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ancianita

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27. Thank you. I, too, was 13 and remember. The lesson: Fascist dictators never build walls just

Tue Jul 8, 2025, 07:11 PM

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to keep bad people out of their country.
Unfortunately we were only 3 when Hannah Arendt wrote her classic, The Origins of Totalitarianism, which I'd not read until after I'd read corporate history. In all that time, though I'd studied humanities/philosophy and knew about fascism, I never imagined, nor would have believed if a crystal ball revealed the future, that our country could possibly do the same.
I knew OF oligarchs in the 70's, but have since learned that they've encouraged the well educated to "stay in the abstract," and so I'd only believed that totalitarianism was a sickness of other continents. I thought our leaders would always be rational.

And now? A convicted felon & his lawless henchmen, having flooded the zone with lies for years, pervert civil misdemeanors into major crimes.

It's part and parcel of the felon's racist theater for his hateful cult.
The root of their mutual secret depravity is that a) the cult themselves love to vote for an actual convicted criminal so that he will b) go after any and all "other" people who productively live and work and have families, constitutional rights and freedom, and then c) blackbag those "very bad people" off to death camps.
The felon's golf cart bumpersticker: "Immunity" for me; pardons for thee.

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Canada turned her away. EllieBC Jul 8 #21

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Sure, I'll give it a shot... ancianita Jul 8 #12

The Berlin Wall went up when I was 13, so I actually remember it well. The Wall was designed to keep people IN... Hekate Jul 8 #26

Thank you. I, too, was 13 and remember. The lesson: Fascist dictators never build walls just ancianita Jul 8 #27

You think it's OK for someone with a visitor's visa malaise Jul 8 #28

Okay. But does that carelessness merit criminalizing? Refusal of habeas corpus and due process? ancianita Jul 8 #29

When you know what the risks are EllieBC Jul 8 #30

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I am not ok with ICE or Homeland doing that. EllieBC Jul 8 #36

Yes, you are. What this also shines a light on ancianita Jul 8 #37

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I agree with every word re resolving issues related to visas malaise Jul 8 #34

I hear you. ancianita Jul 8 #35

That was an excellent post malaise Jul 9 #43

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Pls save a seat for president miller? SheltieLover Jul 8 #17

There's a seperate flight resereved for Trump and his cronies! Initech Jul 8 #18

Perfect! SheltieLover Jul 8 #19

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"Legendary" needs to be someone I've heard of. maxsolomon Jul 8 #9

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There you go. maxsolomon Jul 8 #11

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She'd have to return to UK to renew the passport and risk not being admitted back into US Demovictory9 Jul 9 #41

I don't know the rules for the UK and their foreign office. DFW Jul 9 #42

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British. maxsolomon Jul 8 #16

British. That's not the same thing. EllieBC Jul 8 #22

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This'll make the U.S. more secure. nt Torchlight Jul 9 #44