▲ 401 ▼ Bodycam footage inside classroom shows Massachusetts cop saying they could "search every room and ask every teacher" for Gender Queer book (1ft.io) submitted 2 years ago by DougHolland@lemmy.world to c/thepoliceproblem@lemmy.world 61 comments fedilink hide all child comments Original link
[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 42 points 2 years ago (1 child) This is what the beginnings of a fascist dictatorship look like. We're only a few bad elections from it becoming a reality. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Optomistic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago This response is so important, a few bad elections locally are leading to these types of interactions. We have paid so much attention to national issues (rightfully) that we missed the LOCAL religious fascists at the door. We are on the verge of some very dark times unless a systemic understanding and change of state and local politics takes place quickly. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Optomistic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago This response is so important, a few bad elections locally are leading to these types of interactions. We have paid so much attention to national issues (rightfully) that we missed the LOCAL religious fascists at the door. We are on the verge of some very dark times unless a systemic understanding and change of state and local politics takes place quickly. permalink fedilink source parent