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Our Dress Rehearsal for a Police State
Townhall.com ^ | April 28, 2020 | Dennis Prager

Posted on 04/28/2020 4:11:32 AM PDT by Kaslin

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To: Hugh the Scot

Just because YOU got scared doesn't mean I have to lose my livelihood.

81 posted on 04/28/2020 7:03:39 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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To: HighSierra5
its delusional to think that a large group of resistance will "rise up"....

most people are just wimpy go-alongs....look at the fearpers...

82 posted on 04/28/2020 7:04:04 AM PDT by cherry
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To: CodeToad

Because we are tolerating it.

I’m quite impressed with the sense of resistance that is being displayed by the churches in Greenville MS, and by our own Alberta’s Child...

At the same time, I’m still appalled by these cries to “let my people go” from so many here on FR.
There’s no difference to begging for protection from the virus and begging for permission to live your life as you see fit.

It’s still begging.


83 posted on 04/28/2020 7:09:36 AM PDT by Hugh the Scot ("We are domed!" - V V Camp Enari 67-68)
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To: CodeToad

You’re the one who’s scared. If you lose your livelihood it’s because you didn’t defend it.


84 posted on 04/28/2020 7:11:39 AM PDT by Hugh the Scot ("We are domed!" - V V Camp Enari 67-68)
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To: Hugh the Scot; Alberta's Child

Ping, with my apologies for the mention without the courtesy.


85 posted on 04/28/2020 7:13:09 AM PDT by Hugh the Scot ("We are domed!" - V V Camp Enari 67-68)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Think of the liberties we lost after 911. The Patriot Act. Then NDAA which basically gives the President unlimited powers during a national emergency. The state and local governments are always happy to one up the Feds on tyranny. These acts of tyranny at the local level are more concerning and we should all be pushing back on these people in the aftermath. You are totally right about this.


86 posted on 04/28/2020 7:24:45 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight neiyour way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: MarvinStinson

Truth bomb!


87 posted on 04/28/2020 7:25:57 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight neiyour way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Hugh the Scot
Thanks for the ping. No worries!

As I’ve said ... I am fortunate in that my work is done in an office and can easily be done “out of sight” most of the time. I’d probably be out of business if I had a restaurant or another business establishment that is a “public accommodation.”

And I’ll tell you what ... If I was driven out of business here in my state due to these outrageous government edicts, I’d be packing everything I owned and moving to South Dakota tomorrow.

88 posted on 04/28/2020 7:28:48 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("And somewhere in the darkness ... the gambler, he broke even.")
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To: Artcore

You are right about the freepers. I had some just excoriating me for daring to mention that the statistics just didn’t add up to an epidemic worthy of shutting the country down. Now it looks like I was right and those freepers have shrunk back into the shadows. It was very eye opening.


89 posted on 04/28/2020 7:32:33 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight neiyour way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: xenia

“I always wondered how Hitler got the population so willing to comply, and the police to become so cruel.”

Hitler propagandized that Jews were the cause of their economic problems, made Jews every German’s enemy.

Now, “messages” here have made non-compliers (with state governors’ dictates) everyone’s enemy, and has caused us very hurtful economic and supply chain problems.


90 posted on 04/28/2020 7:34:34 AM PDT by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and so few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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To: Hugh the Scot

Yep, your opinion. Suggest you read our DOI and COTUS.


91 posted on 04/28/2020 7:35:56 AM PDT by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and so few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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To: Alberta's Child
The customers may be mildly inconvenienced. But if you are the restaurant owner or the barber this is hardly just an inconvenience.

Not to mention all the people employed at said businesses. Of course, the fact that we're destroying the lives of millions is a small price to pay given there is apparently a virus around./s

92 posted on 04/28/2020 7:43:50 AM PDT by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: polymuser

I’m familiar with them, as they are at the root of my political beliefs and the opinion that I have stated.

What do you suggest I refresh myself on, specifically?


93 posted on 04/28/2020 7:44:51 AM PDT by Hugh the Scot ("We are domed!" - V V Camp Enari 67-68)
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To: IncPen

Opportunity,,
I’m looking for It!


94 posted on 04/28/2020 8:20:07 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (He Hath Not Given Us A Spirit Of Fear)
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To: Kaslin

Donald trump started the ball rolling and he criticizes those that want to allow people to go back to work now.
He is letting democrats lead him around by the nose.


95 posted on 04/28/2020 9:09:08 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
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To: Kaslin

Hi.

We have been planning for a police state for five decades.

All we need now is a 81mm mortar and ordinance.

5.56mm


96 posted on 04/28/2020 9:12:25 AM PDT by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP! Finish THE WALL!)
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To: Kaslin
All my life, I have dismissed paranoids on the right ("America is headed to communism") and the left ("It can happen here" -- referring to fascism) buried my head in the sand.

Fixed it...

97 posted on 04/28/2020 12:52:48 PM PDT by rockrr ( Everything is different now...)
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To: Kaslin

98 posted on 04/28/2020 1:40:10 PM PDT by Oatka
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Bump


99 posted on 04/28/2020 3:04:16 PM PDT by foreverfree
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To: Alberta's Child

60 %? Really? I’m here every day and I haven’t seen that.


100 posted on 04/28/2020 8:22:21 PM PDT by subterfuge (RIP T.P.)
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