I really wish people would care about Trump using Pinochet's tactics to disappear people for speaking their mind. - ThreadSky

elienyc.bsky.social • 7 days ago

I really wish people would care about Trump using Pinochet's tactics to disappear people for speaking their mind.

This may be the biggest free speech crisis in living memory. The president now bragging about detaining a lawful permanent resident and smearing him as 'pro Hamas', no outlining any specific crimes he is accused of or charged with. This is what a fascist takeover looks like.

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mochajava13.bsky.social•7 days ago

The treatment of MENA people, regardless of citizenship status, is going to be a harbinger of what is going to happen to others. PATRIOT act and post-9/11 treatment on steroids.

meretrixv2.bsky.social•7 days ago

With Musk and Zuck serving as his technoligarch panopticon.

josettewea.bsky.social•7 days ago

We do care, @elienyc.bsky.social but how do we force Congress (republicans) into action when this man consistently violates the law and the constitution? He must be stopped. They have the power to remove him and his groupies from office. Use it.

boudicasal.bsky.social•7 days ago

I think people do care. I have protested several times with large numbers of people. Did you see it reported? No? I am one person in one town in this country. There are many, many more throughout the US and yes, we do care.

ornwen.bsky.social•7 days ago

Sadly, most of the American public has no idea who Pinochet even is. And half the people who do think he was “justified” to keep the Socialists/Communists from government.

cannebrown.bsky.social•7 days ago

Who is following his orders? We all have to exercise our freedom to choose NO.

imsnide.bsky.social•7 days ago

I lived in Chile when Pinochet died...we celebrated in the streets. Looking forward to that same celebration when the orange one finally gets his due.

tywebb.bsky.social•7 days ago

Going after big law firms is just as concerning, and people need to pay attention.

thekrakensays.bsky.social•7 days ago

They are going after everyone and anyone who has the temerity and resources to challenge them.

spewspewitt.bsky.social•7 days ago

As a layperson…um, where’s the lawsuit? Clearly this is illegal.

chris.heauxly.click•7 days ago

128grazer.bsky.social•7 days ago

Republicans love Pinochet, who was best buds with the Republicans’ god, Von Hayek.

matthewjvallone.bsky.social•7 days ago

More of his voters than I would care to think about are very supportive.

ebharrington.bsky.social•7 days ago

They wore "Pinochet Did Nothing Wrong" t-shirts, with images of people being thrown out of helicopters, as Pinochet did to protesters.
https://bsky.app/profile/ebharrington.bsky.social/post/3lk26eyfvts2v

daisygardner.bsky.social•7 days ago

They put “free helicopter rides” stickers on their bullhorns.

mbowen.bsky.social•7 days ago

Really interesting. My daughter went on a HS trip w a teacher from her school. He was a student organizer before the Pinochet coup. Uruguayan not Colombian.
Went into hiding before climbing the wall of the French embassy seeking asylum. Lived in France, came to the states to teach Spanish.

mbowen.bsky.social•7 days ago

My daughter’s favorite museum is in Santiago, https://mmdh.cl/. It’s The Museum of Memory & Human Rights. Very powerful. And holds lessons for all of us today

worldcitizen1994.bsky.social•7 days ago

They won't until it's someone directly in their lives. American disaffected attitudes and apathy will destroy this democracy without serious pushback.

fusewiretheloud.bsky.social•7 days ago

Augusto Pinochet, there’s a name I’ve not heard in a long time, consigned to the history books as a dictator whose acts of violence against his people are atrocious, yet was lorded over by the likes of Margaret Thatcher & Ronald Reagan alike?

joekalicki.bsky.social•7 days ago

Saw a couple immigration nerds argue he wasn't "disappeared" because it was too soon after he was taken to call it that

bxloriel.bsky.social•7 days ago

I wish people even knew that that happened.

pcrritesgood.bsky.social•7 days ago

Maybe they will pay attention once he throws the guy out of a helicopter into Central Park.

mmacon.bsky.social•7 days ago

Dear God, desaparecidos in the USA! What a tragedy for our country. My white headscarf is standing by…..

keithlabrecque.bsky.social•7 days ago

so many high crimes and misdemeanors in such a short time -

aliceatlast.bsky.social•7 days ago

It's only the begining : perfect fascist authoritarian method and no one lift a finger to help. We shall soon see US intellectuals & artists & ordinary citizens beaten and jailed bc of their opinion ➡️ #politicalprisoner
#MAGAisNAZI
#tRumpPutinPuppet

richjvann.bsky.social•7 days ago

Right. This is mere foreshadowing of anyone being disappeared on the whim of anyone empowered by this fascist regime. People aren’t reacting appropriately to this or they’d be marching on Washington in huge numbers and taking back the country. (Trump approves such behavior)

jacqueline8029.bsky.social•7 days ago

Isn't the United States a country that advocates freedom of speech? Why are some people still being convicted for their speech?

dianenyc.bsky.social•7 days ago

There’s a protest in New York City today at four

yourinnermonologue.bsky.social•7 days ago

Elie, not kidding around anymore..only half was before anyway but if Canada agrees can a state secede and join another country?

ericferguson.bsky.social•7 days ago

The Chilean navy boat, Esmerelda was docked in Boston years ago. Called a buddy from Chile and his reaction was straight up Chekhov from Wrath of Khan … Esmerelda? Esmerelda! And he told me how Pinochet disappeared people. Pinochet got a state funeral and there is no Justice in the world.

axidentaliberal.bsky.social•7 days ago

Some of us have noticed https://bsky.app/profile/axidentaliberal.bsky.social/post/3lk26hnp3tc2y

happywarrior24.bsky.social•7 days ago

So we just wait for this to happen?

svgeek.bsky.social•7 days ago

It’s like in the poem. People don’t care because they think that this won’t happen to them.

castouroboros.bsky.social•7 days ago

Notch up another one for fascism as imperialism turned inward.

I wonder if we should expect a Tesla model named Falcon to come out soon.

mukuelakai.bsky.social•7 days ago

Step by step, everything Chump (and MAGA) has done has been what Hitler did in Germany. From the burning of the Reichstag, to calling people 'animals, vermin, rats, parasites', to installing loyalists, to deportations, etc. We all know the ending.

suzette11233.bsky.social•7 days ago

I learned about Los Desaparecidos in Lat Am Politics & History in the early & mid 90s. This is beyond frightening. There are moms in South America still waiting for news of their children 40-50 years later

coconutlizard.bsky.social•7 days ago

🇷🇺

bradpatrick.bsky.social•7 days ago

If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein.-WV v Barnette

arekyyz.bsky.social•7 days ago

U.S. is really just utilizing its tactics on its own citizens nowadays. Pinochet learnt a lot of shit from Kissinger and other American patriots.

khadijah.bsky.social•7 days ago

Thankfully it seems people do — check out how many people have signed the petition for his release (over one million, two hundred thousand and counting!) https://actionnetwork.org/letters/demand-the-immediate-release-of-columbia-student-pro-palestine-advocate-mahmoud-khalil-from-dhs-detention?source=direct_link&

art4ant.bsky.social•6 days ago

serrata.org•7 days ago

They came for the 1st Amendment, next on the list is the 2nd Amendment once they know they can do it. Once they have the elections fully rigged and no one will fight to get results (I mean notice no one did in the last one and he just admitted AGAIN it was rigged).

kittywampuss.bsky.social•7 days ago

They won’t come for the second amendment. They know that a huge majority of the guns and ammo are in the hands of their supporters.

robshropshire.bsky.social•7 days ago

This is the most insane violations of our "rights" that I've ever seen.

cgfromhp.bsky.social•7 days ago

And, what is happening with Luigi Mangione's court case? The silence is deafening.

ebharrington.bsky.social•7 days ago

The Proud Boys and other ultra-MAGAs just want all Pinochet, all the time.
From 2018:

tsunami64.bsky.social•7 days ago

JFC

ebharrington.bsky.social•7 days ago

Yes. They are among the most disgusting human impersonators on Earth.

jensgam.bsky.social•7 days ago

"How hard it is to sing when I must sing of horror
Horror which I am living, horror which I am dying"
- last known words of Victor Jara, Chilean musician and cultural ambassador, killed by Pinochet’s thugs 16. September 1973

debra.bsky.social•7 days ago

I care.

giobbe56.bsky.social•7 days ago

theoldduffer.bsky.social•7 days ago

Pinochet killed them.

Don’t disrespect the dead.

thekrakensays.bsky.social•7 days ago

My Jewish friends on Facebook are having an existential crisis over this. Cause they want all the Palestinians dead and all the protesters stopped and harmed, but this “disappearing legal residents” is kind of alarming to them because it COULD be anyone, like them or their kids, next.

bethehecht.bsky.social•7 days ago

Fascism is here. Deporting people for what they think and say. First Amendment, anyone?

missrevo.bsky.social•7 days ago

It’s just like the old days… Most people believe nothing of this type will ever happen to them. They underestimate fascism still, don’t they?

minkpie.bsky.social•6 days ago

i am disappointed. 3 days ago i woke up to this news and immediately went into action. i truly thought people would be outraged. this is pure authoritarianism and should scare the shit out of everyone.

instead we're still trending sports and reality tv.

wake up!

bendymeng.bsky.social•7 days ago

They aren't paying attention and have no idea who Pinochet is.

ebharrington.bsky.social•7 days ago

A lot of MAGAs know exactly who Pinochet is. They wore "Pinochet Did Nothing Wrong" t-shirts showing people being thrown out of helicopters. They LIKE what Pinochet did and want all of that and more from Trump.
https://bsky.app/profile/ebharrington.bsky.social/post/3lk26eyfvts2v

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