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In reply to the discussion: "never before in my life have i called for mass protests, for mobilizations, for disruptions." [View all]Marthe48
(23,000 posts)Or military leaders showed reluctance to use the armed forces against white Americans, unless they were trying to organize a union or protesting an unpopular war or social injustices. Under President Lincoln, Gen. McClellen was reluctant to fight the rebellious south. Pres. Obama showed a great restraint addressing the bundy crimes. And of course, the failure to crush the power behind the first attempt to install their thug in the White House. It is easy to find plenty of historical accounts of the U.S. armed forces being used against civilians, as long as they aren't white supremacists or traitors trying to destroy the country. Hoover used the military to remove the Bonus Army from D.C. in 1932. Ohio National Guard opened fire on unarmed protesters at Kent State. Lots of other action against Native Americans, POC, minorities that unfortunately exist side by side with civic attempts to make the rights laid out in The Constitution of the U.S.A. available to every human who lives in our country.
As Americans become freedom fighters on our soil, because they hate overreaching criminals destroying the ideals of our country, I'm pretty sure that the criminals will turn the strength and power of the military against us citizens, as they consolidate their evil desire to kill democracy.
Be careful out there. The rich don't like us. They never have.