“And so I come full circle on this response and just want to encourage you with some substance that we are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be,” he said.

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    27 days ago

    You can’t do any of those things from a cell

    According to whom… Perhaps not for long, but Americans still have the right to assemble peacefully and some freedom of speech left

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      27 days ago

      but Americans still have the right to assemble peacefully and some freedom of speech left

      Sure. Tell that to all the BLM protestors that got rounded up. Or the college students protesting Israel this year for that matter.

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        27 days ago

        So your point is that Americans are excused from protesting going straight into fascism because they are basically already there?

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      Some of us have physical disabilities that are not very visible. Prison would be a prescription for even more physical ailments.