President Donald Trump stood in the White House press briefing room Monday morning, declaring it “Liberation Day in D.C.” and announcing that he was taking over Washington, D.C.’s police force. Invoking Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, a rarely used provision of federal law, Trump said he was placing the Metropolitan Police Department under direct White House control and deploying the D.C. National Guard into city streets.
So many people are taking this as a joke. It’s parallels to 1930s Germany is so scary. I always used to think that the German people only became Nazis because they feared for their own lives. Now I’m starting to think from the way I see people reacting online that most people are born Nazis and I was the one who misjudged everything. Until the day I die I will never understand people’s hatred against one another. We are all born naked, and we will all die alone. Most of us have around 60 years in between and some people choose to fill their days by making it worse for others. We will wipe out our own race through fear and ignorance.
This is absolutely part of an overall plan to normalize military occupation of US cities and a continuation of what was started in LA by equating protest with rebellion.
This will continue to escalate.
Trust me, we are not taking this as a joke. And the comparison to 1930s Germany is not hyperbole. Many have seen it since January; by now everybody should.
Many of us have seen it since long before January 2025. We were told we were overreacting.
I expected it to be bad. I expected it to be worse than first term.
I didn’t expect it to be this bad.
Then, and I’m being deadly serious here, you should do a complete review of where you get your news from. This was all in the open long before the election, as part of the project 2025 leaks. “News” media refusing to cover it isn’t media worth listening to.
I think people just straight up do not understand just how bad this is.
Are we allowed to advocate for violence yet on lemmy.world? or are we still pretending we can reason with nazis? asking for a friend.
Violence is allowed when it is in self-defence.
Not unless you have a train ticket to DC already.
there are targets closer to home =)
Then you’ve already taken too long. Are you waiting for a personal invitation?
As we say in the bizz timing is everything.
If you meant it you wouldn’t post it.
Someones got to do the leg work for advocating for it. 😘
Apathy and cowardness. A winning combination.
Well said Eddie Hitler.