Comment on How likely is the US government going to identify and arrest every online user who have disagreed with the current administration?

SolidShake@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I mean, its hard to calm down after reading the news about Mahmoud Khalil. Sure, online comments is not the same as a protest, but I feel like its only a matter of time before they start digging through the internet.

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  • SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Consider this: Like the “Storm Area 51” meme where they said “they can’t arrest all of us!” if all of us keep dissenting and never stop, well… they can’t arrest all of us.

    Literally 45 million people are registered Democrats, and while the USA has the largest prison population per capita, that tops out at 2 million. There’s about 1.5 million Law Enforcement Officers in the USA. The US military is about 3 million, and a bunch of them are stationed worldwide, not here at home.

    So tops they could have 4.5 million people trying to arrest/disappear 45 million people.

    I repeat, they cannot arrest all of us.

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  • shaggyb@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Nobody said that doing what’s right would be easy. Or safe. Only that it’s worth doing.

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• Deceptichum@quokk.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Until the secret police invite you for a round of tea.

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  • TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    At that point, there will be no evidence of your disappearance, so legal details don’t even matter. Anyone who brings up such evidence, will also disappear.

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• Sheldan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  There was this news report about a french scientist being denied entry to USA, because they critiqued the science budget cuts. While not arrested or something, it’s still telling.

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  • darreninthenet@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Here - theguardian.com/…/trump-musk-french-scientist-det…

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