how many Luigis the 2nd trump presidency will create. I hope a lot. Call me whatever you want.....
I mean, I'd only call you an accelerationist if you advocated for a second Trump president because that's what you wanted. There's a difference between predicting/speculating and acting to make something a reality.
Edit: apparently people think that thinking something will happen is the same as thinking that it should happen.
Edit 2: accelerationism is bad, and anyone who thinks otherwise is either an idiot or fascist.
This is where we are. Hit it, Jack.
Which one of you has a link to the image file for that free Luigi flyer? Asking for a friend...
Fear from above is quite entertaining. Next up supporters of Brian Thompson seen with halo's and walking on water.
what a great way to drum up support for more police funding and invasive practices
well if they're talking cyber only maybe i could see it, but the people working in our courts aren't part of the problem Luigi lashed out against.
Cops aren't rich.
If they don't get in the way of reclamation, they have nothing to worry about.
unlikely.
fearmongering maybe.
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No one attacked law enforcement for this thought. They are just fear mongering the police so they will want to protect the rich more.
That and make it sound like those supporting him are dangerous.
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I haven't seen anyone encouraging or even so much as hinting that a copycat should target police or courts. Feels like something made up to try to drive a wedge between the bipartisan support by splintering off "back the blue" type of people.
This is it. Do not do class war. The rich want you to fight amongst yourselves
The class war has been going on since time immemorial and we aren't winning. But when you recognize that fact and talk about rebellion, some people get all upset.
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