“To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.”-George Orwell.
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In the spirit of this specific series of posts, it seemed worth making sure this didn’t get lost in the sea of news. Recognizing that this rhetoric is not new, it nonetheless remains noteworthy in its inflammatory nature and its clear desire to ramp up tensions and to justify extreme actions. It is even more extreme when delivered to a military audience.
Trump to troops chosen for their political preferences (see here) at a speech at Fort Bragg on June 10th.
Very simply, we will liberate Los Angeles and make it free, clean and safe again, it’s happening very quickly.
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Generations of army heroes did not shed their blood on distant shores only to watch our country be destroyed by invasion and third world lawlessness here at home like is happening in California.
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What you’re witnessing in California is a full-blown assault on peace, on public order and on national sovereignty carried out by rioters bearing foreign flags with the aim of continuing a foreign invasion of our country.
This is not an invasion. There are no foreign armies involved. I would remind everyone that this all started at least in part because ICE wanted to pick up day laborers at a Home Depot in Paramount, CA and locals started protesting (as is their constitutionl right, I would note). Think what you will about undocumented persons seeking to make a few bucks doing yard work or the like, but they do not represent an invasion in any reasonable sense of the word.
Keep in mind that people like Stephen Miller know that the word “invasion” has certain legal and rhetorical power, and they want to exploit both the law (such as the Alien Enemies Act) and fear to allow them to act as they please.
If Trump wants LA to be cleaner, it would be more productive to send the National Guard in to pick of litter and such than what is going on now.
And yes: throwing rocks and setting Waymos on fire is counter-productive. But reducing the protests to such action is also dishonest.
I also would prefer that protestors fly American flags instead of Mexican ones because symbols matter in these circumstances. But, again, reducing this all down to a handful of specific images, which cable news is really, really good at, is also dishonest.
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Author: Steven L. Taylor
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