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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: commonone   😊 😞
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Subject: The New Secret Police
Date: 09/14/25 12:06 PM
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Historically, one of the ways that authoritarian governments have controlled their citizens is by getting them to 'snitch' on their co-workers, classmates, and neighbors. Today's right-wing tattletales are walking a similar path that the German citizens walked when they turned in their neighbors for being jewish or sympathetic to jews.

Anyone who points out the factual record of Charlie Kirk rather than raise him to martyrdom or who doesn't toe the party line on his assassination, veering from what is "allowed" to be said about Kirk is fair game for the new secret police.

The party that has spend years whining about the threat of being surveilled and of having their right to free speech taken away from them is eagerly keeping a watchful eye on traditional media and new media for messages that might sully the name of Charlie Kirk and ratting them out.

Trumpedo and republicans are trying to establish a bounty system where citizens, students, or anyone for that matter, can report professors, co-workers, classmates, and neighbors who say or teach things they don’t like.

We are becoming 1930s Germany.
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