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[–] comrade_twisty@feddit.org 100 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It’s what fascists do.

Look at Mussolini, Franco, Hitler, etc. They all went after their political enemies.

But being anti-fascist is terrorism now… LMFAO. Fuck fascism.

[–] superniceperson@sh.itjust.works 54 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Except this is a former political ally. No one in the world wants to bomb Iranian chilsren more than John Bolton. I dont even think israel wants to bomb children as much as Bolton

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

That's typical, yes. Knight of the Long Knives was about purging the people in the Nazi party who were insufficiently loyal to Hitler. They had fulfilled their purpose and now they needed to go.

[–] nixus@anarchist.nexus 22 points 1 day ago

This is what fascist supporters don't understand. The fascists will turn on anyone in a heartbeat. It doesn't even have to make logical sense. As long as it gives them any kind of political advantage, real or perceived, they will turn on their allies.

Lepards eating faces, and all that.

[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But, he also said that Trump is an incompetent moron, so....

[–] superniceperson@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That just means hes lost some of his filter. Every person in the trump admin has said that, guaranteed. Heck vance said he was incompetent. Bolton is by far one of the most ideologically aligned people to the trump admin. This just means theyre starting with the night of long knives first, before kristalnacht.

[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 day ago

Oh, no....he just said it out loud. As in, on television. That's the trick with Trump. Everyone knows he's a fuckin' moron. You just can't let him know you think that way.

Which also happens to be another indicator of how much of a moron he really is.

[–] baronvonj@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Vance said Trump was America's Hitler.

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 2 points 1 day ago

Maybe popularizing clips of trumps current staff saying how stupid and terrible he is will result in more indictments.

[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 42 points 1 day ago

Unfortunately, there was no way for John Bolton to have predicted Donald Trump betraying him.

No clues whatsoever.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 49 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I mean, it's still an abuse of power and a violation of the constitution, even if the victim is a piece of shit.

[–] comrade_twisty@feddit.org 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That’s the plot. They go after people that are disliked first so the protests are irrelevant and start to normalize such acts. You’re being played!

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hardly. I've been waiting for this since Gee Dubz.

He was an advocate of the Iraq War as a Director of the Project for the New American Century, which favored going to war with Iraq.

Fucker got a lot of people killed and thought he could suck trumps butthole for more power. STAY DOWN, BITCH.

Stopped clock and that.

[–] comrade_twisty@feddit.org 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They are not going after him for his role in the Iraq war (they would probably even give him a medal for it) - they are going after him for opposing and criticizing Trump.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world -3 points 1 day ago

Meh. I’ll take it.

[–] PhilipTheBucket@quokk.au 8 points 1 day ago

Yes. You have to get used to defending people you hate from the nightmare, because everyone is somebody someone hates. We stand up for the beggars and the prostitutes, and yes we even stand up for the John Boltons. We all are going to have to fight together against the real end of light. Even the dickheads. And then, once the end has been pushed back a little until next time, we can go back to treating them as dickheads.

(Especially since Bolton jumped the gun, and somehow started acting like a decent and courageous person a tiny bit by being super-vocal against Trump way before it was cool for people in government to do so. The New York Times was still slobbering Trump's dick years after Bolton started calling him out, and I don't think the New York Times should be raided by ICE and destroyed either.)

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

A problem of his own making. Say hi to Comey if you see him at the courthouse.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago

Oh no. Not him.

[–] jaemo@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

He took a real turn for the worse after he quit his job as the janitor at Archie's high school IMO.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Good. Hope they throw him in a deep dark pit to be forgotten. One of the worst human beings to have ever lived.