ICE will be doing its best to provoke an "active public safety threat" wherever it can during the elections. They'll turn up and start grabbing people out of voting lines, or just threatening people, and as soon as anyone protests it will be an active public safety threat. Then they'll either shut the polling venue down or cause so much trouble outside that no one dare approach. Once the election is done and there just happened to be active public safety threats in Democratic-leaning areas only, the Democrats will decide they have to play by the rules and accept the result in order to protect democracy.
I mean - they'll be using their own burner phones to call in active bomb threats for the buildings they are posted to when a lot of brown people come in. Bit of the old tail wagging the dog...
Oh boy if Federal officers start yanking people out of voting booths or intercepting people on their way to vote on election day we are going to have a fucking shit show.
Nobody's done anything. We have an endless war. We have a personal Nazi army with more funding than the Marine Corps. They've already killed citizens in the street, on camera, with no consequences. Nobody I know has ever expressed a willingness to do anything more than vote, and maybe attend a local, peaceful, pointless protest, if it won't inconvenience their Saturday plans.
If they're smart (ha) then they'll just generate a bunch of buzz and fear about how ICE might be out and about on election day, so that as many people as possible from vulnerable populations (aka non-male non-white people) are too scared for their lives and freedom to go vote.
They will do that for sure, in fact, this very story might be one of the first broadside in that battle. They will also arrest a few. Violently. Any non-white, likely democratic voters, will think twice before they go to the polls.
Early Voting in Texas starts on October 19th and continues through October 30th. These counties are enrolled in the County-Wide Voting Program. You can get all the information about voting in Texas Here
Vote early, you have 12 days to get up and vote. The lines are short, there is no reason you can't find the time between 7am and 7pm to wait 15 minutes in line and vote on one of those 12 days.
Panther patrols at every polling place. But it won't help, because not nearly enough of the country is willing to actually fight against the things they say they consider unacceptable.
So when they see the first panther patrols being gunned down or arrested en masse, they'll convince themselves it's for the best and do nothing at all instead of arming up to go out and take their places.
And if that's the case, then a fascist dictatorship is 100% exactly what we deserve.
23 Comments
floofloof@lemmy.ca · 36 pts · 21d
ICE will be doing its best to provoke an "active public safety threat" wherever it can during the elections. They'll turn up and start grabbing people out of voting lines, or just threatening people, and as soon as anyone protests it will be an active public safety threat. Then they'll either shut the polling venue down or cause so much trouble outside that no one dare approach. Once the election is done and there just happened to be active public safety threats in Democratic-leaning areas only, the Democrats will decide they have to play by the rules and accept the result in order to protect democracy.
massacre@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 21d
I mean - they'll be using their own burner phones to call in active bomb threats for the buildings they are posted to when a lot of brown people come in. Bit of the old tail wagging the dog...
themaninblack@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 21d
This is a really fascinating scenario. As far as I know, we’ve never had an election re-do. I wonder what in heck could trigger one
ripcord@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 21d
There is no mechanism for it. Short of universal action, this would not happen. The sham election results would stand.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 21d
So then we're at secession, I guess.
The_Decryptor@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 21d
It's not even something new.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_Brothers_riot
Soulphite@reddthat.com · 35 pts · 21d
Pedolf Shitler repeating his favorite part of history once more.
ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com · 8 pts · 21d
Okay I hadn't heard that before; I lol'd in the traditional meaning
foggy@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 21d
Woah an IRL lol?
FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 21d
Bruh, I’m sick of history being repeated in the worst ways possible
khepri@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 21d
Oh boy if Federal officers start yanking people out of voting booths or intercepting people on their way to vote on election day we are going to have a fucking shit show.
grumpusbumpus@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 21d
Who? Who do you imagine is going to do shit?
Nobody's done anything. We have an endless war. We have a personal Nazi army with more funding than the Marine Corps. They've already killed citizens in the street, on camera, with no consequences. Nobody I know has ever expressed a willingness to do anything more than vote, and maybe attend a local, peaceful, pointless protest, if it won't inconvenience their Saturday plans.
Malyca@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 21d
Kick the war off in style
khepri@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 21d
If they're smart (ha) then they'll just generate a bunch of buzz and fear about how ICE might be out and about on election day, so that as many people as possible from vulnerable populations (aka non-male non-white people) are too scared for their lives and freedom to go vote.
Manjushri@piefed.social · 4 pts · 21d
They will do that for sure, in fact, this very story might be one of the first broadside in that battle. They will also arrest a few. Violently. Any non-white, likely democratic voters, will think twice before they go to the polls.
khepri@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 21d
SarcasticMan@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 21d
Early Voting in Texas starts on October 19th and continues through October 30th. These counties are enrolled in the County-Wide Voting Program. You can get all the information about voting in Texas Here
Vote early, you have 12 days to get up and vote. The lines are short, there is no reason you can't find the time between 7am and 7pm to wait 15 minutes in line and vote on one of those 12 days.
HootinNHollerin@piefed.social · 10 pts · 21d
Militias are needed to defend
grumpusbumpus@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 21d
Which won't happen, but would be exactly the provocation the fascists are looking for to declare total martial law and do away with the election.
DudleyMason@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 20d
Panther patrols at every polling place. But it won't help, because not nearly enough of the country is willing to actually fight against the things they say they consider unacceptable.
So when they see the first panther patrols being gunned down or arrested en masse, they'll convince themselves it's for the best and do nothing at all instead of arming up to go out and take their places.
And if that's the case, then a fascist dictatorship is 100% exactly what we deserve.
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 20d
This should be arrests of ICE.
CADmonkey@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 20d
Maybe everyone should come to the polls armed.
FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 20d