Senior Democrat calls for arrests of ‘leftwing fascists’ urging Gaza ceasefire | The Guardian ( www.theguardian.com )

accidentally posted this in world news before bcs i forgot about the no internal US news rule by accident

Congressman Adam Smith says ‘totalitarian’ protesters are ‘trying to silence anyone who dares to disagree with them’

Protesters calling for Israel to cease fire in its war with Hamas who have disrupted US public events and infrastructure are practicing “leftwing fascism” or “leftwing totalitarianism”, a senior US House Democrat said, adding that such protesters are “challenging representative democracy” and should be arrested.

“Intimidation is the tactic,” said Adam Smith of Washington state, the ranking Democrat on the House armed services committee. “Intimidation and an effort to silence opposition … I don’t know if there’s such a thing as leftwing fascism. If you want to just call it leftwing totalitarianism, then that’s what it is. It is a direct challenge to representative democracy now.”

TokenBoomer ,

No one has explained to me how the hostages are supposed to be released without a ceasefire.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/8707ac15-53d0-442d-a39c-735a10cdaf13.jpeg

ImADifferentBird ,
@ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

This is the most incoherent thing I've ever seen...

By speaking out, these "totalitarian" protesters are silencing everyone else and challenging representative democracy? And to stop them from silencing others, they must be arrested to prevent them from speaking?

Dude, this couldn't have sounded good in your fucking head...

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Totalitarian... protesters?

kikutwo ,

Isn't that the guy from Poltergeist?

samus12345 ,
@samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

https://y.yarn.co/f2a2acce-de39-4689-a6bd-3b0c812e35a5_text.gif

HuddaBudda ,
@HuddaBudda@kbin.social avatar

Strange .. I don't remember storming a capital building trying to subvert our democratic process....

All I suggested is that not everyone in Gaza is Hamas. That 6 year old girls are way to young to understand what a Nazi even is.

And that Israel's tactics for a hostage situation is deplorable. Considering they used more Bombs in a week then the USA dropped in Afghanistan in a year.

Ensign_Crab ,

Wish we had an anti-genocide party in this country.

blazera ,
@blazera@lemmy.world avatar

There is one

SquirtleHermit ,

A viable one?

Semi-Hemi-Demigod ,
@Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social avatar

Man I sure do love being forced to be in the same party with this guy and not having a bowl of punch to stick my dick in.

Jaysyn ,
@Jaysyn@kbin.social avatar

Ooh, sounds like some asshole just found out he's going to be replaced in November.

AmbiguousProps ,

I can't wait to vote him out of office. He has done little for the state and district, and clearly doesn't give a shit.

I like how he said intimidation is the tactic they're using (while calling them fascists) and in the same breath says the protesters should be arrested. He's literally complaining about fascism while supporting it himself.

dogslayeggs ,

What an absolute dickbag. He even complains about silent protests that are 100% peaceful. Maybe if your stance is so weak that silent protestors are enough to derail your plans, you should rethink your stance. He even downplays children being killed.

Also, if we are talking about silencing opposite points of views, how many pro-Israel people in the US have been kicked out of school, arrested, vilified in the mainstream press, or fired from their jobs?

masquenox ,

Oh look... the (so-called) "moderates" and "centrists" peddling the exact narratives their fascist cousins want them to peddle.

I guess it's true what they say - fascism can only sprout once liberals have loosened the ground for it.

AshMan85 ,

People like this democrats and republican should not be allowed in government

MeekerThanBeaker ,

Problem is that the people who really should be in government are the ones who don't want to be in government.

Deceptichum ,
@Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works avatar

Congressman Adam Smith says ‘totalitarian’ protesters are ‘trying to silence anyone who dares to disagree with them’

Says the man wanting to lock people up.

“Intimidation is the tactic,”[…] “Intimidation and an effort to silence opposition”

Is this man so comically evil he’s trying to be the Spanish Inquisition?

NOT_RICK ,
@NOT_RICK@lemmy.world avatar

I was outraged by the headline, but he said protestors should be arrested in the context of protesting outside of someone’s home. While I don’t think I agree with that, I can at least understand why he would feel that constitutes intimidation.

Omegamanthethird ,
@Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world avatar

Aren't there harassment laws that should already cover this? Protesting outside of a business should be fine. But protesting outside of living areas feels like targeted harassment.

VaultBoyNewVegas ,

I disagree. That's like going after journalists/reporters because the huddled outside a senators house because he/she caught in a scandal. Because it's a group, you could argue that's intimidation too except that they're asking questions in the public interest. Protesters whether you agree with them or not believe they're acting in the public interest too and are trying to change things for the better.

Blackbeard Mod ,
@Blackbeard@lemmy.world avatar

Yeah his whole tirade is ludicrous and he sounds like an absolute asshat, but someone reportedly vandalized his home, and that's crossing a very big line. He should shut the hell up about whatever he thinks "leftwing fascism" is, and they should stop vandalizing people's homes.

Soup ,

I dunno, I’m with ya but also if you see protesters, who regular citizens with no special power, as totalitarian tyrants wanting to silence you while also demanding they be arrested with your very real closeness to the power that could that then fuckin’ maybe your house should get vandalized. I’d draw the line at hurting an actual person and then urging people away from vandalism since they might hurt someone by accident but stillllll…

jonne ,

Does he mean the Jews doing a Seder in front of Chuck Schumer's house?

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • •
  • random
  • news@lemmy.world
  • test
  • worldmews
  • mews
  • All magazines
    •