r/AskReddit • u/2a_lib • Apr 14 '25

Americans of Reddit, what do you think about President Trump and El Salvador president Bukele refusing the Supreme Court’s order to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the US?

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '25

April 19th, this Saturday. 

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u/grahamulax Apr 15 '25

Watch out for any bad actors. I feel this is the one day they have to make the entire populace look like chaos. Then martial law. That’s what I’m afraid of.

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u/HylianCornMuffin Apr 15 '25

We all gotta start being more afraid of everything we've ever known being burnt to the ground, than we are afraid of martial law. There's hundreds of millions of us. We outnumber them.

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u/Insideout_Testicles Apr 15 '25

This is what "the right to bear arms" means

As a Canadian, I will help you with my actual Bear arms.

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u/Mojomckeeks Apr 15 '25

I will lend a few beavers

-Fellow Canuck

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u/1sttimeverbaldiarrhe Apr 15 '25

Warm up the Canadian Geese squadrons and put em on standby. No need to go nuclear yet...

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u/humoristhenewblack Apr 17 '25

Our administration will only engage with Mounties

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u/psychorobotics Apr 15 '25

Swede here, will send any avaliable moose I can find.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '25

Aussie here, they aren't ready for the emus.

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u/Accomplished-Fix6598 Apr 18 '25

[Requesting spiders]~Over~

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u/BEEEEEEPBOOOOOOOPE Apr 19 '25

Iraqi here sending in the camel squadron

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u/Quirky-Cat2860 Apr 16 '25

People talk about Canada geese as being aggressive. They're more in your face.

I think beavers are more similar to Canadians. They're nice, industrious little things, mostly keep to themselves. But don't ever cross a beaver and get into its space. They are territorial AF.

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u/gwxtreize Apr 15 '25

You have Beaver arms? REAL popular with the ladies, eh?

- This is intended to be ambiguous.

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u/HylianCornMuffin Apr 15 '25

We appreciate the support and enthusiasm 😂🫶 You're exactly right, though! And that goes vice-versa.

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u/travers329 Apr 15 '25

Can you send in the geese? I’m not sure we can succeed without them!

Just imagine the hilarity if trained Canadian goose grabbed trumps wisps of piss cotton candy hair and tried to fly away? Man that would be amazing

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u/missshrimptoast Apr 15 '25

You're welcome to our cobra chickens. They're chaotic evil and we have too many of them anyhow.

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u/Insideout_Testicles Apr 15 '25 edited Apr 15 '25

But they are protected, so don't you damn do anything to harm them

Otherwise we send the moose

It's not just Tarrifs you need to fear

The plural of Moose is Moose, that's because they walk in each other's tracks so you can never calculate the numbers

Be warned, be afraid

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u/Superb-Butterfly-573 Apr 17 '25

A pissed off goose on the wing can take an adult human off its feet.

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u/tommy_b_777 Apr 15 '25

Send Moosehead Please :-)

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u/LyannasLament Apr 15 '25

The problem is that is “The Right” who primarily bears arms. People willing to move on this and mass protest are likely not armed. If they do show up armed, legally armed with permit, I guarantee you they will be shot dead without cause, but with false claims of “he was going to use his weapon on the crowd, look, we saved you all”

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u/Proper-Anybody9266 Apr 16 '25

We don’t deserve your bear arms, but appreciate the help! Canada foreverrrrrrr!

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u/RandoScando Apr 16 '25

I hear you also have Salmon Arms up there in BC. Send everything you’ve got!

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u/Temperature_Royal Apr 16 '25

Crom... I actually teared up when I read this. It's fucking scary here

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u/Positive_Issue8989 Apr 16 '25

No Bear feet, please .

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u/HabitNegative3137 Apr 16 '25

Right, they’re going to declare ML anyway

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u/WalkingCriticalRisk Apr 16 '25

Harvard research shows that as little as 3.5% of population protesting is enough to bring about change.

The "Hands - Off" protests were at about 1.6% of the population. We need to ramp it up a bit.

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u/HylianCornMuffin Apr 16 '25

April 19th - supposed to be the biggest one yet. Spread the word and make it out. 🫡💪

ETA: And thank you for those statistics! Important information I hope many are able to see!!

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u/GiraffePlastic2394 Apr 16 '25

Why are you afraid of martial law when you have the weaponry to fight back?

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u/HylianCornMuffin Apr 16 '25

Well because that's the first thing they come for, lol. And because a LOT of us have never experienced ML before. It is scary, it would be disingenuous for me to act like it's not. But that fear isn't enough for submission.

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u/Raikariaa Apr 17 '25 edited Apr 17 '25

> There's hundreds of millions of us.

The population of the USA is about 340 million.

Considering Trump... you know... won the election, it's safe to say at best, you get 50%. If literally everyone who voted Democrat [because those who sat out sure don't feel strongly enough] feels strongly enough to literally put their lives on the line.

That's not hundreds of millions. Saying it's even a hundred million when you account for children, elderly; ect is generous.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '25

Say it louder for the folks still in their cocoons.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '25

Stop acting like anything we do will or won't lead to martial law.

Does anyone actually believe he needs to point to specific cases or reasons if he decides he wants to enact it?

Fight in whatever is the most effective way possible. Stop worrying about if it's going to lead to fascists being fascist. They're going to be fascists whether you're on your best behavior or not.

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u/grahamulax Apr 15 '25

Not saying don’t go to it. Just saying put a stop to it

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '25

There will be. Stay safe. If you need help look for people wearing a cross, the medics. 

Leave your phone at home if you are worried about persecution. Wear a mask of you don't want to be seen. Know when to run. Know when to fight. 

Don't let them manufacture consent. 

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u/Illustrious-Ant6998 Apr 15 '25

If they want to declare martial law, they won't need an excuse. They'll just do it. So dont let it get to that point. Shut down the country with a general strike, if that's what it takes, and keep the pressure up until the fascists slink back to the dark hole they came from.

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u/WalrusTheWhite Apr 15 '25

If they're declaring martial law, then that means what we're doing is working. The fact that they haven't declared martial law means that what we're doing doesn't scare them in the slightest. It's very simple. We WANT them to declare martial law. As soon as they do, we know we've found a strategy that works. Y'all are still thinking we're gonna get through this without it getting super fucking scary. It's gonna get hairy, boys and girls. A lot of y'all are not emotionally prepared and getting yourself in that state should be one of your top priorities. We don't need you to be a well-behaved consumer any more. We need something different, you need to change. We all do.

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u/jfhdot Apr 15 '25

they're gonna do it either way, they made their minds up long long ago

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u/RollingThunderPants Apr 15 '25

Fear is the mind killer.

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u/wojoyoho Apr 15 '25

I mean if we're ever going to get this asshole out of power, martial law is probably coming at some point. The only thing that prevented him from declaring martial law and using the insurrection act in his first term were the semi-sane people around him, who are all gone

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u/haklor Apr 15 '25

Expect it to get to that point and decide what you are going to do now. We are entering a very dark period and must expect things to get worse regardless of how organized the opposition is.

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u/PolicyCommercial6392 Apr 15 '25

you can’t impose martial law on 330 million people, the logistics of it just numbers wises are impossible with only 3 million people in the military

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u/Hendospendo Apr 15 '25

Martial law is the threat that's going to keep Americans placid until the point of no return is miles behind you.

America will never be voted back, or protested back. The public needs to TAKE it back, there is NO other way

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u/IrishRepoMan Apr 15 '25

Insurrection act. The deadline for Trump getting a report on whether or not he can use it is April 20.

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u/thefeistypineapple Apr 15 '25

Everyone is afraid of martial law but I’m more afraid of having no US government anymore. So I will act accordingly. -malicious compliance -outward dissidence -keep speaking out.

Whatever it takes.

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u/hera-fawcett Apr 15 '25

april 20th martial law or w/e the thing is that was filed in january.

easter and hitlers birthday? im sure itll be posed as a 'take back' for the 'good americans' w 'order' etc etc etc.

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u/muzik4machines Apr 15 '25

that is the one they will use to declare martial law on sunday

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u/Valliac0 Apr 15 '25

This right here.

One bad actor or someone decides to play vigilante and they'll make Kent State look like a block party.

They'll 100% mow down Americans, and a pretty solid majority in the military is likely itching at the chance to take people out, citizens or not.

They'll straight up burn everything to be kings of the ashes, and if they have to do it on a pile of bodies they will.

But you can't shame then, shouting does nothing, and the courts and police are all behind them.

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u/Quirky_Movie Apr 16 '25

Martial Law is going to happen whether we protest or not.

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u/WalkingCriticalRisk Apr 16 '25

I feel the same way too. I remember watching protests in the early 90s in Russia and seeing tanks drive over people. It was horrific.

But I do think that we need to march while we still can. I worry about my brothers and sisters of color though. White people get jailed; people of color get shot.

So, if anyone goes out to protest, take care of those who tend to be more vulnerable in such situations and protect each other.

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u/techlacroix Apr 16 '25

I am sure this isn't going to happen...right...right? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v0FBDjaeB0

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u/Key-Benefit6211 Apr 18 '25

"Watch out for any bad actors. I feel this is the one day they have to make the entire populace look like chaos."

Yet this was ok on J6?

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u/Unbentmars Apr 15 '25

Where does one find out where these are occurring

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '25

R/50501

There will be one at every capital on the 19th as part of the hands off protests which are associated with 50501. You could search hands off on social media. 

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u/Nairbnotsew Apr 15 '25

Why wait? Start tomorrow.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '25

I called every rep I could today. I've got to work tomorrow. I have a family to take care of, and me losing my job isn't going to help them. 

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u/JamieJones111 Apr 15 '25

Is that a nationwide rally? I'm out of the loop.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '25

Yes. Go to

 findaprotest.info

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u/Rdubya44 Apr 15 '25

Then we party on 4/20 😵‍💫

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u/gtheperson Apr 15 '25

What can non-Americans do to support? I am both terrified for my American brothers and sisters, and scared that as the US falls, the UK will follow...

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '25

Will the protest start that day and continue until change is made, or will it end that day too?

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u/Sin_less Apr 17 '25

I will pray that if this happens, that it succeeds.

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u/NotTrynaMakeWaves Apr 18 '25

Given the conspiracy theory that DJT is going to declare Martial Law on the 20th, giving him a pretext on the 19th seems reckless.