GOP Will Rape, Pillage, Plunder & Wreck All They Can. Screw The Polls Or Lack Of Mandate.

[TheMastersNemesis]

Get real people. I do not care what the God damned polls say about what American believe about Trump's ability or the fact that in reality he and the GOP have NO mandate. THEY ARE GOING TO DECLARE ONE AND LITERALLY FUCK EVERYONE THEY CAN. And we won't be able to do much about it. They are going to over run all the opposition they can. The dip shits gave them the power in the first place in many of the states and the federal government.

We can see what this prick is doing so far. And we can only imagine what the GOP leadership is up to. Add the MSM, RW hate radio and the rest of the RW media which is all we really have.

Short of outright revolt and obstruction I am not sure what can be done. I will bet right now the GOP and Trump are planning to crush protest and 1st amendment rights. And the MSM will be on the Trump/GOP side all along.

[Horse with no Name]

1. You know what came after the 1920's??

Yeah...those pesky 1930's.

And you know who had to clean it up?

Christ these people need to read their fucking history books.

[lastlib]

14. Worst job in the circus is cleaning up after the elephants.....

...Same with politics.

[Stargazer99]

2. The well manipulated public will find out how stupid they were

[jodymarie aimee]

3. we fought HARD in Wisconsin

and you know what happened here. The Rs have burned us to the ground.

[shadowrider]

4. I'll play devils advocate and will take that bet

If protest still exists and 1st amendment rights are still around in two years, you owe me $1000

If they aren't, I owe you $1000.

Deal?

The right to protest and 1st amendment rights are intrinsic to the United States. There is no one, no president, no senator, no one who will advocate for doing away with them.

You really ought to see a doctor and have your threat for stroke evaluated. Seriously.

[atreides1]

8. No one? Really?

All you need is one, to start the ball rolling!

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2016/11/washington_state_senator_to_pr.html


John Adams had the Alien and Sedition Act

Lincoln declared martial law in all states and ordered the suspension of the constitutionally protected right to writs of habeas corpus in the state of Maryland and parts of the Midwestern states. In 1862 Lincoln suspended the right to writs of habeas corpus nationwide!

And then there was Executive Order 9066, signed by FDR, authorizing the Secretary of War to prescribe military areas and giving him authority that superseded the authority of other executives under Proclamations 2525-7. EO 9066 led to the internment of Japanese Americans, whereby over 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry living on the Pacific coast were forcibly relocated and forced to live in camps in the interior of the country, 62% of whom were United States citizens, not aliens.

Don't believe it can't happen, the US already has a history of suspending Constitutional rights!!!

[TheMastersNemesis]

5. One Point About My OP Is The 1st Amendment Rights Will Be Denied By Process.

There are many rights right now that are being denied but have not been abolished. There will be no effort to abolish the right to protest or assemble, but measures will be taken like have been taken against Planned Parenthood and reproductive rights. Measures will be used to make sure it will be difficult to protest. Look at what happened to the Occupy movement.

So the critique that 1st amendment rights will be abolished or rescinded does not fly. There are ways to suppress people Just look at Wisconsin and other places where places to protest are off limits. OR YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PERMIT!!!! Look at what is happening to the post inaugural protest. Look at what has happened during legal non violent protests.

[Equinox Moon]

6. Unfortunately, you are correct.

Sorry to add to the outrage, but... look what has happened to voting rights. The RW extremists are in power because they rigged the election. Not voter fraud, Election Corruption. Voter rolls purged, poll locations limited, machines breaking on election day, voter ID, gerrymandering, etc. The extremists have effected a coup, in our own country, while we witnessed this happen.

I find solace in this quote:
"There is a revolution coming. It will not be like revolutions of the past. It will originate with the individual and with culture, and it will change the political structure only as its final act. It will not require violence to succeed, and it cannot be successfully resisted by violence."

Charles A. Reich
"The Greening of America"

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I think we need to be really creative in our resistance, which will go way beyond a march or protest. We can take action through many other means that will affect change, because it will have real power (without violence).

[Ford_Prefect]

7. It is what they have done in NC and it is SOP for Koch brothers Hegemony plans.

Chaos is their friend. They will start so many legalistic brush fires that we may never put them out.

[jalan48]

9. No reaching across the aisle to find common ground with these folks.

They don't care what the public thinks of them.

[TheMastersNemesis]

10. Looking For Common Ground Absurd When It Should Be Resistance & War.

[jalan48]

13. Yep-it should have started years ago.

[shadowrider]

15. An honest question

Would you, personally, be willing to lead troops into battle, or would you want the war waged by LEO and the military while you cheer them on?

[elmac]

11. GOP Will Rape, Pillage, Plunder & Wreck All They Can

because they can. They know the opposition isn't as cutthroat as they are, they know the dumbass ameriKan voters will back them up, they know they will turn this country into a 3rd world cesspool with a 1% option to buy.

[TheMastersNemesis]

12. Looking For Common Ground Like Giving Your Executioner The Ax To Behead You.

[flamingdem]

16. If we don't organize, as a country, a la Vietnam

then we deserve to be fucked.

If this doesn't bring out some leadership, then we're fucked.

We have to stand up to bullies and show how it's done.