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.”

  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    I don’t think anyone should come home to find their houses obliterated by an airstrike or a sniper waiting to shoot them through the head.

    Smith does, as he continues to finance the extermination and eradication of Palestinians in Gaza.

    If his kids are confronted with their father’s complicity in war crimes, they need to talk to him about it and pull him away from this atrocious policy.

    I wouldn’t want to see “Baby Killer” signs outside my house either, but if my parents were killing babies I certainly would want to know.