The goal is to de-bank any opposition to the government. It starts with an easy out group like immigrants. Then more and more groups will get de-banked or otherwise disenfranchised.

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throwawaypath a day ago | parent | next [-]

>The goal is to de-bank any opposition to the government. It starts with an easy out group like immigrants.

Or an easy out group like the Freedom Convoy protest truckers.

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bediger4000 a day ago | parent [-]

I did not realize that the number of Freedom Convoy truckers was roughly the same as number of immigrants. That is a big issue!

	▲	throwawaypath a day ago \| parent [-]
		I did not realize that the number of Romani was roughly the same as number of Jews. That is a big issue!

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gadders a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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scuff3d a day ago | parent [-]

Holy crap, it's been a long time since I saw that dopey Obama/tea-party line. Fox News bullshit from the past seems down right quaint by today's standards

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gadders a day ago | parent [-]

It's a fact though, so label it how you like but it happened.

	▲	lamasery a day ago \| parent \| next [-]
		You're gonna want to look into the context and framing. Elements connected to what you claimed are "fact". The framing is very much not.
	▲	scuff3d a day ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		If you still believe that nonsense after all these years nothing I can say that'll change your mind. This is one of the all time greatest examples of "lying with facts". It's technically correct, the IRS absolutely singled out a bunch of non-profits due to administrative fowl ups, but trying to say Obama "targeted" the Tea Party intentionally was so hilariously stupid I'm amazed anyone bought it.

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cucumber3732842 a day ago | parent | prev [-]

It starts with an even easier out group like "actual criminals or other groups that are fairly strongly hated by a lot of people".

The groundwork for this crap was laid in the 1870s when they were going after the klan, the 1920s bootleggers, then the 1940s-50s mobsters, 1980s drug traffickers, 2000s terrorists, etc, etc. Every step of the way people cheered.

Of course some people looked at the "hurricane cone" of public policy at the time and said that we were not on a good path. Of course they were ignored.