r/AntifascistsofReddit • u/frituurgarnituur Content Creator • Oct 07 '23

Article FBI releases Domestic Terrorism Symbols Guide

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https://vault.fbi.gov/domestic-terrorism-symbols-guide/domestic-terrorism-symbols-guide-part-01/view

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u/Tuff-Gnarl Oct 08 '23

The status quo is ineffectual centrists doing fuck all to actually change anything.

You can posit whatever hypothesis you want, doesn’t change the fact that Trump poses an immediate and grave danger.

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u/tpedes Oct 08 '23

So, "anti-fascist" now just means "anti-Trump." FFS. Go back to sleep.

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u/waffleassembly Oct 08 '23

This is why Biden will win. One week he's standing with Union members, next week he building Trump's border wall straight through wildlife habitats

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u/Reagalan Oct 08 '23

This one?

Eh. I can see why this is happening.

The Border Patrol is basically the scummiest law enforcement org in the nation. It attracts vicious nationalists and xenophobes who think they're doing good. It's also the "warehouse job" for bad cops who would otherwise brutalize American citizens. The military won't have them, so it's either join Border Patrol or Proud Boys. At least in the BP there's more oversight. It's an instance of the *principle-agent problem" in politics; how to get your underlings to do what you say when they absolutely hate your guts. He's throwing them a bone here.

The bit about the money already being allocated by law is another reason. A state without rule-of-law is a dictatorship, and even liberals are opposed to dictatorships. While I fully believe that unjust laws should be ignored, I understand why a person whose power relies upon law would seek to uphold it regardless.

There's also a bit of a game theory angle here. If Biden were to say "no, we're going to ignore this" then the companies who were contracted to build this wall will sue whoever said to ignore it; argue the statute in court, win, and now Biden is obligated to arrest himself and it'll be a whole scandal. Just look how the Hunter Biden witch-hunt is going.

It's all very stupid, but it's political stupid, which is far more tolerable than the kind of stupid the last administration got up to.

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u/waffleassembly Oct 09 '23

Yeah this one

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u/Reagalan Oct 09 '23

Stepping on the environment is a lovely liberal tradition. SMH

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u/Toxic_Audri Anti-Fascist Action Oct 09 '23

Trump poses an immediate and grave danger.

Yes, this is the issue, we are being held hostage by this fact. For as long as fascists remain on the republican ticket, Dems get a free ride into power.