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goobster  ·  1636 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Trump says US will designate Antifa as a terrorist organisation

You are not wrong. If you can label a poorly-defined word as a special target for extra-judicial treatment, then you paper anybody and any action with that label, and deny them their American rights.

It's what this government does: build a box with no lid, throw a bunch of people into that box, and then throw the box away.

The same model was used to force people back to work. The government declared the state of emergency for COVID as "over", and the virus "under control", so the government could force the costs of business closures back onto the States. After all, if the federal government says it's safe to go back to work, and you stay closed, that's YOUR problem now; you are no longer eligible for federal funds.

It's Gaslighting 101. And the Republicans are fucking masters of the art.