• vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
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    9 hours ago

    The foundation of action is started with but a single brick. The National Guard weren’t rolled out till later on into the BLM protests after they had in many ways started to wind down and stabilize. The current Guardsmen are being deployed at the start, after already being fucked over by Trump via VA cuts and other more general bullshit.

    Call me general wait and see but it’s too early to make any calls with too many factors, this could turn into a massacre, a revolution, or the Guardsmen could get pissed off and butcher ICE. It’s still too early and chaotic to make calls. Not like I’m any help beyond trying to cool nerves, too volatile to protest and I am reliant on my MAGA grandmother. Pisses me the fuck off that I have to live through this bullshit.

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      8 hours ago

      Not like I’m any help beyond trying to cool nerves, too volatile to protest and I am reliant on my MAGA grandmother.

      I mean she’s not gonna disown you… right?

      • SabinStargem@lemmy.today
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        2 hours ago

        I had an elderly parent threaten to throw me out onto the streets. They had fallen, I called the fire department for help, and asked if they could send personnel the same gender as my parent. Ever since being threatened for trying to be considerate, I haven’t trusted that parent ever since.

        Sure, it might be dementia or something…but I still can’t help but feel that was my parent’s genuine feelings about me.