kirk’s death is doing nothing to dent MAGA oppression or do anything good but the opposite, just like i said… “Mr. Trump, who has downplayed violence from right-wing or other supporters, said that he would like to designate a range of groups, including the loosely affiliated group of far-left anti-fascism activists, known as “antifa,” as domestic terrorists and bring racketeering cases against people funding protests.”

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    It’s kinda weird they just immediately took over his entire platform to use . It’s almost like this all kind of unexpectedly worked out to their advantage…

    Unrelated, but do you think this crackdown will be aimed at censoring all forms of activism?

    Bc I’m very interested in creating new organizations similar to Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD). Like I have an idea for one called Mothers Against Pedophelia (MAP). You don’t have to be a mother to join, and we’re definitely not a political organization. Just mothers (and others) who organize to strongly seek an end to pedophilia and prevent any pedophiles in positions of authority from being able to harm more children, whoever those pedophiles might be.

    Like will this administration also try to keep MAP from protecting our children? I sure hope not. I just can’t imagine the kind of world where anyone could ever (publicly) admit to preventing mothers from protecting children from pedophiles? Won’t somebody think about the children!?!

    I wonder what other kinds of non political organizations might be popping up in the near future?

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      Protecting pedophiles os one of this administration’s highest priority objectives so yes, as soon as a pedophile of means finds themselves in some way affected.

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    I haven’t googled it in awhile but IIRC antifa just means anti fascist. It’s not like an organization.

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      I remember when antifascist was a good thing to be. Like all the time from the 1930s to the 2010s.

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        During the Red Scare, people were persecuted for being “premature anti-fascists.” See, at first, the only pushback was coming from the socialists and commies.

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      If you’re anti fashism, you’re anti (future) America and need to be dealt with because you’re a terrorist. /s

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    Racketeering for “funding protests” sounds a lot like making it illegal to donate to groups who don’t support him.