I saw a news report on MSNBC that said that Trump was going after donors to Kamala’s campaign. I donated to Kamala’s campaign several times, so will Trump’s goons come after me? For what crime? Donating to the candidate of my choice? What would they charge we donors with–treason? Should I keep my ears open for the sound of the jackboots of Trump’s SS?
Naw.
Unless you donated millions.
He means to punish the wealthy people who donated a lot. He can’t throw them in jail but he might be able to damage their businesses.
If you donated $100 or a $1000 he won’t give a shit.
Why can’t he throw them in jail?
He just wants names of people to try and embarrass them.
“Going after ???” are scare words. Meant to scare.
A bully being an asshole.
Don’t worry.
I suppose he could but it is a bit too soon to go full-on dictator I think with something like that. He needs to work up to it. I have no doubt he will try. It will take time though (at least a couple years).
If he tried day #1 with that I suspect it would prompt a civil war.
Bad grammar?
You think there’s any purpose, any tought, in what he says other than that bleating it at the moment would get the attendant flock at that very moment to vocalize their adulation of him?
No, he’s not going to do that. But his herd loves to hear it. It’s the “Lock her up!” chant for the next four years.
Please disregard, and worry. Now that they have the power they will use it to put down attempts to fight back. They have the courts and the Congress, and they will move faster than you think.
If Trump sent his Bureau of Prisons goons to lock up Kamala on Day One, what would be the nature of this Civil War? Pickett’s Charge?
I think you’re overwrought.
I’ll worry at a pace that seems logical to me.
There are horrible things I could suffer during this time. But I choose to mitigate as best I can and not drive myself nuts.
All things must pass.
I am not worried about myself.
I am worried about living with myself if bad things happen to others that I know and love, and those that I don’t know but still love. It’s nice that you don’t think they will come for you, but I think Pastor Martin Niemöller had something to say about that attitude:
First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me
Like I said there are a few bad things that can happen to me personally. I am the Mother/grandma to 6 females.
But you’re no use to anyone going cray cray.
We’re going to hear very bad things and some will hurt you and yours, some mine.
There’s not one damn thing either of us can do to stop it.
I voted, I donated. There just wasn’t enough of us.
We can’t change that now, if we ever could.
Still I wouldn’t be better off in any other country. In fact I’d be dead, most likely.
So don’t tell me I’m comfortable or safe.
Worry doesn’t help me.
Being overwrought adds to the fear and scare everyone is feeling. It’s not useful.
I do not know what can be done but I’d expect you, more than most posters here, to fight back instead of capitulate and roll over.
I’m not rolling over. I’m making plans to keep my family as safe as they can be.
I feel like we’re alone in this little red state.
I’ve already made plans to add food. We had already done ammo. We all know how to shoot.
We can hunt.
We can hide out here for a long time.
If Trump crashes down hard on the US, with full weaponization there’s no way to win.
I’d be the first on a bus to an internment camp for being sickly. They would trash me in a minute.
Still, there’s nothing any of us can do to stop any of it.
I have a tiny hope that this is a blip in our democracy and cooler heads will take over in Washington.
Until they show up at the gate to take me away there’s no one to fight.
We’re fighting ghosts right now. And it’s all for nought.
ETA, start your preparation for holing up now if you have fear of losing your rights or very life. The less you are seen the less of a target you are. Fill your freezer. Buy can food. And water.
Don’t draw attention to yourself. Be wary who you talk to.
Don’t post on huge websites with inflammatory statements. No matter your beliefs.
Think like a general.* There’s no way they can round up all of Harris’s donors; the logistics make it impossible.
*“Amateurs talk strategy
Professionals talk tactics
Generals talk logistics.”