It’s only a matter of time, maybe even weeks away, before this pops off with actual armed resistance. History has shown there is no peaceful disagreement with fascism, and you would have to be naive to listen to folk like Hegseth today and think otherwise.
They are going after immigrants without concealed carry licenses now, but it won’t be long before a leftist decides it’s past time to exercise their 2A rights.
It's already one false move away. If a kid had popped a balloon at Newsom's rally, that might have been enough to start the shooting.
Or maybe not. I'm not sure that the Border Patrol really want to be in a real live firefight. Maybe they're bullies, and want to look tough, but maybe they aren't actually tough.
I guarantee that there are many people who have joined up with ICE in the past few months for the sole purpose of committing violence.
If you have ever done any research that covers “boogaloo boys” or any of those types of groups, you’d know that this is the exact moment in history that they have been waiting for. All the requirements have been checked for them to go off with impunity.
In fact, this push by Newsom to preemptively ratfuck blue districts before Texas does, really pushed the needle that much closer to the red/blue civil war these groups have been going for for decades
And in fact, politically, it's already total war. When they're talking about redistricting now, openly saying that it's to pick up seats for Trump, that's open political warfare.
It's total war on the information front, too. Killing the labor statistics is one sign of that, but there are others.
It's total war on the legal front. When Trump is threatening to remove judges who rule against him, when the budget denies funding for courts that do a particular part of their job, that's a war without restraint on the legal front.
The only area on which it is not already open warfare is the physical front. If nothing changes, though, it's coming.
Be unified in your support of peaceful disagreement.