"I would be the first to advocate obeying just laws. One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws," he wrote. "Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. I would agree with St. Augustine that 'an unjust law is no law at all.'"
Who what where and when will there ever be trials? The day Putin goes on trial might mean liberation day for the US but I wouldn’t hold my breath. Maybe Putin hands you lot to China to toy with for a few centuries. Remember who ran the Nuremberg trials. The US. Who is going to try the fascists now.
Every single politician, every single lawyer and judge, every single man and woman who did exactly what Trump told them to do, even though they knew it was wrong
If you read carefully, the article makes an implicit point about masking. If non-violent protests increase the number of women, elderly, the disabled, mask up to even more boost your numbers! So many people can't join as long as y'all don't mask!
And fuck reasoning with these insipid bastards-that ship sailed. The republicans need to fear us more than Trump- every district, every office every chance to encounter them - be there.
Unfortunately, it's nothing to do with having to follow orders.
There's a lot of nasty bastards with badges & guns. They've been given the chance to do what they've always wanted to, with no comeback or consequences.
They do it because they like it.
"The ideal subject of
totalitarian rule is not
the convinced nazi or the
committed communist,
but people for whom the
distinction between
fact and fiction, true and
wrong, no more
exists."
Yes, every armed Fed law enforcement that escorts Muskovites into Federal agencies and systems, every ICE agent perpetrating unconstitutional deportations, and many more, are "following orders" and I hope will someday face charges for crimes against humanity.
This is for ALL involved in the kidnapping, detention, torture and expulsion of brown people at the hands of trump, Rubio, Holman and this administration 😡
One thing that the Democrats in Congress can -- and should -- do is remind the military that following an illegal order will get them into serious trouble.
Thus it is known in English as the "Nuremberg defense" an expression for an attempt to avert responsibility for the most horrible crimes by claiming they were only following their leaders. These perpetrators will need to face justice sooner than later.
Ich zweifele mittlerweile ernsthaft daran, dass diese Gerichtsprozesse jener als unbekannt angesprochenen Personengruppe überhaupt bekannt oder geläufig sind.
And as shitty and non-functional that defense is, it's made even more so by the fact that Republicans refuse to say whose in charge of doge, what their actual structure is, who their staff is, what their legal authority is. It's a mysterious, supernatural force that comes from nowhere, but it's fine
It doesn’t matter that they don’t share whose in charge everybody is accountable for their own actions so if you’re the guy that pushed the button that ended Social Security and people suffered or died as a result you will be tried and found guilty. And you will have no problem naming your boss!
In 2023 we visited two important historical sites in Germany, the Nuremberg Courthouse (Nuremberg Palace of Justice) and Dachau. I think of this experience a lot these days. I encourage everyone to at least visit the courthouse and spend several hours exploring its very moving presentations.
In case Trump orders military action against Canada and Greenland, this principle should be applied to the military people (from the very top to the very bottom), who obey Trump's orders.
The ICJ can’t stop Satanyahu and he was invited to the White House. They’re lining up innocent men in pits and shooting them during a ‘ceasefire’. What Israel gets away with the USA does next.
Thank you Tucson and the more than 23,000 people who came out to see me, AOC and Rep. Greg Casar.
In just 5 events, we had over 86,000 join us to stand up to authoritarianism & oligarchy and stop any bill that slashes Medicaid to give billionaires even more tax breaks.
This is MY current playbook and tool kit on what I feel is important to meet the moment. I hope you can use it, chop it, tweak it, and share it. Stop asking for permission in some cases.
Let's revoke Elon Musk's American citizenship! We have legal grounds for this, and it goes through the court, not Congress. MuskRat has no respect for our Constitution, our country, and our people. He doesn't deserve to be American! Sign and repost! https://chng.it/yVwGnDCqCR
Can we drop, "I don't know who needs to hear this," from posts, finally, in 2025. And Trumpers would reject the authority of Nuremberg. So they ain't listening.
Only after 10s of millions lost their lives to enforce that point of view. Where do you think we’re headed now? And the orange turd has nukes this time around.
In many countries soldiershave the right to reject unlawful orders. In Germany every soldier must reject unlawful orders. Don't go through the same ugly school the Germans did.
Learn from their lessons from history.
"I was just driving the car."
"I was just holding a gun."
"I just gave him the gun."
"I didn't know someone would be shot."
are not defenses when someone is killed in commission of a crime.
The new Jags ‘apparently want to make the army less restricted by the laws of armed conflict, to follow more aggressive tactics and be more lenient in charging soldiers with battlefield crimes’..
We might be able to get a head start on it with some of these civil service firing cases. There are mid-level stooges who clearly committed perjury by stating that probationary workers’ performance was reviewed when it definitely wasn’t. Contempt or perjury charges now could avert violence later.
Yes - this is worth noting. Trump may seem untouchable but there are many, MANY underlings who are not. Dissolve the foundation and Trump won’t have anything left to stand on.
- Money is your God. *
- Religion is your perversion. *
- You're a fascist, racists, bigoted, misogynist, Nazi POS. *
- You are an uneducated, ignorant, f*****g moron. *
If that day happens, and you are aligned with this regime, cyanide pills will be one escape. Russia will be another. The question will be the method of execution as punishment. Hanging was used during the Nuremberg trials. Obviously, it was not an adequate deterrent.
There's such a thing as an unlawful order. One is not required to obey an unlawful order. That's what should have happened in Uvalde. The officers should have disregarded the order not to breach the classroom.
The US military and police will meekly follow Trump's orders, like the German military and police did in the 1930s!
ICE is already behaving like the Gestapo! This must have always been there, one does not change into this in just seven weeks!
I'm really worried about what will happen the first time the military are given illegal orders. Will they honour their oath to the constitution, or has the ubiquitous Faux news on military bases reprogrammed them.
We are way too close. The DC Metropolitan Police assisted FBI and Doge to illegally break into a private non-profit in Washington DC with NO warrant. Mafia state bs.
America is being destroyed by a Nazi while rewarding himself billions in taxpayer dollars, your president is threatening political opponents and universities alike, and wants to expand to Canada, tourists are being sent to ICE camps!
Americans can't stop pretending there is nothing to see here
Yes it was: and here’s a little something about reporting it instead of turning into a complete animal. You know this all about Grandpa VonShitzenpants ego do NOT become a criminal. 💙🫶🏻
Exactly this! We need people to defy orders! Willing to break command. They cannot, for example, fly good humans to an El Salvadorian prison camp if no one will shackle them, no one will load them like animals on planes, no one will fly the airplanes! Democracy dies with a whole lotta help. RESIST!
But you know what defense wasn't tried out at Nuremburg, and according to Musk might have worked?
"I can't be held responsible, I was just giving orders."
The Nuremberg trials, which were backed by an anti-fascist US government. Who can hold our now fascist government accountable in the same way? Nobody can capture our leaders, nobody can invade to restore democracy, nobody can do shit and it's terrifying
Join your county Democratic Party and get involved! There's power in numbers, and we have work to do!! We can't let fear and complacency stop us from fighting for the future of America and our children!!
Aww, look at you regurgitating the party line. Tell me, when you say "fight" what do you mean, exactly? What's the chance it's anything that can actually stop a fascist regime?
FYI - The Democratic Party is complicit in everything happening, why the fuck would I support them?
The Jan.6th rioters were also”only following orders,“which resulted in many fleeing for their lives and others died. They were subsequently pardoned.Yet protesters demonstrating against Tesla are classed as domestic terrorists.
recently saw a Democrat congressman asserting that 'the GOP sees science as a hoax' but he also fessed up that 'Congress has given over the decades to 'fossil fuel company's''
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Nice dose of moral clarity...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judgmen...
~MLK
https://www.toolzo.online/2025/02/reports-of-animated-series-depicting.html
Fucking.
ICE.
Employee.
100% yes.
Killing people?
100% no.
Also our military. They definitely need to hear it.
The military will be ordered to take unlawful action soon enough.
This is an illegitimate, criminal, regime.
They're coming for all of us in some way.
May their demise be swift and certain.
You will be held accountable by the people
Put's a little punch in the slogan, "Yes, we can."
There's a lot of nasty bastards with badges & guns. They've been given the chance to do what they've always wanted to, with no comeback or consequences.
They do it because they like it.
totalitarian rule is not
the convinced nazi or the
committed communist,
but people for whom the
distinction between
fact and fiction, true and
wrong, no more
exists."
Hannah Arendt (1906-1970)
Fight Fascism with everything you have.
Freedom, Liberty,
and Democracy will Prevail.
#Fight #Fascism
#Freedom #Liberty #Democracy
I didn't sign that bill. Rubio is looking after deportations Judge.
Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. Maybe he will be sent to El Salvador
In just 5 events, we had over 86,000 join us to stand up to authoritarianism & oligarchy and stop any bill that slashes Medicaid to give billionaires even more tax breaks.
I pray they do what is right and not follow orders, which is easier.
You know EXACTLY who needs to hear it. We all know who.
And history will be as harsh to them as it was to those who employed it.
Is this really how Americans want to treat people- ANY people???
https://apple.news/As4A9FF6_TNaA-g2PEAsTGQ
This is MY current playbook and tool kit on what I feel is important to meet the moment. I hope you can use it, chop it, tweak it, and share it. Stop asking for permission in some cases.
#Resistance #democrats #townhalls #protests #republicans
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11j7EHZBrj4ukGHivMluEQxVY27bNs5itktrXdnqWCps/edit?usp=sharing
It's a great reminder that the "I was only following orders..."
should be rejected.
These are Concentration Camps in our backyard.
https://www.ice.gov/detention-facilities
Learn from their lessons from history.
"I was just holding a gun."
"I just gave him the gun."
"I didn't know someone would be shot."
are not defenses when someone is killed in commission of a crime.
Conservatives are parasites throughout history.
MAGA's fall into one of 4 categories:
- Money is your God. *
- Religion is your perversion. *
- You're a fascist, racists, bigoted, misogynist, Nazi POS. *
- You are an uneducated, ignorant, f*****g moron. *
* Can be all of the above!
Hey, France, can we borrow something from your history museum?
ICE is already behaving like the Gestapo! This must have always been there, one does not change into this in just seven weeks!
https://www.pulitzer.org/article/i-sent-them-good-boy-and-they-made-him-murderer
Americans can't stop pretending there is nothing to see here
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxi_to_the_Dark_Side
"I can't be held responsible, I was just giving orders."
FYI - The Democratic Party is complicit in everything happening, why the fuck would I support them?
recently saw a Democrat congressman asserting that 'the GOP sees science as a hoax' but he also fessed up that 'Congress has given over the decades to 'fossil fuel company's''
the hoax is fracking.... and Biden and Harris
and
it ain't fossil fuel company's that burn 'oil'.
Intimidation. Money. WTF cares? You bent the knee when you could have held the line, so go f*ck off you motherf*cking asswipes.