A bunch of undisciplined thugs wouldn’t function as an actual army? What would Trump have to do to solve this situation? Hitler chose the purge… wonder what Trump would do.
Yeah that's what I saying. Hitler needed the real military because he was going to war with the Allies. Hitler knew he was going to war. You can't do that 1) with a bunch of thugs, and 2) you can't do that if thugs are in charge of the military. So when Hitler got real control and the undying loyalty of the military, he disbanded the thugs.
Trump likely won't get undying loyalty of the military, not the way Hitler did. So Trump will keep his thugs around.
I think Trump pardoned those 1500+ Jan 6. people specifically because of this. They’ll give him undying loyalty now and they know he can pardon them anyway, so they’d probably do whatever he wants. Though I’m not sure if he would literally give them orders. ...
Yeah that's what I'm saying. Trump wants thugs around. He may not be able to give them direct orders, but he knows they will generally go the direction he wants. They will generally beat up antifa and black lives matter protesters and intimidate people. And Trump can say "won't someone rid me of this turbulent priest" if he really wants.
Yeah my read on that, maybe I'm wrong, is that when Hitler got control and loyalty of the real military, he no longer needed the brown shirts. The real military was real and the brown shirts were thugs. He needed the real military for obvious reasons. Throw in any leadership threats, real or exaggerated, and it was obvious what was going to happen.
Apply that to now. Trump likely won't get real control and undying loyalty of the military. Probably won't have any leadership threats. Needs thugs to do what the military won't do. Conclusion: he'll keep them around.
Iirc He got rid of the brown shirts when he got real control of the military, so he didn't need them anymore. Trump will use the military for "legal" things and use/let the brown shirts do the illegal and messy things that competent officers wouldn't do.
Well I hope he doesn't have to do anything important in the next 4 years.
Vice President JD Vance arrived to break the 50-50 tie, highly unusual for Cabinet nominees and particularly defense secretaries, who typically win wider bipartisan support.
dissent from Sen. Mitch McConnell, the influential former Republican leader — who joined two other Republicans, Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, in voting against Hegseth
federal health agencies, including the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and the National Institutes for Health, have been ordered to pause all external communications, including health advisories and scientific reports.
NIH, in particular, appears to have been effectively put in lockdown, with even routine meetings canceled and employees forbidden to travel.
I know the WHO cancelled travel and meetings are to be virtual to save money as funding is uncertain.
LMAO see I was being polite and giving you a small out, and you said "no no no I was being very rude" as if that helps you. Oh god. And then you say "humble yourself" lol. Wow you need to look in the mirror. Open your mind and look in the mirror. With fresh eyes, and look in the mirror.
It's a reach that something can be interpreted as it was stated?
I can retrospect. Hopefully you can too because I'm going to hold up the mirror. All of the following is your thinly veiled actions (plausible deniability anyone?).
First, thinly veiled, you likened me stating people misinterpreted my question to how people are banned typically after really going off on mods. Whether you agree or not on people misinterpreting a question, those things are miles apart. Second, you, thinly veiled again, likened me to Musk. Do I need to explain the negativity of that association? Third, you, again thinly veiled, essentially said I was covering making rapist comments by trying to have plausible deniability. Fourth, you, again thinly veiled, essentially said I was covering making rapist comments by saying I was trying to be clever about it. And the doozy, fifth. Again thinly veiled, you liken me to people talking about the third Reich. Like wow. If that Nazi connotation from Elon wasn't enough, you really pulled out a doozy there. That is a crystal clear pattern of you attacking people by likening them to other people. All thinly veiled connotations so that you can later say you didn't actually make the connection (you know, plausible deniability). Or maybe you were doing it so that if I said anything, you could say "are you interpreting differently??" like a gotcha. I could explain that one too, maybe next time.
You took every chance you could to provoke, slap, and escalate. You are no longer trying to have a conversation when try to liken someone to Nazis, you just want to slap. Don't worry I'm not provoked. I just urge you to think about that.
And inb4 misreading I'm saying this not because I'm provoked or mad, I'm saying this because your pattern is clear. You want me to reflect, and I want you to reflect.
I can see. But if people have a choice to interpret something as 1) that a question about fashion is in fact an innocuous question about fashion, or 2) that he's obviously a rapist and victim blaming and I'm going to call him a rapist (when the entire tone of the thread and community is not serious), the problem that I see is that Lemmy is quick to misinterpret in the worst way possible.
And oddly enough, he was the person to escalate with that accusation, and I was the one to explain it.
LOL no I wasn't joking around (about rape or anything else). It was a legit, straightforward question about fashion. And no he wasn't joking, it was a pretty clear accusation.
Reaction? If you see a simple question in a shitposting community, with the image of a fashion choice that is unconventional, and think "Hmm should I interpret this as a question about fashion as he asked, or should I interpret this as he's a rapist and trying to be clever about it", if you default to thinking that the other person is obviously a rapist (as you seem to have, saying that I'm seeking plausible deniability and try to associate me with Musk and trying to be clever with rape lol), then holy fuck, and frankly that's on you. That was your reaction. Like you have to really out there to default to "he's obviously a rapist". You need to be better.
Honestly this is the perfect example of how Lemmy has a ravenous need to misinterpret. You just did it yourself.
The context of the post: 196 which is essentially a shit posting and take nothing serious community. Yeah that context. And that it was a straight question about what she was wearing, fashion wise since you really need to hear it. So thank you for demonstrating the exact problem!
I just got called a rapist! For asking wtf she was wearing, fashion wise. (On a non rape story just to be clear). I also wonder why I'm still here. Y'all need to be better.
He didn't say there were concepts of a plan? This is outrageous!