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[–] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 117 points 8 months ago (4 children)

The comic is literally just "Stop caring about the Palestinians or else you'll share their fate"

[–] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 89 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

"First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out, because I was not a communist. Then everything turned out fine for me, because sacrificing others to save my own skin totally worked."

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 71 points 8 months ago (1 children)

We're on like

  • They came for black men
  • They came for undocumented people
  • They came for asylum seekers protected under US law
  • They came for indigenous water defenders
  • They came for some people who didn't want a "School of the Americas but for Cops" built in a park
  • They came for trans people
  • They came for Palestinians

There aren't many fucking people left but the Libs haven't taken the message yet.

[–] Magician@hexbear.net 45 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'd say they're like rats on a sinking ship, but I don't want to insult rats. If they had the ability to stop their ship from sinking, they would do so.

[–] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 31 points 8 months ago

Rats will help other rats escape from an uncomfortable situation even if they have to sacrifice immediate gratification (treats/food)

I'm not so sure about a lot of liberals

[–] FumpyAer@hexbear.net 51 points 8 months ago (2 children)

This is the exact argument my aunt busted out.

First of all, that's not true. But second of all, I kinda wish it was true because at least then people would actually fight back.

I can't understand why people don't care about people their own government is genociding.

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 39 points 8 months ago

at least then people would actually fight back.

I sincerely doubt they would. Most libs don't seem capable of even recknoing with the idea.

[–] FumpyAer@hexbear.net 32 points 8 months ago

Whatever, she and I both live in a red state so it truly could not matter less who we vote for for president.

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[–] Doubledee@hexbear.net 73 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Hey man, where did those scary guys with guns come from? Spontaneously generated by Joe losing?

Imagine knowing there is already an infrastructure in place to lock up undesirables and thinking that the bad thing would be liberals ending up in one of said already existing camps.

[–] Magician@hexbear.net 35 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Seriously. Why do we have a society that can immediately genocide after an election? That speaks to such a shitty system where a single vote can do that. There are so many worse problems at play than which racist old man holds the nuclear codes.

[–] footfaults@hexbear.net 24 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Why do we have a society that can immediately genocide after an election?

Read the Jakarta Method.

It happens super quick and it doesn't take much

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[–] Zuzak@hexbear.net 70 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Wow, if the US is that close to fascism, I sure hope it's geopolitical rivals are powerful enough to place a check on it. Imagine if the US was both fascist and the world's sole uncontested superpower. Critical support to China in its struggle against the about-to-be fascist US, right libs?

[–] What_Religion_R_They@hexbear.net 34 points 8 months ago (1 children)

china is a nazi state and xi jinping is literally hitler and they are currently doing the holocaust but 2x worse because it's 12 million uyghurs (more than 6 million) xi-god-emperor

[–] Zuzak@hexbear.net 34 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Fortunately, we can rely on the soon-to-be-fascist state to give us accurate information about it's geopolitical enemies. Otherwise we might have to start thinking for ourselves!

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[–] Maoo@hexbear.net 68 points 8 months ago (2 children)

We're about 6 months from seeing things like this posted unironically on hexbear dot net so prepare yourselves, nerds.

[–] Egon@hexbear.net 43 points 8 months ago (7 children)

I remember last election where I was dunked on heavily for arguing against the "harm reduction" narrative. This website is full of libs.

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[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 68 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I always love how helpless liberals are

Even as their world crumbles around them, they can't even imagine actually doing something

[–] Magician@hexbear.net 23 points 8 months ago (1 children)

"I told you so," isn't the silver bullet they think it is.

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[–] axont@hexbear.net 63 points 8 months ago (5 children)

i know a bunch of chuds who also believe they'll be thrown into camps if Biden wins. In both scenarios though, the losers are prepared to blame the left for their circumstances. We're such a specter on their minds. Leftists hold basically no power in the USA and yet we're constantly blamed for everything

[–] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 37 points 8 months ago

Leftists hold basically no power in the USA and yet we're constantly blamed for everything

There's a funny reason why to liberals leftists are both very weak and very powerful hitler-detector

[–] AbbysMuscles@hexbear.net 25 points 8 months ago (6 children)

i know a bunch of chuds who also believe they'll be thrown into camps if Biden wins

The libs are coming for your guns any fucking day now! This time it'll happen fr fr

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[–] Parzivus@hexbear.net 61 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Stolen from the thread

I saw a theory that a Republican psyop has convinced libs to be as annoying and preachy as possible to leftists to ultimately make leftist want to not vote, and it checks out

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[–] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 58 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Biden's "vermin camp" is Gaza

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[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 54 points 8 months ago

“Conservatives will put you in concentration camps if they get into power, that’s why you need to vote Team Blue so they can come to a middle ground compromise with those conservatives.”

[–] Anne_Teefa@hexbear.net 52 points 8 months ago (4 children)
[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 29 points 8 months ago (1 children)
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[–] RedQuestionAsker2@hexbear.net 49 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Oh, I'd vote for Biden if he was putting conservatives in camps.

biden-harbinger

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 40 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Meanwhile when you say "We need to stop the GOP" libs immediately start shitting and pissing and stammering "You're advocating for violence against the people I sincerely believe would put me in a concentration camp?!!?!? That's horrible!"

Liker first off, yes, but I didn't actually say it, you just assumed. And second, say what you just said out loud, but slowly.

[–] RedQuestionAsker2@hexbear.net 29 points 8 months ago

Well, if we used power to stop the people who want to genocide us, then we'd be as bad as the people who want to genocide us. The better alternative is to dick around until our enemies gain enough of a foothold to genocide us and then let them genocide us. That way, we're noble.

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[–] laziestflagellant@hexbear.net 49 points 8 months ago (2 children)

They don't believe this, and they know they don't believe this, otherwise they would be calling for their friends and like-minded individuals to get armed and start training for militias.

They already know that in a Trump election they'll just shrug their shoulders as certain minorities continue to get their rights eroded in the boring longwinded democratic process way and the civilized law and order police brutality way

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 44 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I really don't think they could ever organize meaningfuly resistance, armed or otherwise. It just doesn't exist in their universe. The system is too holy, the US military is too invincible, it'd all be too uncivil.

[–] Magician@hexbear.net 37 points 8 months ago

I think a lot of people would rather believe the government wouldn't kill them than acknowledge the fact that their government would kill them if they had a reason to.

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[–] flan@hexbear.net 48 points 8 months ago

voting for not hitler didn't stop hitler

[–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 47 points 8 months ago

You're really going with ”Don't be vermin”, huh? sus

[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 46 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 25 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Women’s March but armed this time

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[–] Great_Leader_Is_Dead@hexbear.net 46 points 8 months ago

Same pic of Biden won: "I'm sure glad we elected Biden so this happened 5% less quickly"

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 40 points 8 months ago

Vote for the good cop or the bad cop will get you!

[–] VILenin@hexbear.net 39 points 8 months ago (1 children)

"Vote for us or die in a concentration camp."

Great messaging. No need to campaign, they've cinched the election with this banger!

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[–] AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net 38 points 8 months ago

Remember when he was president before and you got sent to a concentration camp? Well you want that to happen again??

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[–] beef_curds@hexbear.net 37 points 8 months ago

Imagine how smugly self-satisfied they'll feel when the people who annoy them are put into camps.

(Note: this is completely different from MAGA who will be happy when they put their enemies into camps.)

[–] Hestia@hexbear.net 35 points 8 months ago

Trump wins this election, puts minorities in camps. Then Biden wins the next election. Doubles the number of minorities in camps and says we need to vote Democrat to avoid Republicans putting laws in place that allow him to do that.

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 33 points 8 months ago (2 children)

If Trump wins and this doesn't happen it's gonna really fuck with their ability to use all of these arguments next time.

When it's actually true with a real true-believer fascist instead of just an entirely self-serving asshole it'll cause a boy who cried wolf effect.

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[–] davel@hexbear.net 30 points 8 months ago
[–] Mokey@hexbear.net 30 points 8 months ago (2 children)

What do liberals do after Biden lose do they just get in the train cart?

[–] Blottergrass@hexbear.net 30 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

"Trump is going to put us in camps and kill us! But he won the electoral college, we HAVE to give him power." - liberals

[–] footfaults@hexbear.net 28 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Nothing happens because they're all part of the white middle class in America. They'll frown to indicate their disagreement as they put on their fascist uniforms

[–] TechnoUnionTypeBeat@hexbear.net 25 points 8 months ago

They'll post pictures of themselves doing the Hunger Games 3 finger salute in the break room at the fascism factory, not realizing that even being allowed to conceive of taking that photo means it's of no threat to the government, before returning to work

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 27 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Bit idea: start concern trolling liberals about what we're (fellow liberals) gonna do once Trump becomes dictator for life. "I like telling leftists " I told you so" as much as anyone, but I can't afford to move to Sweden! Should we be buying guns?"

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