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Senior Democrat calls for arrests of ‘leftwing fascists’ urging Gaza ceasefire | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

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Congressman Adam Smith says ‘totalitarian’ protesters are ‘trying to silence anyone who dares to disagree with them’

Protesters calling for Israel to cease fire in its war with Hamas who have disrupted US public events and infrastructure are practicing “leftwing fascism” or “leftwing totalitarianism”, a senior US House Democrat said, adding that such protesters are “challenging representative democracy” and should be arrested.

“Intimidation is the tactic,” said Adam Smith of Washington state, the ranking Democrat on the House armed services committee. “Intimidation and an effort to silence opposition … I don’t know if there’s such a thing as leftwing fascism. If you want to just call it leftwing totalitarianism, then that’s what it is. It is a direct challenge to representative democracy now.”

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[–] paysrenttobirds@sh.itjust.works 14 points 8 months ago

Is he drunk? Is this really the state of our representation? Wtf is a totalitarian protestor? Are people holding signs on a lawn intimidating to him? How dare they disagree with someone who won an election a couple years ago against some other blowhard? Are we really only supposed to interact with our government once a year quietly in a voting both? These people need their heads screwed back on. What do they think their job is about?

[–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 10 points 8 months ago

I got two words into it and they started screaming at me again. So this is a different thing than your standard protest.

A "standard protest" of course being one that's easy to ignore.

If people are breaking laws, do what you gotta do, arrest them. But to be a "fascist" or "totalitarian", you have to hold a position of power, you can't just be inconveniently loud.

[–] Cuttlefish1111@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

He looks like he’s just shitting his pants while maintaining eye contact. Shameless. Knows he’s a terrible person. Out of control liar. Like an actor who knows he’s a villain.