Aaron<p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/Facscism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Facscism</span></a> Rises in the US, using legal mechanisms.</p><p>The process is:<br />1. Far Right does something violent<br />2. Laws are made ostensibly addressing what the Far Right did<br />3. Those laws are applied to crush constitutional rights of speech &amp; expression for <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Climate</span></a> &amp; other activists</p><p>Examples:<br /><a href="https://social.coop/tags/WaterProtector" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WaterProtector</span></a> Jessica Reznicek was charged with a terrorism sentencing enhancement created after the Oklahoma City Bombing </p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/StopCopCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>StopCopCity</span></a> activists are now being charged with terrorism</p><p><a href="https://grist.org/protest/utah-critical-infrastructure-law-felony/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">grist.org/protest/utah-critica</span><span class="invisible">l-infrastructure-law-felony/</span></a></p>