Summary
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is organizing grassroots events to oppose Trumpās policies, arguing that āTrumpism does not believe in democracy.ā
In an op-ed, Sanders criticized Trumpās ties to Elon Musk, federal budget cuts, and media influence, warning of authoritarianism.
He cited Trumpās recent post likening himself to Napoleon and accused him of disregarding the rule of law.
The White House dismissed Sandersā concerns, accusing Democrats of authoritarian tactics.
Iād love some practical ideas that arenāt political violence. The Reichstag fire didnāt exactly turn out well for Germany.
Weāve been on the receiving end of political violence daily now for decades. They want to crank up the dial on our level of suffering then they should expect we crank up our resistance to the same level.
Not a single human right was won or protected without violence.
Who said anything about that? If thatās what you want to talk about, it should happen in a different instance.
That said, in the abstract and speaking generally, a single instance of a particular tactic within a broad category of strategy failing does not disprove the efficacy of the entire broad category.
I assumed you wanted to talk about solutions that these mods ban. Isnāt that political violence?
No, I have no interest in being baited into getting banned.
But never mind that; can I infer from your lack of rebuttal to my actual argument that you concede the point?
Not trying to bait anyone. Honestly just confused about what youāre suggesting that we canāt talk about here.