https://youtu.be/oCWB4CMou_M

I don’t think the writers and all the parties involved fully realise what they have done. I am glad you brought this article up. I couldn’t finish reading it. It has been so obvious that ‘shenanigans‘ had been occurring for quite sometime. They stole the election and this is just another fluff propaganda piece. I think Malice addressees very points.

“The ultimate question is whether more traditional liberal Democrats who still believe in true democracy for the people and the Bill of Rights recognize that their party has lost its way and walk away?”

Do you know any such Democrats?

Ha. Just reminded me of this … https://youtu.be/Lb1BeZf3ros?t=164

Hang in there.

Every time (pre-Covid) last few years when I went back ‘Home’ from Asia, I found myself biting my tongue more and more in everyday interactions. Having to live and work in it every day must be another thing entirely. The scariest thought I have is that if I hadn’t moved overseas at a relatively young age, maybe I’d have boiled slowly like the frog and become One of Them…

So extra respect for all of you here who saw the lie from the inside and refused to play along.

The short answer is no, I’m certainly not. But, I don’t think we’re are quite at that point…just yet. But we’re close. Very close. Particularly in leftist enclaves, like where I live.

Are you technically protected from a Molotov Cocktail through your living room window?

Coz that’s about where we’re at.

Reading Apple News Poz Feed for Australia and have noticed that last few weeks there’s a Neo Nazi scare campaign being hyped up in the press there. Happiness is breaking out all over.

I agree entirely and I wish the best for your husband. Since I am a state employee, I am technically protected from being disciplined for my political views. How long that protection will last (after all, support for ‘domestic terrorists’ is not protected) remains to be seen and, in any event, they could always find a convenient excuse to discharge me. Wrongful termination suit based on protected political views? No chance where I live, with a jury pool that will be 75%+ left leaning. It really is heartbreaking as I like and respect most of my colleagues. They’re liberal and left-wing, but not, at heart firebrands. But there’s been a notable shift since the Capitol riots and, especially, since the inauguration. Neo’s example about being interrogated by otherwise apolitical people is fitting here: the left brings out the worst in otherwise good people.

It’s disorienting and uncomfortable for many American conservatives to accept but…we are now dissidents; and despised by many, at that. We are increasingly framed as enemies of democracy (read: the Democrat party and its allies) and will be treated as such. For now, our physical safety is *mostly* not in jeopardy (although that could change very quickly). But beyond that, we will risk a great deal if we persist in expressing our views (or, possibly in even just remaining silent; after all ‘silence is violence’). This is a very real, very agonizing struggle that I never envisioned I would have to face so soon. Yet, here we are.

Anyone who thinks the impeachment is in any way about Trump isn’t paying attention. They don’t give a flying whatever about Trump any more. All of this – the razor wire, the National Guard, the AOC psychodrama, the social media cancellations based on a speech standard that anything you say (if you’re on the right) may incite violence, therefore anything you say is subject to instant action whether or not violence occurs (note: I do not hold speakers responsible for illegal or violent acts done by people who claim to have been “incited” by the speech; I believe in personal agency). All of these things are about delegitimizing us.

Trump, at this point, only serves to get a lot of us to put a big target on our backs.

Personally, I never attended a Trump rally, nor did I participate in his campaign in either 2016 or 2020 beyond voting for him, making a few small contributions (including buying a MAGA hat), sharing my views with a handful of friends and posting my pro-Trump opinions on a handful of blogs (including this one). Am I at risk? Absolutely! I don’t see how I could be charged for anything criminal, but I live in a deep blue city in a deep blue state. Were my political views to become common knowledge, any minor incident (perhaps pre-planned by a leftist provocateur) could be escalated by an over zealous leftist prosecutor

That is unlikely. Far more likely…doxxing to damage my personal and professional life. I work for a state agency; i would say 80-85% of my coworkers are left-wing. Up until recently, politics almost never came up at work. But that seems to be changing, with my boss leading the charge. I have always simply remained quiet in these situations yet I suspect this is not likely going to remain an option much longer. I can either become a ‘green grocer’ or face growing suspicion (which can easily be confirmed by an FEC search of my political donations) due to my silence. I’ve ruminated on this a great deal and, as yet, I still don’t know what I will do.

Today with the abandonment of fiscal restraint and protection of the Dollar, the wealth disparity is growing at a faster pace. Civil unrest could easily expand beyond the far left Antifa and BLM’s “mad dogs on a leash” that were used to intimidate the courts and those who seek safety and order first above all.

The ultimate question is whether more traditional liberal Democrats who still believe in true democracy for the people and the Bill of Rights recognize that their party has lost its way and walk away? Or, will they continue to graze in the flock and let the wolves devour their remaining freedoms in the “great reset”?