Crackdowns on protesters is what autocrats/tyrants do. This is what happens in countries before a collapse

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Pohemi

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There is a clear distinction between the two classes of people.
Yeah...might wanna run that one by Donnie before you go assuming what he's thinking when he orders military and federal officers to "rough em up".
I didn't see any rioters or protesters getting rowdy outside the WH.
I haven't seen him acknowledging any legitimate demonstrations or peaceful protests that have happened during the day, he just lumps all of them into one. Call it the basket of anti-deplorables, if you want.
 

dank69

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I guess I don't see the issue with ensuring protesters are allowed to freely peacefully protest while at the same time taking whatever action is necessary to stop the destruction of private property and the taking of innocent lives by rioters. There is a clear distinction between the two classes of people.
Link to rioters taking innocent lives? Oh, that's right, it is the cops doing that. And let's not forget, private property is more important than American lives as well.
 

Vic

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Heh.. Trump overplayed his law and order sic-the-military-on-American-citizens tough guy hand with his base (which we saw they loved BTW), then woke up to the polls the next morning and discovered he lost the entire swing vote, as moderates recoiled in horror. Now his machine is desperately trying to walk that back.
Too late. When someone shows you who they really are, believe them.
 

woolfe9998

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Let's pause to review some things Trump said to the media in 1991:


Russia wasn't autocratic enough at the time:

Trump said he'd been "very unimpressed" with the Soviet Union.

"Their system is a disaster," Trump said. "What you will see there soon is a revolution; the signs are all there with the demonstrations and picketing. Russia is out of control and the leadership knows it. That's my problem with [former Soviet President Mikhail] Gorbachev. Not a firm enough hand."

But China showed "strength" at Tiananmen when they mowed down pro-democracy protesters:

Trump was then asked if he meant "firm hand as in China."

"When the students poured into Tiananmen Square, the Chinese government almost blew it. Then they were vicious, they were horrible, but they put it down with strength," Trump replied. "That shows you the power of strength. Our country is right now perceived as weak...as being spit on by the rest of the world."

If there is another term of Trump, democracy WILL BE GONE here. We'll be living in a literal police state. All you Bernie Bros hawking a discredited story of sexual assault, you "business minded centrists" who know exactly what Trump is but worry over your taxes being raised, and anyone else making excuses for why to not vote for Biden in November need to extract your heads from your asses. You either care about the future of this country or you do not.
 
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shortylickens

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So we're all agreed: Guillotine, right?

Or did we settle on the noose? Its less dramatic, but can be replaced easily.
 

nickqt

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So this country is going to collapse because someone of a different party is in office. Cool. That reminds me of what the other side said when Obama was in office. What deep thinkers we got here.
Let me see if I have this right.

BothSidesDoIt™

Yup. Got it.

Thanks for the words of wisdom, sage.
 

brandonbull

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CIA veterans who monitored crackdowns abroad see troubling parallels in Trump’s handling of protests:
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In interviews and posts on social media in recent days, current and former U.S. intelligence officials have expressed dismay at the similarity between events at home and the signs of decline or democratic regression they were trained to detect in other nations.

“I’ve seen this kind of violence,” said Gail Helt, a former CIA analyst responsible for tracking developments in China and Southeast Asia. “This is what autocrats do. This is what happens in countries before a collapse. It really does unnerve me.”


The fall of America in 4 short years. :eek: :(
it is now more of a possibility than ever and i'm worried
We have hours and hours of video where looters and violent criminals are being cracked down on. To the Progressheviks, stopping the violence is not acceptable.
 

Commodus

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We have hours and hours of video where looters and violent criminals are being cracked down on. To the Progressheviks, stopping the violence is not acceptable.

Aside from this being a false statement to start with... it's messed up how you're more concerned about rioting and looting than racist cops murdering black people in cold blood.
 

GoodRevrnd

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No kneel on snek.
 

senseamp

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Look at Ukraine winter 2014, started off as peaceful student protests about whether Ukraine should be orient towards the EU, basically a nothing-burger because EU wasn't exactly eagerly waiting for the Ukraine to join them. Country was roughly evenly divided on the subject. But cops cracked down and escalated it, then protestors escalated back, then the shooting started, then it spun out of control very quickly. Government decided it was time to get tough, but once the regime had snipers mass killing protesters/rioters, the whole country turned on the regime, and the president had to flee to Russia for his life.
 
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FaaR

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Progressheviks
Wow. Such powers of imagination! Likening progressives to communists with an awkward portmanteau, totally original!

...Seriously dude. Really? You think this is the 1950s or something? Like anyone's going to care about a communism accusation nowadays - other than you frothing at the mouth rwnjs that is.

You people really are the worst. Even your strawman in the same sentence is inept and more akin to the works of a five-year-old. "I don't like these people; must accuse them of being bad! Make something up making them look bad, on the spot! Now!"

Laughable.
 
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Commodus

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Wow. Such powers of imagination! Likening progressives to communists with an awkward portmanteau, totally original!

...Seriously dude. Really? You think this is the 1950s or something? Like anyone's going to care about a communism accusation nowadays - other than you frothing at the mouth rwnjs that is.

You people really are the worst. Even your strawman in the same sentence is inept and more akin to the works of a five-year-old. "I don't like these people; must accuse them of being bad! Make something up making them look bad, on the spot! Now!"

Laughable.

You're new to brandonbull, aren't you? :p

He's a mindless Trump drone. He treats Trump's word as gospel, never thinks for himself, never questions things or looks for evidence... he just regurgitates hardline right-wing talking points and uses catchphrases like "Progressheviks" as if we're supposed to be shocked. Instead, we just laugh at how easily manipulated he is.
 

interchange

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So this country is going to collapse because someone of a different party is in office. Cool. That reminds me of what the other side said when Obama was in office. What deep thinkers we got here.

There is nothing partisan about speaking out against a President employing the military on protestors in a public park in an hour before curfew and in violation of no law exercising a privilege explicitly afforded to them by the first amendment to the Constitution. Without warning. With pepper balls, smoke bombs, and rubber bullets, and with actions of direct unprovoked attack caught on camera.
 

feralkid

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With McConnell controlling the Senate and with a shamefully compliant gaggle of Repub Senators that cow tow to his every whim along with an AG whose only interest is keeping Trump out of range of the watchdogs, I agree.


Agreed; however, the word you're looking for is kowtow, and it has nothing to do with a rodeo. :)

Kowtow
 
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trenchfoot

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Agreed; however, the word you're looking for is kowtow, and it has nothing to do with a rodeo. :)

Kowtow


I noticed that after I posted but was too lazy to correct it. Spell checker didn't know the difference because I separated the syllables so I thought meh, I'll chalk that one up to being able to suffer the consequences of my lethargy.

Correction to follow. :)
 
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We have hours and hours of video where looters and violent criminals are being cracked down on. To the Progressheviks, stopping the violence is not acceptable.

Could you tell us more about these “Progessheviks”?
I’m still waiting for comments about Progessheviks here.