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| If Democrats Criminalize Opposition And Cripple The Court, Democracy Is Dead |
| 2023-08-29 |
| [Federalist] Democrats are seeking to land a one-two punch to cement their control of America today and for generations to come: Criminalize the political opposition and cripple the last authority to which the opposition might appeal in defense of its rights. This is one way to understand two running lines of attack that may appear independent but are inextricably intertwined. Criminalizing the Opposition The first consists of the unprecedented, Soviet show trial-style "show me the man and I’ll show you the crime" "cases" conjured up against Donald Trump and two dozen others in his orbit, chiefly including his lawyers. The zealous prosecutors have many motives for torturing laws to hang them around the neck of the former president and GOP front-runner in the middle of a campaign — a frivolous and vengeful prosecutorial effort pursued arguably in violation of laws, norms, and core principles of justice. While turning the First and Sixth Amendments into dead letters, these cases also effectively criminalize the seeking of office of anyone who might hold unauthorized views, the Republican contesting of elections or questioning of election integrity, and such Republicans’ legal defense. "You can go to jail if you disagree with us, and particularly if you threaten our power and privilege," our betters are saying through their chilling lawfare jihad. The point is that if Americans cannot be trusted to choose leaders within a narrow set of regime-approved bounds, the regime will have to force them upon us by hook or by crook. Locking up the opposition has always been a potential endgame for the ruling class in its war on wrongthink. Jan. 6, 2021, was the beginning of that endgame. It served as a pretext to accelerate the war, as predicted at the time. It was also used to justify treating rioters with the "wrong" views not as everyday Americans-turned-petty criminals in a political protest that got out of hand, but as domestic terrorists. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #8 Too late there, Federalist. Here's some cookies. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2023-08-29 16:06 |
| #7 Funeral was last week, sorry you missed it. |
| Posted by: jefe101 2023-08-29 14:10 |
| #6 Done. Next. |
| Posted by: Angstrom 2023-08-29 12:31 |
| #5 It's been an oligarchy for decades. Interesting people are just now figuring that out. It was an oligarchy, it's a secular Theocracy now (and I don't mean just USA). |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2023-08-29 09:32 |
| #4 The system has definitely been hijacked. Unfortunately, for the Uniparty stooges, the scam requires a majority of the people to believe that the system is not rigged. They Dems hold power in the cities and some liberal suburbs, but there is growing dissatisfaction with their program among city dwellers. The establishment RNC folks are discovering that their voters are getting wise and pissed. I don’t think the tables will turn; I expect that they will turn over within the next several months. I am not sure what the uprising will look like or what the catalyst will end up being. Will they take a pot shot at Trump or will they attempt mandates and lockdowns. Will info spill on Maui. I am not sure. I see the NH Secretary of State backed down quick. That I declares to me that folks have had enough. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-08-29 09:26 |
| #3 It's been an oligarchy for decades. Interesting people are just now figuring that out. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-08-29 07:15 |
| #2 Someone a long time ago said that once an electorate can vote themselves money, democracy was doomed also. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2023-08-29 07:09 |
| #1 "If democrats criminalize...." If ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-08-29 06:38 |