They do this all the time. Maybe Biden should call their bluff, execute his powers as Commander in Chief, and order the National Guard in Texas to turn on State Police.

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    I don’t get why Biden doesn’t do this. The fear is abott will say government over reach and that will be a talking point for the election? How about strong father figure, who enforced the law to keep us united?

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      You can’t let what Republicans say dictate what you do

      No matter what Biden does, they’re going to do what they’re going to do.

      Even if he doesn’t do the right thing now, they’ll just lie some more and do it anyways.

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        “Meet me in the middle,” says the unjust man.

        You take a step towards him. He takes a step back.

        “Meet me in the middle,” says the unjust man.

        — A. R. Moxon

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        No matter what Biden does, they’re going to do what they’re going to do.

        Ah, another Innuendo Studios fan, I see. Yes, just like he said in “Alt-Right Playbook Ep. 3, ‘You Go High, We Go Low’”,

        Republicans are going to cry “So much for the tolerant left!” no matter what form our opposition takes, so the obvious solution is to just ignore them. But clearly it’s more complicated than that, or we wouldn’t be having this issue.

        This business with the border is another example of them going low, and Biden and Democrats trying to keep the moral high ground.

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          Fuck that.

          The high ground is fighting fascism.

          Lincoln tried apeasment leading up to Civil War 1 and all that did was give the South time to build strength.

          We just saw how bad of an idea it is to crush an insurrection slowly. And there are shit ton of examples of how well appeasing extremists works worldwide.

          As soon as Abbots letter came out, Biden should have activated them under title 10, had them remove any remaining razor wire and the rest of the bullshit. If Abbott tried to move cops or a “militia”, then everyone involved should be arrested for sedation.

          This isn’t normal republican bullshit from a decade ago.

          This shit is as serious as conservative extremists make it. Giving in a little just emboldens them, and ignoring them does the same thing.

          I say this as a veteran of the US military:

          There’s a shit ton of US active military who would be willing to overthrow the government for some conservative bullshit.

          We can’t underestimate them. Even if they’re idiots, they’re dangerous idiots.

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          The Alt-Right Playbook is one of the best video essay series on YouTube 

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        You gotta counter with a “sure, but here are fair terms and conditions to have a clean break with the US”

        I think they’ll turn tail when corporations realize they’ll be treated as foreign unless they relocate outside of Texas.

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      Because Democrats don’t go in for the same ‘Daddy Issues Politics’ that Republicans do, and Republicans will never vote for Biden?

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        I agree, but at the same time, watching fascists get stomped, legally or otherwise, brings me immense joy.

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          It does to me too, but I also understand why stomping fascists in an election year can be a bad idea.

          ‘Can’, of course. It may be that we get to stomp fascists and benefit from it. But I get why it may not happen.