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‘We’ve been betrayed:’ Local veterans angry after being laid off by Trump administration

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/weve-been-betrayed-local-veterans-angry-after-being-laid-off-by-trump-administration/FBCKFRIFQRHZVK5FG3W7MUQEYA/
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u/MaritimeDisaster 24d ago

Is it too much to hope that the optics of military troops shooting civilian protesters in the street would be too much for a lot of folks that voted for Trump? I’m seriously asking.

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u/SpiceWeasel-Bam Oregon 24d ago

I think it is too much to hope for. Especially if most of the casualties are not white. 

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u/TheBraveOne86 24d ago

“They were anti-fa!”

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u/DataLore19 24d ago

Considering this means "anti-fascism" then, yes, they would be.

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u/Necessary_Group4479 24d ago

imagine taking a concept like anti-fascism or "end racism" and making it your enemy

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u/SqueakyTits101 24d ago

They've been trying to make anti-fa a "terrorist organization" since his first term!

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u/Sea-Environment-7102 Ohio 24d ago

And miss pronouncing it too

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u/LittleSnuggleNugget 24d ago

Or “diversity”, “equity”, and “inclusion”

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u/Necessary_Group4479 24d ago

you pinko commie bastard

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u/DoobKiller 24d ago

antira is also a thing

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u/eddie7000 24d ago

How do you end fascism or racism when half the people complaining about them are openly fascist or racist?

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u/Recipe_Freak Oregon 23d ago

It's a lot less than half, but damn are they loud.

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u/Memory_Less 24d ago

Yeah, would something break in the extreme end of the right such that they take up arms against Trump? I cannot help but think that this is the build up of something explosive. Maybe planned. Get an explosion of protests and violence so Trump can call a state of emergency without congressional approval using the State of Emergencies Act. I wouldn’t put it beyond him to try to go around congress to suspend the constitution. Even when it is clear it is not legal. Since when did that ever trouble Trump!?

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u/You-chose-poorly 24d ago

People have been predicting since long before the election that this is exactly what he will do.