Seems like the mistake here was surprising a judge in their courtroom.
jhymesba
joined 2 years ago
Heh, I'm noticing that. For clarification, I'm in the USA.
Man, wouldn't it be nice if our courts would do the same for our far-right leaders?
In the 1930s and 1940s, the previous followers of this blighted ideology made 5 million+ people die in horrifying ways. I'm not keen on finding out how many this current batch of assholes is willing to kill. You try to abduct me or someone I care about, you get a face full of pepper spray, at a minimum. And I'm sure not going to look down on an immigrant or minority shooting down a masked secret police officer or 5. Maybe if they have to put their bodies on the line, the assholes will be less keen on trying to abduct people.
I'm not so sure the alternative of being disappeared into an El Salvedor prison is much better. Besides, it's time for the Fascists to feel the pain. I'm not a firearm carrying sort myself but I do carry a can of pepper gel with me. A gift for anyone who is trying to molest me.
There are also other ways you can resist a Fascist. I have a can of pepper gel I keep on me at all times. Anyone who tries to abduct me and put me in the back of a van, secret police or just random crook, is getting that sprayed in their eyes and mouth. Apply liberally to the face of the leopard trying to eat your face then run.
I advise everyone who is here on a Student Visa or similar circumstance to start carrying, whether it be mace or a firearm. But keep in mind the firearm salesman notes above. They are good ones.
If I were in charge, that's exactly what I would do. "US ICE agents are detaining Canadian citizens at the border. Until and unless US agents stop detaining Canadians at the border and return those they have detained, we are advising Canadian citizens to not travel to the USA." Post it right next to all other Canadian travel advisories.
Then you missed an opportunity to justify that opinion.
Germany isn't perfect. Nobody is. But there is no lie that the USA no longer is the bastion of freedom it claimed to be, but is a lot more like 1930s Germany than today's Germany is. Let's talk some facts.
Germany scores 40/40 in terms of political rights, and 55/60 on Civil Liberties. This score matched their 2023 score, and while the 2024 report isn't done yet, we can get a look at 2023's view. Germany collected all available points on the political side of the equation, for its Mixed Proportional Representation system, vibrant political parties, and good political system balance. The areas it gets dinged on include:
Perhaps you take exception to 'gave rise to Fascism' and 'unleashed two world wars'? I get you. From a pure factuality standpoint, this statement leaves something to be desired. Germany didn't give rise to Fascism. IMO, that 'honour' goes to Italy. And World War 1 was mostly started by Austria. but let's be clear here. Germany viewed the fight between Austria and Bosnia to be just the opening it needed to take on Russia and France. And World War 2? 100% started by Germany, in their quest to find lebensraum, or living space, while they displaced undesirables like Jews and Slavs. While Italy started Fascism, it was Germany that objectively planned to bring its own brand of fascism globally. Maybe you'd prefer: "The nation that fanned the flames of both world wars, starting one and enlarging the other, and was the largest force for the spread of the toxic ideology of Fascism, has become a global model of democracy"?
I agree with the rest of it, too. The USA has fallen to becoming what we fought against in the 1940s. And Germany may well become what has to fight against to us in the 2030s...