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Donald Trump on Sunday proposed a new policy that many critics said is equivalent to legalizing "The Purge."

Trump spoke at a rally in Pennsylvania, where he admitted that his attendees were "falling asleep" at one of his earlier rallies. Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign noted that, as Trump was still speaking at the swing-state event over the weekend, rallygoers placed directly behind the former president started to funnel out of the building.

One comment Trump made drew condemnation on social media, as well as numerous comparisons to The Purge, a film series based on a dystopian world in which the government makes all crimes legal for a 12-hour period.

As reported by Sebastian Smith, AFP Washington desk chief, "Trump in Erie, PA, says in US 'the police aren’t allowed to do their job.' To stop crime, you need 'one really violent day.' He says: 'One rough hour and I mean real rough, the word would get out and it would end immediately.'"


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[-] SassyRamen@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago

I know you're supposed to know your enemy, but I have no plan of putting that filth in my brain.

[-] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

That's why people like me and other lefties often take one for the team and read it so you don't to

Firstly there is thought slime's video on the thing describing it in great detail, and then there is the TV tropes that also has some great information on it.

What do I have to add? I need to mention that one aspect of the Turner diaries plays up is that somehow the opposition is so incredibly afraid of being labeled racist or 'politically correct ' (now usually called woke) and will allow all manner of heinous crimes committed by non-white people in order to avoid that.

This is a trope that is often employed by right wing authors, including Ben Shapiro and Glen Beck. They have this idea that liberals and lefties are so terrified of the racist label that they would never describe a suspect as black or Asian for fear of 'racial profiling' (even though that isn't what it is) that blacks somehow commit crimes with impunity until a conservative calls it for what it is and gets the job done.

The Turner diaries does the same... but only far worse. There are several parts of the book where blacks all form cannibal and rape rings and just kidnap at random white girls (and only white girls) to rape and eat and all the white authority figures are powerless to stop them due to the fear of being called racist.

[-] SassyRamen@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Jesus fuck that last bit.. these people need help.

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