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[–] BertramDitore@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Frankly, the thing that scares me the most is that you can hear the soldiers in the audience loudly booing at residents of LA on behalf of Trump, when prompted by Trump. That’s disgusting behavior, and should get them all reprimanded or discharged.

While I don’t necessarily have the default unchallenged respect/reverence for the military that most people do, at the very least I expect them to act professionally and respectfully in their own country (since we know that’s often way too much to ask when they’re sent abroad). Fuck any solider who openly acts on their political views, and fuck every soldier that doesn’t refuse an illegal order. You volunteered to do this, so you better do it right.

[–] nthavoc@lemmy.today 9 points 23 hours ago

They swore an oath to the constitution and not to the president. They should have been pan-faced. Then again honor does mean much these days.

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

If there's a civil war, I have so many degrees, they'd have to make me an officer. Trust me, no one wants that.

[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 75 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Oh, is it a day that ends in 'y' again already?

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

People act like every lie is just a flesh wound, but if you stab the body of the truth every day, every day will be worse than the previous one.

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

We don’t need this karma farming comment every single thread about this administration. Yes they lie a lot. Yes we still need to document and report on it.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 50 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In his deeply partisan speech at Fort Bragg, Trump made the baseless claim that the protests against immigration raids in LA are being led by paid “rioters bearing foreign flags with the aim of continuing a foreign invasion”.

And he's using this wording very intentionally; he's going to use this "foreign invasion" to justify martial law.

[–] Kaput@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's Canadians trying to start a civil war, hoping to contain Trump's thirst for mayhem within the us border, and he's biting hook line sinker.

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You know, if you happen to burn the white house down again, we'll just look the other way. This bag of money? Ohh, it's not a payment or a bribe. It's a thank you gift. Giving people money/gifts after the fact is OK according to this administration.

[–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago

At this point it’s probably littered with so many listening devices that burning it all down and rebuilding is the only way to make it secure again.

[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I love that we continue to fact check his speeches. He is just saying shit to people that will only believe him. If they are reading the fact check then they are already against him.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

A person in this thread above here was talking about being politically unaware of Greta Thunberg. It is valuable to continue fact checking, both so we don’t normalize the lies and to catch any unaware people

[–] lupusblackfur@lemmy.world 56 points 1 day ago (2 children)

FFS...

"Trump's speech at ________ contained lies and conspiracy theories about _______.

Come on.

🤷‍♂️ 🤡 🙄 🖕 💩

[–] Nightwingdragon@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

"Trump’s speech ~~at ________~~ contained lies ~~and conspiracy theories about _______~~.

That's all you need. Everything else is superfluous.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

No, it's sometimes instructive to understand what he's lying about and why.

[–] pticrix@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

Trump's ~~s~~pee~~ch at _____ con~~ta~~ined lies and cons~~p~~iracy th~~e~~ories about _____~~

Never forget

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

Hey at least they moved to lies from things like potential inaccuracies.

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 31 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Oh, and by the way,

source: https://bsky.app/profile/lethalityjane.bsky.social/post/3lrbsbfp6i22b (I have no way to check if this is real myself, though)

[–] FoxyFerengi@startrek.website 10 points 1 day ago

I'm not sure about that, but the reply a little down that says people will get voluntold to attend if not enough are willing sounds probable. I served under Dubya and had a similar experience. I usually just volunteered for watch when something like that happened lol

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)

But we get a bigly parade in his honor! Panem et Circensis.

[–] Xaphanos@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Except that we are getting neither.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well I need the goddamn bread. I'm getting hungry here.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

He hasn't got his fiddle out because the fires haven't broken out yet

[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thing is... there is an agreed-upon definition of foreign invasion in international law.

[–] Jolly_Platypus@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This shit is getting dark.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We knew it would. It's just happening very quickly because they had four years to plan.

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It's happening too quickly, actually, these bozos do not have the patience nor the discipline, they are following the dictator playbook quite closely, but even putin took decades. If they keep pressing this hard, they are not going to get their fascist takeover, they are going to get a civil war, which is probably more useful to China and russia and will probably drag them and allies in.

[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Putin took decades, but Hitler only took a few months. By the time German lawmakers realized what was happening, the reichstag fire was already done, and the night of the long knives was happening. They’re not playing by Putin’s example. A lot of what Trump and Musk were doing was pulled straight out of Hitler’s playbook.

[–] sramder@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

And here’s the setup. Start counting down the day until a misguided Gavin Newsom turned himself in.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago

The lies only work if there are enough idiots around to believe everything that is said

Trump is only part of the problem .... an entire chorus of idiots surround him and enable everything he says ... while at the same time an entire audience of people are willing to believe everything ...

... and at the same time a vast throng of people everywhere just watching it all without saying a word or lifting a finger to do anything about it. I'm not saying they should violently revolt but at the very least, everyone should be out in the streets wanting to get their country back to what it was.

[–] Nusm@yall.theatl.social 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I remember that one! I was in grad school at the time, and my then-GF now-wife had just finished. We laughed for 15 minutes.

"Journal Of DUH"

[–] Nusm@yall.theatl.social 1 points 22 hours ago
[–] FoxyFerengi@startrek.website 6 points 1 day ago

The dichotomy of people falling asleep and the guy who thought he'd be so entertained he brought popcorn is wild

[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago

all the hats off to the people who have to sit there and listen to that fucking thing talk every fucking day and then report on it

[–] Placebonickname@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Those soldiers look like they are falling asleep while waiting for an action movie to start….

I see at least one dude who is %100 percent checked out. It's the dude with the sunglasses sitting relatively straight.

[–] Alloi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

no shit. lol.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Well I am shocked, SHOCKED I say! Well, not that shocked.