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The Science Fiction writer William Gibson is attributed with saying “The future is here now — it’s just not evenly distributed,” referring to the fact that on this planet exist fantastic technologies nearly beyond belief and people who scrape by burning wood as their only fuel source, existing in abject poverty. Well, the same is very true for the United States of America and fascism, the fascism is here it is simply not evenly distributed.

If you are not dark-skinned with an accent, not politically active in a manner disapproved of by the regime, not currently living in a locality flooded with masked armed agents of the state, then you do not feel the presence of the fascism. It is, at best, theoretical to you and at worst invisible. The fascism poisoning our government was not theoretical to Renee Good, it was not invisible to Alex Pretti, it was not something happening elsewhere to the more than 30 persons who have died in ICE custody since this Administration took power. That is compared to the 24 persons who died in similar custody during the previous administration’s entire 4-year term of office.

In addition to these deaths, some of which in my opinion are murders, plain and simple, people have been assaulted for exercising their First Amendment rights, legal residents have been snatched off the street by masked goons with neither uniform nor identification, homes have been violently entered without judicial warrant and some of the highest officials answered these violations of people’s rights with the mocking assertion that Federal Officers engaged in their duties have ‘Absolute Immunity.’

And what of the Gadsden Flag Waving, 2nd Amendment worshiping, radical Constitutionalist who insisted electing Trump was vital to protecting our God-given rights, particularly our 1st Amendment right to free speech?

Well, they’re busy mouthing the regime’s lies, slanders, and character-assassination of the victims, or they have slithered into silence, finding other ‘outrages’ to occupy their keyboard warrior ethos. It turns out they were quite literal with the Gadsden worship, they do not want to be trod upon but ‘go ahead and stomp on those people over there, we never liked ’em.’

Repressive violent suppression of the regime’s enemies spurs no cries of ‘dictatorship!’ in the same manner as expanding healthcare. It exposes a very simple truth.

Not for all of them but for far too many racism trumps the 1st, 2nd, and 4th amendments.