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Irish_Dem

(46,500 posts)
4. Why not? They rarely suffer any consequences at the voting booth or legally.
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 09:16 AM
Sep 2021

They are above the law and they know it.

The Blue Flower

(5,433 posts)
6. They've cancelled all forms of law as it applies to them
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 09:25 AM
Sep 2021

The laws of man, the laws of nature and science, and the laws of God. Primal chaos vs primal order. They're on a suicide mission.

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Midnight Writer

(21,712 posts)
11. Yes, the whole damn GOP has turned into a psyops.
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 09:58 AM
Sep 2021

I often felt during the Bush Administration they were testing us to see how far they can go.

Little by little, bit by bit, they are changing the parameters of acceptable behavior. Dissenters are denounced as "woke' and "politically correct".

Response to Midnight Writer (Reply #11)

Midnight Writer

(21,712 posts)
14. Don't get me started. Think tanks have developed these techniques, often under government contract.
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 10:19 AM
Sep 2021

Our military was tasked with controlling Nazi sympathetic areas of Europe after WW2. Nazi sympathies did not suddenly end with the surrender of Germany.

Instead of using force, we developed group control techniques (from think tanks) to keep the populace in pocket. During the Fifties, these techniques were adapted and honed by commercial advertisers. Today, thanks to people volunteering tons of personal info on social media, folks can be targeted with influencing methods with scary accuracy.

Response to Midnight Writer (Reply #14)

elias7

(3,991 posts)
8. The new Texas law deputizes ordinary citizens to file charges against a new abortion law breaker
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 09:34 AM
Sep 2021

Let’s get deputized too to personally charge government officials our DOJ is too reticent to charge.

Response to elias7 (Reply #8)

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
12. Qevin MqQarthy will get away with his coup collusion.
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 10:01 AM
Sep 2021

But hopefully he'll be humiliated on the witness stand (or witless stand, in his case) first.

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