In Latin America, this messaging amounts to an open endorsement of the state terrorism and genocide that 20th-century military dictatorships and regional repressive coordination efforts – such as Plan Condor, an illegal operation by military regimes in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay to capture and disappear political opponents across borders – deployed to combat the guerrillas.

Rubio’s threat appears clear: Washington is willing to repeat that extreme state violence – and the egregious human rights violations it led to – in order to stop modern-day “left-wing terrorists”.

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    Biden’s first and foremost fault was not throwing the book at the J6er cunts and the orange instigator cunt in chief.

    See, this is what happens when you try to appease domestic terrorists.

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      did you know that many of the worst insurrectionist traitors were intentionally placed in the same prisons and cell blocks?

      that some operated a video podcast called the DC Gulag / “We Are Good Men”, from inside?

      that they had/have? a GiveSendGo (conservative GoFundMe) that’s raised over $500k for their “defense”?

      and they formed a men’s prison choir and wrote and sang Trump glory songs? and they’re releasing a second album?

      look up “the Patriot Wing”

      https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/patriot-wing-january-6-rioters-insurrectionists-jail-cell-block.html

      this article is beyond infuriating.

      this is how the US government, under Biden, treated literal traitors. and then they were all pardoned by Trump on like day 1! super normal and cool.

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      The Supreme Court handed him, effectively, unlimited authority while he was in office. That was and remains a bad legal decision but he should’ve used it to start a clean slate for American politics. Would have been really messy but we’d still be in a better place today IMO

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        Yep.

        I can see his reasoning, wanting to reduce polarisation in the nation.

        But one thing we’ve learned from WW2 is that Nazis cannot be appeased. They cannot be depolarised because their existence hinges on a polarised people, to be able to create new enemies. Because at the end of the day, Nazis aren’t FOR anything. Their current argument might be cloaked in them being for national security, for better life (for a select few), and so on; but in reality, they’re defined by what they’re against.

        People coming together and debating policy, coming to a compromise, finding a solution that benefits everyone, is antithetical to fascism.

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      it allowed people like Fulneckys mom to defend them and spread the hate, thats why her daughter got in the news, likely instigate by his mom/and to be groomed as a faux news bimbo.

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    Sarcastically: no one is allowed to; take left turns, pick left Twix, no one can be left behind (rebirth from many administrations ago), to the left to the left (Beyoncé 2006), left swiping on dating apps, Leftorium (Simpsons s3e3), Left handed people??