accidentally posted this in world news before bcs i forgot about the no internal US news rule by accident

Congressman Adam Smith says ‘totalitarian’ protesters are ‘trying to silence anyone who dares to disagree with them’

Protesters calling for Israel to cease fire in its war with Hamas who have disrupted US public events and infrastructure are practicing “leftwing fascism” or “leftwing totalitarianism”, a senior US House Democrat said, adding that such protesters are “challenging representative democracy” and should be arrested.

“Intimidation is the tactic,” said Adam Smith of Washington state, the ranking Democrat on the House armed services committee. “Intimidation and an effort to silence opposition … I don’t know if there’s such a thing as leftwing fascism. If you want to just call it leftwing totalitarianism, then that’s what it is. It is a direct challenge to representative democracy now.”

  • @SquirtleHermit
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    8 months ago

    viable /vī′ə-bəl/

    adjective

    Capable of success or continuing effectiveness; practicable:

    synonym: possible.

    • @blazera
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      28 months ago

      Right, theyre capable of being elected if people vote for them. Same as any party.

      • @SquirtleHermit
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        8 months ago

        Oh fantastic! So they are capable of getting enough votes to overcome the two party duopoly created by our first past the post voting system? Wow, that’s amazing! Why have I never heard of them?!

        • @blazera
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          18 months ago

          candidates dont take votes, voters give votes. any candidate is capable of receiving enough votes to win, it’s up to voters to decide. If you want to get rid of that first past the post voting system, well guess what. That same anti-genocide party also supports ranked choice voting! So if you’re anti-genocide and dont like first past the post voting, why would you decide on the total opposite of that?

          • @SquirtleHermit
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            18 months ago

            Sadly, “voters give votes” isn’t a strategy to actually break the duopoly in America… Looks like I got my hopes up for nothing…

            • @blazera
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              28 months ago

              What hopes? What do you hope happens?

              • @SquirtleHermit
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                18 months ago

                Well… Not to restate the obvious, but I hoped you had discovered a viable anti genocide third party that could overcome the duopoly.

                • @blazera
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                  28 months ago

                  Again, viability is entirely up to you the voter.