This is exactly what the far right always intended, and it was accomplished with the reckless compliance of libertarian/liberal "free speech warriors"
Reposted from Michael Hobbes
Exactly, years of reactionary centrist hand-wringing have trained the population to see a textbook authoritarian crackdown as merely an overreaction to a legitimate threat.

"Sure, foreign students are being disappeared. But weren't they rabid antisemites and aspiring totalitarians?"

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