by PHIL ROCKSTROH
An inevitable trajectory is in play; fascism is imperialism inflicted homeward
Fascists and various authoritarian personality types have a proclivity for playing the victim. Anyone who calls into question their brutal tactics is a terrorist/terrorist supporter who not only places them in mortal danger (i.e., As a rule, clad in body armor, heavily armed, and traveling in a belligerent pack) but the security and welfare of the state itself.
Yet how many ICE thugs have fallen to violent acts? The honest answer: Not one. Zero. Nada. Zilch. Zippity doo dah. Bupkis. A yawning void. A great big goose egg. The whisper of oblivion.
The Nazis lied, “Hitler is growing weary of Poland’s aggression.”
Translation: Third Reich aggression is forthcoming against Poland.
By claiming victimization, ICE (and the genocidally prone Israeli Defense Forces) will continue to assault and kill innocent people sans accountability.
When authoritarians play victim — it is an admission of violent intent. For example, every post of mine on my Substack and social media platforms on the subject of Gaza’s children being starved and slaughtered outright, by genocidal intent by the IDF, has evoked laugh emoticons (and a raging shit-tsunami of ad hominem belligerence) inflicted by soul-deprived, jackboots-for-brains trolls, yet, as a rule, interspersed with declaration’s of Israel’s inherent virtue threatened by looming, ever-present malevolent forces.
Then came the same dismal and deranged reaction regarding my posts on the subject of the state sanctioned murder of Renee Nicole Good.
It is a given, a third of the US citizenry, both overly and covertly, are fascists. Another third’s worldview, if they possess one at all, shifts with the winds and can be blown in a hyper-authoritarian direction given prevailing trends.
A tin badge should not be a shield of immunity
To wit, anyone defending the coldblooded murder of Renee Nicole Good, or, in general, the hyper-authoritarian activity of ICE bully boys has, in essence, wrapped themselves in the blood-drenched mantle of fascism. Renee Nicole Good, a mother of three, was murdered in your name. You signed her death warrant (and numerous others ICE has deported to foreign death camps) by supporting the Trump Reich.
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