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White nationalists inside and outside of police forces and the military are merging into one heavily-armed white nationalist army and we should all be very, very alarmed by this.
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First of all, we all know that avowed white supremacy inside of police forces is well-documented, both historically and in the modern era.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/13/how-us-law-enforcement-is-failing-to-police-itself
https://theintercept.com/2017/01/31/the-fbi-has-quietly-investigated-white-supremacist-infiltration-of-law-enforcement/
https://www.revealnews.org/article/inside-hate-groups-on-facebook-police-officers-trade-racist-memes-conspiracy-theories-and-islamophobia/
#ThoseWhoWorkForcesAreTheSameThatBurnCrosses
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/13/how-us-law-enforcement-is-failing-to-police-itself
https://theintercept.com/2017/01/31/the-fbi-has-quietly-investigated-white-supremacist-infiltration-of-law-enforcement/
https://www.revealnews.org/article/inside-hate-groups-on-facebook-police-officers-trade-racist-memes-conspiracy-theories-and-islamophobia/
#ThoseWhoWorkForcesAreTheSameThatBurnCrosses
Remember when all those cops in Texas wore pro-Trump hats *while on duty* back in July of 2019? https://twitter.com/randypcox/status/1152977052900851712
How about the unmarked "officers" in riot gear standing down protesters outside the White House just a few weeks ago? https://twitter.com/bdaviskc/status/1268401251978563585
Or yesterday, when the Albuquerque Police Department referred to members of the terrorist group that assaulted and shot protesters as "heavily armed friendlies?" https://twitter.com/shannonrwatts/status/1272767801522941953
This is happening in the military too. Remember this? https://twitter.com/Noahbierman/status/1133200463619211264?s=20
Here's another look at that pro-Trump patch being worn by *active duty military currently in uniform* which is totally 100% *against the law.* https://twitter.com/vmsalama/status/1133203283227529217
We may be winning important victories on some fronts right now, but we have to zoom out and look at the fascist endgame that is playing out right in front of us.
I'll leave you with a quote from Timothy Snyder's "20 Lessons from the 20th Century." (See next tweet.)
I'll leave you with a quote from Timothy Snyder's "20 Lessons from the 20th Century." (See next tweet.)
"When the men with guns who have always claimed to be against the system start wearing uniforms and marching around with torches and pictures of a Leader, the end is nigh. When the pro-Leader paramilitary and the official police and military intermingle, the game is over."
And just in case this wasn't clear: THIS IS REASON ELEVENTY-TRILLION WHY WE NEED TO ABOLISH THE POLICE!!!!
Like, until this country ends its sick love affair with white supremacy, nobody will get to have nice things - because this is 100% what I mean when I say that white supremacy is the lifeblood of fascism.
