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- politics@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
Donald Trump on Sunday proposed a new policy that many critics said is equivalent to legalizing “The Purge.”
Trump spoke at a rally in Pennsylvania, where he admitted that his attendees were “falling asleep” at one of his earlier rallies. Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign noted that, as Trump was still speaking at the swing-state event over the weekend, rallygoers placed directly behind the former president started to funnel out of the building.
One comment Trump made drew condemnation on social media, as well as numerous comparisons to The Purge, a film series based on a dystopian world in which the government makes all crimes legal for a 12-hour period.
As reported by Sebastian Smith, AFP Washington desk chief, “Trump in Erie, PA, says in US ‘the police aren’t allowed to do their job.’ To stop crime, you need ‘one really violent day.’ He says: ‘One rough hour and I mean real rough, the word would get out and it would end immediately.’”
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So just let the cops go out and hit the streets free of ethics and legal restraint to just do whatever the fuck they want for an hour to beat the public in submission. That’s not at all dictatory. Nope. Not one bit.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackshirts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dignity_Battalions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proud_Boys
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Percenters
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oath_Keepers
Yeah, his suggestion is actually worse than the Purge.
They forget that the people have guns too. As a matter of fact, this is the exact reason the second ammendment exists in America. To defend against those like Shit Stain Donnie.
That’s what they do now and we live in a free and democratic society so no it’s not.