I hope that you are incorrect, but fear that you are closer to correct than not, sadly.

Look, I'm not saying to just roll over, but wtf are we supposed to do. The second amendment is there, I don't see anyone utilizing it, and I don't think they ever will.

Remember it’s “home of the brave”, not “home of the cowards”.

I have yet to be proven otherwise.

It's already been proven.

Ah, okay, my bad.

Let's pretend any of that actually matters and the US government doesn't have a history of losing to locals, and ask the following: what happens if you willingly disarm yourself? Criminals will still have guns, your police will still shoot "less-lethal" rounds into the heads of protesters, and you will still be oppressed.

What do you get out of this? A fraction of the illusion of safety? And all it cost you was the last defense against oppression anyone has.

I really don't care to get into overarching argument of the 2nd amendment, it's been done to death. It's also not what this conversation was about.

The photo is weirdly blurry and grainy so be suspicious.

You mean the filthy window? Yeah, something tells me they get pollution there and don't clean the outside of the windows as often as they should. I've seen that kinda filthy often enough on office windows.

The "something to say" being that I'm a Russian troll? Lol.

[cries in RFC 2119]

I don’t understand what it’s going to take for someone to do something. Protests are not going to work when they’re holding all our money, services, rights, data, etc hostage, and threatening all our public servants.

You know EXACTLY what you were calling for. Don't get high and mighty now.

Sounds an awful lot like you're trying to convince yourself rather than me.

Doesn't matter if this is what your dumbass voted for

The projection doesn't help.

Trump has been pretty clear that this was his plan. Anyone surprised by this is just willfully ignorant.

I used to regulate a local sanitary code that explicitly defined "'should' means 'shall'; 'shall' means 'must'" because lawyers do litigate over these terms.

Saved a lot of time and resources (and public health) where a juxtaposed word in an administrative order didn't blow up a civil case.

It's funny to think that any of these comments are relevant. Are you new to the internet maybe?. The best I can do is hope to influence. The best an American can do is contact people already working to correct this and ask them what needs doing. This leads me to wonder how all the Americans are posting in this thread, being that they are all so exhausted. Why not go to sleep? Then wake up later and get in touch and involved.

It's almost like Americans are here trying to convince themselves there is nothing they can do.

How brave of you. What a testament to your freedoms. What a fine demonstration of what it truly means to be American: A blame shifting, feckless inheritor of a once great country. All hype. No substance, apart from the folds of blubber around their mid sections. What a legacy. All your talk of freedom backed by nothing. FREEDOM!

So... General Strike to stop the coup?

That president is the enemy of every single American worth less than a billion dollars, unfortunately there's a solid chunk of Americans who seem to think they're going to wake up and become billionaires. But please know we don't want any of this stupid bullshit

This is a really flimsy talking point I'm so sick of.

We refer to you as Americans because that's what you told us to call you. We are judging the actions and system of government you set up, and are paying for.. Are you somehow now suggesting that unless there is 100% internal consensus you are unresponsible for the actions of the government your money pays? Your internal politics are your god-damn problem. I could not care about how you internally identify.

Reality check: The man you all tolds us is in charge of your country now is threatening me and my family now on the international stage.

So own it. You are literally paying your money to keep it going. It is yours. You built it, you are funding it.. For decades we've listened to you go on and on (and fucking on) about your freedoms. Good. Now is the time to prove you are both brave and free. Stop posting on Lemmy and go get in contact with people doing the actual, real work of defending your country. Stop coming here and defending yourself from me ffs. I'm just your pissed off neighbour. It doesn't matter what I think. Go do something useful ffs.

As it stands, it seems that Trump represents you feckless cowards perfectly.

Non Americans don't understand and assume we have the same liberties as them.

"Just do die in the street and achieve nothing" Isn't the compelling moral argument many Canadians seem to think it is.

Why not go to sleep? Then wake up later and get in touch and involved.

Because that would require more effort than posting a comment online.

This is the only post that matters.