Friday, August 24, 2012

Speaking of Fascist Techniques...

Another technique that's a favorite of political entities transitioning into totalitarian rule, not to mention totalitarian rulers themselves, is intimidation.  Sometimes it's by thugs in uniforms, sometimes it's just by thugs, and sometimes it's by prim white people acting like thugs.

Especially when you're black or Latino, and they're in your voting place while you're voting, harrassing you and other voters as well as election officials.

As an amateur stormtrooper adjunct to official voter suppression, that's the intimidation technique practiced by a right wing group called True the Vote, that pioneered its intimidation efforts in Texas and notably in Wisconsin, where it happily bragged that it helped Scott Walker avoid being recalled in that election.  Now they're training a million fascist army to hover over the wrong color voters in every precinct they can manage to barge into.

That's in this eye-opening nine minutes by Rachel Maddow.  Otherwise it's a vastly undercovered situation--perfect for the intimidators.

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