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bigtree

(86,005 posts)
Fri Jul 17, 2020, 11:22 AM Jul 2020

How do you know if the mysterious camo man pulling you into his van isn't just a regular nazi?

Climate Doomer @MenshevikM 11h
If we're doing unmarked paramilitary secret police now, but also doing massive civil gun ownership with a military larping culture, how exactly are you supposed to tell the mysterious camo man pulling you into the back of his van in Portland isn't just a regular Portland nazi? twitter.com/MenshevikM/status/1283978416258256896















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These government sponsored militias are the true manifestation of what these gun freaks have advocated for decades. It's not just government they're arming themselves against, it's Americans they disagree with. The 'freedom' they've been demanding is actually their repression of the rest of us.

It's clear now, D.C. was a dress rehersal for deploying these government thugs around the nation to intimidate citizens away from protesting their government. I predict it will do just the opposite.

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wnylib

(21,623 posts)
4. Regardless of whether they are
Fri Jul 17, 2020, 11:34 AM
Jul 2020

just a regular Portland Nazi or real federal agents, the important questions are:

How do we protect people from their terrorist tactics in the moment when the kidnappings occur?

How do we stop this NOW before it spreads beyond Portland?

I was recently looking at the SPLC (Southern Poverty Law Center) map of hate groups in the US. There is quite a cluster around the Portland area.

Submariner

(12,509 posts)
5. After you shoot one in self defense
Fri Jul 17, 2020, 11:34 AM
Jul 2020

check his corpse for a wallet and I.D. The other option is get captured and hope your not disappeared by whoever that scum is.

blueinredohio

(6,797 posts)
10. If people are being arrested and jailed the police have to know who these guys are.
Fri Jul 17, 2020, 12:06 PM
Jul 2020

Just anyone can't arrest someone and put him in jail.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
9. Betcha didn't know the saying "Kill 'em all and let God sort 'em out" started with...
Fri Jul 17, 2020, 11:46 AM
Jul 2020

one Bishop Almaric advising the Pope on the Albigensian uprising. It was eventually co-opted by the marines in Viet Nam.

See where I'm going with this...

(Not really, but it could end up there)

coti

(4,612 posts)
12. Law enforcement refusing to identify themselves when detaining people is completely unacceptable.
Fri Jul 17, 2020, 12:12 PM
Jul 2020

They should not be given the respect of authority until they identify the specifics of their authority in each instance. Until then, they are simply kidnappers.

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Midnight Writer

(21,812 posts)
19. We need lists of "the disappeared" and lots of lawyers.
Fri Jul 17, 2020, 03:12 PM
Jul 2020

We need to find our citizens, make sure they have legal representation, make sure they have their day in open court, and identify the kidnappers.

These are not lawful arrests.

I can't imagine even the most conservative judge upholding these abductions.

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