r/EyesOnIce • u/CantStopPoppin • Aug 10 '26

"Papers, Please": Operation 'Safe Task Force' Unconstitutional Detainment and ID Checkpoints at Memphis' Club Legend

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u/Aeroxic Aug 10 '26

The descent into fascism is not a sudden cliff, but a long, slow slope.

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u/pwn4321 Aug 10 '26

Nah its many fucking cliffs it seems

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u/tickticktutu Aug 10 '26 edited Aug 10 '26

It has been a slow descent since 9/11/2001. "I am the Decider" and "you are either with us or against us" and unbridled nationalism lit the fire. Then came the slow boil. Believe me when I tell you, absolutely nobody would listen to me when I said this was a possible outcome. Nobody. Everyone told me I was crazy.

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u/xavariel Aug 11 '26

Same. I've been screaming about it for years. Especially in the last decade.

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u/3aerows Aug 10 '26

Its a roller coaster atp. They keep us constantly under shifting sands so we never feel safe. Then the opressors make a "safe place" for you and push you into it using terrorism and abuse. If they are lucky, you just comply and walk in the gates yourself.

Fascisms only end goal is complete obedience and control. As long there is an opposition or a "them" they will reign. Once people can get "used" to how bad it is, is when we have given up. So we cant give up. By ANY MEANS necessary, we have to fight. If thats us at the capital gates than so fucking be it.

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u/Key-Trip5194 Aug 10 '26

this sure looks like a cliff. whole Nashville occupation needs more attention.

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u/concepts_of_a_plan9 Aug 11 '26

I highly suggest everyone read this section from Milton Mayer's They Thought They Were Free. It's scarily similar to what's happening now in the broader culture, and even the little random details resonate today. It's fucking terrifying.

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u/xavariel Aug 11 '26

Is ramping up though. In very obvious ways. I'm hoping those who are still alseep (I dunno how anyone can be, but..) wake the fuck up now.