justsomeantifas:lexaproletariat:butchcommunist:fahqu:butchcommunist:Every time I tell myself to chil
justsomeantifas:lexaproletariat:butchcommunist:fahqu:butchcommunist:Every time I tell myself to chill and that there’s no approaching civil war some shit like this has to happenfirst the federal government hires mercenaries (contracted military forces/“contractors”)now individuals in the state government are doing it. this is NOT GOODthis is NOT NORMALyou hire mercenaries to fight a war, not for securitySmells like brownshirts to meDo you think the III%ers have enough self-awareness to feel weird about literally being hired by the government they’ve pledged to resist?Okay so we’ve gotten a few asks on this and I know the Oathkeepers and III%ers probably aren’t as known to others so let me explain…I live in AZ and both these groups are OFTEN in the news and holding events here because some of the biggest faces of these groups are from here. Their events are almost always “anti-Islam rallies,” and usually done in front of mosques to deliberately attack and intimidate Muslims. They’re also pretty loud when it comes to immigration here - going so far as to hang out at the AZ border armed with guns in case they see people crossing over. BUT you’ve probably heard of these groups when it comes to their more high-profile activities. They were the armed white men that went down to the Ferguson protests and you probably saw pictures of them amongst the crowds or posted with their guns atop businesses. (Their reasoning for being there is pretty split amongst those who were there - some were there to protect the police, some were there to protect the protesters, and some were there to guard businesses. And later a member wanted to sponsor an open-carry march for Black men in Ferguson but the Oath Keepers were like “no we only train ‘law-abiding citizens’ to protect themselves from rioters, not to confront cops.” So like… surprise they’re fucking racists.) They also align themselves with Alex Jones, the not-so-subtle antisemite and overall conspiracy theorist asshole. So like, them being given the okay by these politicians and giving them actual power is… pretty bad. And not really important but it is funny to point out that they are an “anti-government patriot militia group,” but they’re almost all cops and ex-military who support the cops, military, and Trump. Their literal oath says they will “not obey orders to impose martial law or a ‘state of emergency’ on a state,” but go down to protect cops in cases like Ferguson. And they go around saying they are just trying to protect the constitution while turning around and protesting against Muslims, literally saying that they should not be allowed to practice their religion here. So it’s bad enough that politicians are giving them this platform because they’re racist, bigoted assholes but they’re also EMBARRASSINGLY pathetic. This is exactly why I don’t buy the whole “oh but the guns rights activists will SAVE AMERICAAAA from FACISM!!” meanwhile the government actively going outta their way to hire these assholes.I don’t think a military coup is likely by any stretch just yet—why would you need to when you’ve got the right kinda idiot figurehead in power?—but i do think that building a military might has been and will increasingly be used against the civilian population. -- source link
#frightening