@darius Oh fuck, yes. Even if it's culture-war bluster --- and with Barr lurking in the wings, who knows what "law enforcement" has already been bent to --- exactly who in the bowels of Christ is he appealing to?

@darius He’ll do his best to deploy the troops and occupy a given city. If he manages to pull that shit off, someone will be killed by the troops. I can’t even imagine what would happen after that.

@darius it's disgusting

@darius I just watched this after you mentioned it and I'm not really sure what to do. it's terrifying and immobilizing. "overwhelming force," "domestic terrorism". feels like a justification of force and also of mobilizing the surveillance state. yesterday at the protests here I already saw more law enforcement in one place than I've maybe ever seen in my life combined.

@darius Do you have a transcript please? Still not finding one.

@darius I will say this: Yes, it's terrifying, but only for white people. This has already been the case for PoC since the founding of the country.

It's important context, since if we're ever gonna combat these fascists properly, we're gonna need to listen to the PoC that grew up under what white people are only now beginning to see. We need their experience if we're to fight back properly.

Transcript: https://pastebin.com/U9YVFCEv

@darius

AFAIK the miliatary hate him and is less directly permeated by white supremacists than the cops or border patrols so it may be an empty threat - but you are right that it still is terriying.