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1/ The quarantine is a cultural and political experiment: We're seeing just how quickly the U.S. can be dissolved. #ProtestLockdown https://clarionproject.org/coronavirus-government-overreach-raises-new-us-extremism-alarm/
2/ If Americans stand down, the U.S. openly becomes a surveillance state overnight. LA and NYC mayors are already pushing out 'comfort' 
videos telling residents to activate themselves as surveillance extensions of the state. #ProtestTheLockdown https://twitter.com/NYCMayor/status/1251496378372632577?s=20
videos telling residents to activate themselves as surveillance extensions of the state. #ProtestTheLockdown https://twitter.com/NYCMayor/status/1251496378372632577?s=20
3/ Google, often first in helping authoritarian rule boot stomp a population, has also risen to the occasion along with Apple. Watch this tweet for a sub-thread on how Google and Apple help nations crush its civilian population. https://twitter.com/omarqudrat1/status/1249889657145323521?s=20
3a) Google has a long history of teaming up with authoritarian overlords, including helping China persecute it's 2 million Muslim #Uighur population, including heavy surveillance and policing. https://clarionproject.org/google-is-teaming-up-with-chinese-authorities/
20/ So while a spotty batch of protests might feel like a demonstration of extremism — and while some race supremacists are piggy-backing off those opportunities — the real extremism here is government overreach. https://twitter.com/FDRLST/status/1252695961958301701?s=20
6/ While the mainstream media is busy identifying protests across Michigan, Kentucky and Ohio as Right-wing extremism, the bigger picture tells a different story: #protests are reaction to disproportionate government response. This is important on two levels...
16/ In San Diego you can be fined for a picnic or watching the sunset in your car. The people most likely seeking outdoor spaces are lower/middle class families who don't have the luxury of backyards. As it is, the poor cannot afford quarantine. Govt now wants to cite them $1000
5/ Rule of law for public protection hasn't been extended to prison population. 1400 released in NYC, 4000 (25%) released in LA in one month despite only 11 inmates catching coronavirus. Many inmates will default into homelessness. This doesn't set up anyone for success.
15/ This is especially true when Americans see disparity in who is being impacted by government overreach during COVID-19. Inmates are free, but fathers playing ball in the park are being handcuffed. Food lines wrap around parking lots, but elite have stocked luxury foods...
8/ When your elected officials prioritize weed/alcohol over seeds, it's gives Islamist extremists a selling point for their cause. It lets them tell their recruits "Look, Americans know nothing about real life." I talk about that here with a U.S. Army vet https://clarionproject.org/cultural-darwinism-of-the-afghan-war/
17/ In a surveillance state, drones and your neighbors are being deployed to monitor movement. This is being pushed as normal under the guise of "care." It is NOT fucking normal. https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/1252233164837105665?s=20
