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Kevan Hudson's avatar

While I condemn the assassination of Charlie Kirk and despise Antifa I cannot support the proposal of authoritarian powers to defeat the radical left.

During the pandemic the woke left revoked my right to use airplanes and trains cause I refused the jab. Now, one Congressman and the woke right want to take away the passports of people like me who are Pro Palestine. Furthermore, as the UK clearly shows these days people who are Pro Palestine, Christian and Pro Life, and anti mass migration can all be targeted by the same laws.

The removal of social media, not the internet, would probably end a lot of the online stupidity.

Wish you and your family good health.

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N.M. Iversen's avatar

Your proposals are eminently reasonable. They will not lead to a civil war but prevent it.

We are now in a situation where a majority or significant minority of the Democratic party believes assassination is an appropriate response to political differences. If the Democratic Party regains power in 2028 without major changes in that belief there will be a blood bath. Currently, they are the recipients of cancel culture for the first time, and all they can think of is revenge. And they will continue to think of revenge unless they are made to understand violence is not an option. They cannot be reasoned with. Charlie Kirk tried that.

The choice is therefore fairly authoritarian measures now or a blood bath in a few years. Do nothing and a peaceful transfer of power is, unfortunately, not an option.

National emergency acts are tools, like guns, that can be used for good or evil purposes. In Canada, in February 2002, there were National Emergency Acts invoked to silence the voice of peaceful protesters who were no threat to the security of government or anyone else.

In this case a national emergency is used to restore order and the reasonable expectation that someone can voice an opinion without being killed for it.

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