Donald Trump on Sunday proposed a new policy that many critics said is equivalent to legalizing "The Purge." Trump spoke at a rally in Pennsylvania, where he admitted that his attendees were "falling asleep" at one of his earlier rallies. Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign noted that, as T...

Donald Trump on Sunday proposed a new policy that many critics said is equivalent to legalizing “The Purge.”

Trump spoke at a rally in Pennsylvania, where he admitted that his attendees were “falling asleep” at one of his earlier rallies. Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign noted that, as Trump was still speaking at the swing-state event over the weekend, rallygoers placed directly behind the former president started to funnel out of the building.

One comment Trump made drew condemnation on social media, as well as numerous comparisons to The Purge, a film series based on a dystopian world in which the government makes all crimes legal for a 12-hour period.

As reported by Sebastian Smith, AFP Washington desk chief, “Trump in Erie, PA, says in US ‘the police aren’t allowed to do their job.’ To stop crime, you need ‘one really violent day.’ He says: ‘One rough hour and I mean real rough, the word would get out and it would end immediately.’”

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  • ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.oneEnglish
    1411·
    3 months ago

    I don’t think Trump is talking about a purge. What Teump is saying that the police should be allowed to get as violent as they want for that one hour.

    You know typical dictator stuff.

    • LustyArgonian@lemmy.worldEnglish
      20·
      3 months ago

      Hilarious, as if police haven’t been doing what they want this entire time. They literally rape minors they arrest and get away with it. They barely have consequences already.

      • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        3 months ago

        He just wants them to have one day to kill all the non-whites, non-straights, trans people, non-subservient women, etc. And he’s dumb enough to believe, as the Nazis did, that this will lead to a better world rather than a hell on earth.

    • JackbyDevEnglish
      10·
      3 months ago

      Right. In a The Purge, you’d be allowed to actually defend yourself from the police.

    • PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee
      2·
      3 months ago

      You think trump is really that thoughtful. I swear he just word salads his way through the day. Just like his social media posts.

      • naught101@lemmy.world
        3·
        3 months ago

        Usually I would say it’s better to assume incompetence than malice. It’s a much better way to relate to the world.

        There are two exceptions though:

        1. When you’re riding a bicycle on a road with cars around.
        2. When you’re putting someone in a position of power.
      • ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.oneEnglish
        1·
        3 months ago

        As one Lemmy say that the Trump has the concepts of an idea however word salads his way to communicate with people.

        It sounds like Trump may have primary progressive aphasia.

        Most aphasia types are caused by stroke or other acute brain injury that damages brain tissue in areas important for language processing. However, a type of aphasia called primary progressive aphasia is a neurodegenerative disease, which results from progressive deterioration of brain tissue in areas important for speech and language. It is often caused by diseases such as s Alzheimer’s or Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration. Although the first symptoms are problems with speech and language, other problems associated with the underlying disease, such as memory loss and personality changes often occur later.

    • milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee
      32·
      3 months ago

      I don’t think so. It reads to me like, if one day of massive violence from people generally, happened, then after that the police would be given freedom to crack down severely on everything.

      “Fear leads to…‘the security of My New Empire’”

      Addendum: I re-read the quote and now I feel I can read it either way.

    • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
      23·
      3 months ago

      Yeah, that is the movie “the purge” but only legalized for US police, because US police hasn’t been violent enough yet in comparison to other police forces world wide.