So a journalist at Mother Jones is shocked, but did anyone here on HN not predict this strategy long before Trump got his 2nd term?
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States / cities (democrat or republican) sent riot police, which is something they have always done. How they handled protests is worth criticism e.g. I don't like that they use curfews to suddenly make protesters breaking the law. I don't like the use of tear gas on otherwise peaceful protestors. As a note, these are state / city officials not federal guidance typically.
However,
The current administration, Donald Trump, the president of the united states, and the top most members of his cabinet, as a federal, top-down policy will:
- Automatically identify protesters
- Arrest them for simply saying things the admin doesn't like.
- Bypass due-process.
- Will ship them to a gulag outside of the united states.
- Are on track to be found in contempt of court for refusing to bring back a lawful resident.
Both sides are not the same here. Name me a democrat president who has done equal or worse what the trump admin has done.
I think you might have missed the point. The way I read the comment, and perhaps I'm wrong, is that this sort of power creep was inevitable. Which administration it happened under is likely an influencing factor, but to think it was never going to happen seems a bit far-fetched at this point.
Well, neither one of those words showed up in my comment. I said that, based on the growth of this technology, power abuse was inevitable. Not justified, not necessary, simply the natural outcome of such things as history has shown us time and again.