Comment on Why does it feel like protesting isn't as "extreme" as it used to be?
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Shame.
Those in power, and Trump especially, have none. They don’t even understand the concept. And it’s been embraced by his hyenas.
Used to be, when the general population became aware of atrocities, and that they were committed against innocent people, they refused to continue to support those who had done wrong. Now Trump waves it in their face like a banner and they follow him
Used to be,
shalafi@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Consider Nixon resigning over Watergate, which would be small beans today.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
This all started with Wilson and his Southern Revisionist cohorts. They changed the law in 1874 illegally. Had that clause not been eliminated, Wilson and by extension the modern GOP and “Police,” wouldn’t have had immunity from prosecution, which is what the 1871 Congress intended when they passed Federal Statute Section 1983.
web.archive.org/…/qualified-immunity-supreme-cour…
just_ducky_in_NH@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Holy smoke! This is huge!