barneypiccolo

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[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

Thanks, I appreciate that. We already have brutal enemies within our own country, we don't need our neighbors hating us for the actions of those enemies. If America falls to the Maga Nazis, so will Canada. We have to band together to crush and purge them.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago

Guerilla warfare has been extremely effective against the US military for decades.

There are also a LOT of people still working within the government who do not support their current leadership. They can't ALL be replaced by loyalists, and with every replacement they get weaker, and the Resistance gains another experienced insider.

Resistance Guerillas don't all have to carry guns and be fighters. Those disgruntled federal employees are perfectly placed to cause all sorts of chaos, leaks, sabotage, weaponized incompetence, malicious compliance, etc. They will be as important to the fight as those willing to commit violence.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Grow up. These things happen in stages, and we aren't at the violence stage yet. We owe it to ourselves, and the world, to try our hardest to resolve this existential problem with every other option we have before getting to the violence. Hopefully, we can avoid it all together. An American Civil War would have ripple effects that will have negative repercussions on the rest of the world, and being right next door means it will be worse for you than anyone else.

And you need to understand the same far right attack on America by global fascist forces is also happening in Europe, Central and South America, Australia, Asia, and CANADA. They came after America first, so we won't be there to protect other nations, but once they have us under control, YOU are next. You don't want to alienate those who will be your closest allies when the Nazis come for you.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago

We are, too. The tipping point is coming, but it is always impossible to predict how or when that will happen. But make no mistake, it WILL happen.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee -1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

If it gets to the point of invasion I think it’s fair to consider all of America having stabbed us in the back.

Please rethink that. MAGA represents a small and shrinking number of Americans. Many millions of us voted against them, and yet they used their nefarious resources to rig the election and take power. We have been stabbed in the back as much as you would be.

If the MAGA Nazis decide to invade Canada, you can double your forces by calling on the Patriotic Americans who want the Nazis out as much as you do.

AMERICA is not your enemy, MAGA is. Please remember that, we are on YOUR side, and want to assist you in defeating MAGA. If it comes down to an invasion of Canada, MAGA will have an Army, and Canada will have an Army, and the American Patriots will have motivated fighters who will enthusiastically assist the Canadian army to defend your sovereignty, and we are spread all over America. Make use of that valuable resource, and your defeat of MAGA will be much easier.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 14 points 2 days ago

I'm not talking about an invading army. By all means, you should treat them with as much lethal force as you can muster. But the vast majority of Americans are as against that invading army as you are. Any American soldier who does not respond to orders to invade by defecting, is considered a MAGA traitor, and is fair game, by both Canada and American Patriots.

"Just following orders" is never a justification. Following illegal orders is illegal.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 7 points 2 days ago (23 children)

Please don't view AMERICA as your enemy, just MAGA. They may be in control of the government at the moment, but they don't control us.

Remember that HitlerPig's following is only about 1/3 of the country, and they are breath-takingly stupid. MOST of Americans are your allies, and will happily fight alongside you to take both of our countries back from the Nazis.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 6 points 2 days ago

This is true. When I was a young salesman, I once took offense at a British client referring to the program I was selling as a scheme. My boss had to explain to me that he meant no offense, the meaning is slightly different outside of the US, where it is simply a synonyn for a program or plan, and doesn't carry the same American nuance as being nefarious.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

One of the main problems the Dems have had over the last 30-40 years is that they let the Conservative Propaganda Machine frame ALL political messaging in this country, and they've gone along with it 100%, and definitions are a major part of it.

For instane, the accepted party definitions are that Republicans are the party of smaller government, lower taxes, fiscal responsibility, family values (even if they are the opposite of all that), and Dems are just the "Tax & Spend" party, and I never hear Dems deny it. There have been a million other examples.

It's finally starting to change, now that things are so obvious. With President Skum throwing up celebratory Nazi gang signs on national TV, its kind of hard to deny being called Nazis. Actually, they kind of like it because they respect the Nazis, and it instills a visceral fear in most people.

We need to keep taking back the messaging. Tariffs should be called taxes because many people dont understand tariffs, especially since the Conservative Propaganda Machine is deliberately muddying the definitions to confuse their morons. But they also spent decades making their morons despise every tax for any reason, and they have a very deep hatred toward taxes. The MAGA Morons are very clear on their hatred for taxes of ANY kind. Dems should tap into that deep set hatred, and turn it against MAGA. Tariffs should be referred to as Trade Taxes.

MAGA is another big one. There is no Republican Party anymore. There are only two parties - Democrats and MAGA. The Republican party is a 3rd party, at best, if they even exist at all. All Democratic politicians should just refer to the MAGA Party, the same way they like to call it the Democrat Party. Make them defend their very name and identity. Force them to differentiate between the two. It will make them sound weak and defensive. Relegate the word Republican to the political dumpster, and when MAGA finally crashes like all fascist goverments eventually do, they will be forced to dig the Republican party out of the dumpster and try to clean it up and revive it, but the stains will never fade.

90% of politics is marketing, and the Dems have to actively control their marketing by taking back the definitions and messaging. Dont use their terms, force them to use ours, or defend themselves.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'm getting pretty old now, and throughout my life, whenever ive met people who were immigrants, I've asked them about their immigration story. Why did they come here? Some were escaping a bad place, a bad government, war, etc. Others were chasing a dream. Some were just trying to make enough money to keep their family alive back home.

The main reason ive asked, is because i could never be that motivated to leave America I might visit other places, but not only could i not summon the kind of courage it would take to go live in a foreign place, i wouldnt want to. Ive loved America, and it's history, even with all of its ugly chapters.

But now that's changed profoundly. My family has been having serious talks about leaving. My wife has been seriously researching potential countries to move to.

Frankly, i doubt anyone would take us. There will soon be a flood of Americans begging to get into any other country who will take them, and countries will be cherry-picking the most useful, and tossing back the rest. I have a small business that i could easily transfer to anywhere in the world, but we aren't rich, and we don't have special skills that are in demand. We probably wouldn't make the cut.

And if we could get to another country, we'd likely be treated by their citizens the way immigrants are treated here - discriminated against, taken advantage of, abused by the authorities, employers, landlords, etc.

Might as well just stay here, and ride it out. At my age, I've been wrapping my head around the idea that my story is going to have a twist ending, and is going to go down a path I never expected. I can be passive, and let the MAGA Nazis choose my path, or i can be proactive, and choose a path that defies them.

If I'm going down, I'm going down swinging.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 17 points 4 days ago (7 children)

Which is why if i were a foreign tourist, i would avoid America completely.

I suspect we'll still see some foreign tourists this summer, because they've already bought tickets and made reservations, and every place else is booked now, and it will be difficult to make last minute changes.

There will still be a drop in foreign visitors this summer, but next summer? Foreign tourists will be almost non-existent. All we will get are those wierdos who specifically seek out dangerous places to visit, as if we are war zone.

Who knows? Maybe by next summer we will be.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 5 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Trafficked is a catchall term used by the government to justify abuses, same as terrorism. They like to accuse Abrego Garcia of "human trafficking," which conjures images of evil men smuggling frightened young women into forced prostitution, when in reality, Garcia's "human trafficking" accusation stems from being pulled over while driving a van of men to a construction site for work.

In the old days, the goverment used to frighten citizens with warnings about "white slavery." They just updated the phrase, but the meaning and its intent are the same.

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