So, this was interesting. I just had my post about how bad things are bad deleted. It got moderated for vague reasons that were not stated. I couldnt figure out what I did wrong, and I decided to appeal the post any way. Anyway, it's back and and the post was reinstated immediately, but I still found this behavior concerning.
As we know, we live in dangerous times. We live in an era where the Trump administration is trying to turn us into an authoritarian state, and to crack down on any criticism of him. One possible way to crack down on criticism would be, possibly, to falsely report posts of mine in hopes to get them overturned. Or, possibly, it got taken down because i had certain key words in it that triggered things, given I was critical of ICE arresting and deporting people, that Trump was basically escalating the situation in hopes that he can provoke a response that would justify the use of violence on his end. And I also compared him to Hitler. Idk if any of this was seen as against TOS, to my knowledge, it's not. And even more so, I feel like my points are well within my 1st amendment rights and warranted.
Heck, to explain my views in more detail, I will.
ICE- Okay, look. Previously on this blog, I pointed out that that I'm not necessarily against deporting illegal immigrants. However, I think it should be done humanely, and with due process and certain safeguards in place. Trump isn't doing that. He's just extrajudicially arresting people and ending them to el salvador with no due process. In Los Angeles, the recent conflicts started when ICE raided a home depot looking for illegal immigrants to deport. These are just honest people looking for honest work, applying for jobs, and we're deporting these guys. This is also why I kinda make third reich comparisons. people dont like talking about nazis sometimes and that can tread on TOS on some sites as it's considered uncouth or whatever, but I don't make the comparison lightly. The nazis didn't start with death camps. They started with deportations. They started with incidents of violence like the night of broken glass. They escalated to that eventually, after years of being in power. Right now is more like 1933-1934 on the timeline. But it is concerning and we must call out this stuff early. After all. The path to fascism is lined with people telling us we're overreacting.
Again, I'm not against deporting illegal immigrants even. I just think that it should be done with more safeguards in place. Constitutional protections, due process, maybe target actual criminals and not just honest guys looking for work. That sort of thing.
The Los Angeles protests- I barely mentioned the protests at all. Obviously, I'm not going to advocate for violence. That is against TOS and also against my own philosophy on these things. I believe protest is legal under the first amendment, but Trump is escalating the situation, sending in the national guard and the marines, threatening to arrest Gavin Newsom for not playing along with his stuff. Again, this stuff is scary. My criticisms are with the Trump administration here. I'm kind of neutral on protests themselves. I believe people have a first amendment right to assembly, but violence isn't okay. Some people are being violent and destroying property and they should be arrested for that. But...at the same time, the police and especially the armed forces shouldn't be nationalized to do trump's bidding. Trump IS provoking confrontation, and I believe he wants it to be violent. He has talked about wanting to shoot protesters in the past. That's how he sees protesters. Because, again, he's an authoritarian.
On Trump being a wannabe Hitler- Uh, this isn't controversial. The dude is basically running his playbook. He's a very authoritarian figure who has a lot of the same tendencies as someone like Hitler. And in his second term, he's operating with very few guard rails and making plays that are clearly trying to bend and break our democracy to his will. As someone who has literally studied political science, and is well aware of the concept of "fake democracies", ie, states that are democratic on paper but functionally operate as one party states that try to crush the competition, eh....Trump is trying to take us in that direction. He's trying to make plays to break our democracy. He's trying to turn us into a one party state like Russia is today or Germany was in the 1930s. This does not often happen in one fall swoop, but as a death by a thousand cuts (although some blows are more critical than others).
Heck, the fact that me pointing out that Trump does bad things getting my post moderated and deleted concerns me. Is blogger a safe place to discuss stuff? Is someone trying to intimidate me? Like "hey we're watching you, better watch what you say about dear leader"? That's scary crap. Or again, it could just be that it was flagged because of certain key words. Either way, I find this whole incident very unsettling and concerning. Really, are we not allowed to say bad things about Trump any more on the internet? Are internet crackdowns next? Is Trump gonna arrest people for speaking out against him? Again, this is scary crap. Anyway, I did not like that kind of incident and hope it does not happen again.
EDIT: I just realized another thing that could have triggered it was criticizing Israel, which is a touchy topic right now. Look. I was originally sympathetic to Israel after October 7th. I had deep and detailed discussions on here about Israel and their actions in their war on Gaza. I discussed their history, and was largely sympathetic to their side of the conflict, I discussed how in war some level of collateral damage is inevitable, and I've been deeply critical of the pro palestine point of view.
HOWEVER, as the war has dragged on, it has become increasingly apparent that Israel has not been engaging in good faith, and that their behavior in gaza qualifies as a genocide. This is especially apparent as we transition to the Trump administration and Trump enabled their worst impulses.
I'm also deeply concerned about the amount of influence Israel has over the US government and how it is influencing our foreign policy and trying to use the trump administration to engage in...crack downs on free speech. This should be unacceptable in a democratic republic like ours. Sorry, not sorry.
And now Israel is attacking Iran. And of course, the US is gonna likely back them up, putting our troops in danger, because THEY decided to start a war. And some are going to use the war as an opportunity to further crack down on speech against Israel. I remember after 9/11, that the attack was used to justify a lot of authoritarian stuff that never should've happened like invading Iraq, the patriot act, etc. And honestly? I think that we need to be critical from day 1 here to stop this narrative from taking off that this is our war. It isn't. And quite frankly, I think the US should drop israel like a hot potato and stop supporting them. I dont like them meddling with our politics. i dont like us being pushed into wars at their behest. Israel is very clearly taking advantage of our good will toward them and we shouldnt stand for it. Cut them off and let them fend for themselves if they wanna do stupid and illegal (in the eyes of international law) crap. As far as im concerned, they're no longer an upstanding member of the liberal democratic community, but a rogue state flouting the rules because we let them get away with it.
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