US AOC proposes funding to deprogram white supremacists - Dress rehearsal for extermination?

https://nypost.com/2021/01/15/aoc-proposes-funding-to-deprogram-white-supremacists/

https://archive.li/n2LAZ

The federal government needs to fund the de-programming of white supremacists and conspiracy theorists, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Friday night.

“The White supremacist cause is futile, it’s nihilist,” AOC, a Democrat who represents parts of The Bronx and Queens, said during a virtual town hall meeting Friday night.

“Their world will never exist. That’s why we’re seeing violence right now.,” she said, speaking in the wake of the violent siege on the US Capitol by radical supporters of President Trump.

“We have to pick up those pieces.”

Ocasio-Cortez said the House subcommittee on civil rights she serves on has held hearings over the prior two years on white supremacy and said there are programs to “de-radicalize” brain-washed adherents.




But she said funding was not a priority for those programs during the Trump years.

“There are people who are radicalized right now. It’s going to take a very long time to de-radicalize these people and a lot of effort,” she said.

“This is a problem that doesn’t go away on Jan. 20,” said the congresswoman, referring to when Trump leaves the White House and is succeeded by President-elect Joe Biden.

She said many fringe radicals operate in a “misinformation bubble” and it will take more than more than one conversation to de-program them, likening it to therapy.

But, she said, research has shown “healing is possible.”

“We need to double, triple or quadruple the funding for these programs,” Ocasio-Cortez said.

AOC said there is a spectrum of radicalization that ranges from sympathizers to conspiracy theorists, to Neo-Nazis. Such radical ideology could lead to violence and domestic terrorism.

She said the conspiracy theory wrongly pushed by Trump that the election was stolen from him radicalized his supporters who invaded the Capitol last week, leading to violence and the death of five people. AOC said she felt her life was threatened.
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Glad that rather learning from the Capitol hill experience, AOC has doubled down on her politics, the same ones that likely had a large part in people getting so frustrated they protested.

 

[Dark Edea]

Hnnnnnnnng yeah AOC deprogram me.

 

[Marshal Mannerheim]

A platoon facing off against a loose collection of angry rednecks on their territory with rifles they haven't been in combat with since 1918 won't be predictable.

The IRA would like a word.

timea like this i wonder if aoc would have been better off doing porn when she was out of work and needed money instead of running for office

Thank you for that horrifying mental image.

people like us who write on a """Hate Forum""" are next on the chopping block.

If the 1st Amendment still exists then posting on KF won't be actionable. If not, than America's severely fucked to the point where seccession stops being something that rednecks with Confederate flags sperg about and starts being seriously contemplated by moderates.

 

[LargeChoonger]

The IRA would like a word.

Let me clarify; getting fired at from pre-WWI guns that can shatter your body armor will illicit a "what the fuck do we do" rather than a coherent response

 

[Marshal Mannerheim]

Let me clarify; getting fired at from pre-WWI guns that can shatter your body armor will illicit a "what the fuck do we do" rather than a coherent response

Ah. That's definitely what I'd expect, especially when Vietnam showed the world that an occupying force can't win against guerrillas who have support from the local population.

 

[Dark Edea]

Ah. That's definitely what I'd expect, especially when Vietnam showed the world that an occupying force can't win against guerrillas who have support from the local population.

Vietnam got lucky they were up against America. The next time China decides to go in they will have nukes, microwave guns and the next generation of their COVID bioweapon. And no silly rules of engagement or moral qualms about using them.

 

[Marshal Mannerheim]

Vietnam got lucky they were up against America. The next time China decides to go in they will have nukes, microwave guns and the next generation of their COVID bioweapon. And no silly rules of engagement or moral qualms about using them.

The thing is that
1) China has at least two hostile nuclear powers (India and the US) on its doorstep and has one that might not play nice if it fucks with stuff within their sphere of influence (Russia) and one which it has territorial disputes with (Pakistan).
2) America had superior technology to the Viet Cong and the Viet Cong kicked their arse. I'd be surprised if any guerrillas in Vietnam aren't funded by India or America.
3) using nukes in Vietnam would be unprecedented in the literal sense of the word and while China might be evil, they aren't insane and won't risk World War Three over a Third World country.

 

[A Grey Cat]

Vietnam got lucky they were up against America. The next time China decides to go in they will have nukes, microwave guns and the next generation of their COVID bioweapon. And no silly rules of engagement or moral qualms about using them.

other than the fact that the UN nuclear pact which means nuking one country results in a global retaliation that could risk ending all society and civilization as we know it? (not that I'd partially welcome the chance to play a little irl fallout)

also to @Marshal Mannerheim ...IRA for life!

 

[Marshal Mannerheim]

also to @Marshal Mannerheim ...IRA for life!

Come on out ye Black and Tans,
Come out and fight me like a man.
Show your wives how you won medals down in Flanders!
Tell 'em how the IRA
Made you run like hell away
From the green and lovely lanes of Killashandra!

 

[Dark Edea]

I don't see it playing out at all similarly to what the US did. Think Agent Orange times a thousand. The UN won't do anything especially against China. Nukes are a red herring anyway meant to deter other, larger actors.

You send the blight in to kneecap any rebels, use experimental weapons on them to make them afraid, wage mass information warfare on the populace or outright shut the toys off and you cast off any desire to avoid civilian casualties as the population can be replaced with ethnically acceptable people instead.

If it were to happen it would be a curb stomp. The US could have won if they had total commitment to the cause and started sandblasting the country down to the bedrock.

China will not make that same mistake against one of their oldest rivals. And Vietnam knows this, which is why they seek the safety of friends and are developing their own countermeasures.

 

[Marshal Mannerheim]

I don't see it playing out at all similarly to what the US did. Think Agent Orange times a thousand. The UN won't do anything especially against China. Nukes are a red herring anyway meant to deter other, larger actors.

You send the blight in to kneecap any rebels, use experimental weapons on them to make them afraid, wage mass information warfare on the populace or outright shut the toys off and you cast off any desire to avoid civilian casualties as the population can be replaced with ethnically acceptable people instead.

If it were to happen it would be a curb stomp. The US could have won if they had total commitment to the cause and started sandblasting the country down to the bedrock.

China will not make that same mistake against one of their oldest rivals. And Vietnam knows this, which is why they seek the safety of friends and are developing their own countermeasures.

If China did that India, Australia, Japan and maybe South Korea would join the fun. China has no desire to get into a land war with India, let alone a nuclear one.

 

[Dark Edea]

If China did that India, Australia, Japan and maybe South Korea would join the fun. China has no desire to get into a land war with India, let alone a nuclear one.

India as of yet is an even flimsier paper tiger than China. The others are limp-wristed without American support. The question is whether or not America would defend Vietnam.

I think they would in moat situations. But I question the resolve of the incoming regime to stand against China.

 

[Marshal Mannerheim]

India as of yet is an even flimsier paper tiger than China.

There are roughly 1.35 billion Indians. Roughly speaking, this means that about 350 million Indians should be men in fighting condition. I wouldn't like to get into a war with a country that could potentially mobilise 350 million soldiers (or more, if India allows women to serve) even if they're basically going to be armed with bolt actions and whatever India can dig up for lack of weapons.

 

[Dark Edea]

There are roughly 1.35 billion Indians. Roughly speaking, this means that about 350 million Indians should be men in fighting condition. I wouldn't like to get into a war with a country that could potentially mobilise 350 million soldiers (or more, if India allows women to serve) even if they're basically going to be armed with bolt actions and whatever India can dig up for lack of weapons.

I am going to lean into the meme for a second...

But where will they shit if there are no streets available in the wilderness!?

 

[Marshal Mannerheim]

I am going to lean into the meme for a second...

But where will they shit if there are no streets available in the wilderness!?

I was torn between giving you a winner and a thunk-provoking there.

 

[Local Fed]

There are roughly 1.35 billion Indians. Roughly speaking, this means that about 350 million Indians should be men in fighting condition. I wouldn't like to get into a war with a country that could potentially mobilise 350 million soldiers (or more, if India allows women to serve) even if they're basically going to be armed with bolt actions and whatever India can dig up for lack of weapons.

One could distract all of those men for a month with one brief flash of bobs and/or vagene.

 

[Dark Edea]

One could distract all of those men for a month with one brief flash of bobs and/or vagene.

A breast-shaped cloud could halt their entire line.

Speaking of breasts: AOC.

 

[AltisticRight]

Give me $1488 a week and I'll stop being a white supremacist online.
48% of violent crimes aren't committed by the 13%. Stop being racist.

 

[6MillionCoofs]

One could distract all of those men for a month with one brief flash of bobs and/or vagene.

Can confirm.

 

[Coldgrip]

3) using nukes in Vietnam would be unprecedented in the literal sense of the word and while China might be evil, they aren't insane and won't risk World War Three over a Third World country.

Given china's track record of stupidity, I'm not 100% sure of that.

 

[Marshal Mannerheim]

Give me $1488 a week and I'll stop being a white supremacist online.
48% of violent crimes aren't committed by the 13%. Stop being racist.

Can I become a racist to get my anti-racism funding from AOC? I'm a pretty run of the mill civnat who couldn't care how much melanin you have so long as you'll fight for Queen and country if need be and integrate into our culture, but if it gets me a grand a month I'm down.

Given china's track record of stupidity, I'm not 100% sure of that.

Agreed.

On that note, I seriously advise everyone to read Wild Swans by Jung Chang. At the risk of sounding like the sort of boomer who shares memes along the lines of ”haha bartender turn america into north korea if she get elected 100 million dead under socialism long live trump”, it's really one of the best arguments against communism and socialism there is.