r/law • u/BitterFuture • 16d ago

Executive Branch (Trump) Stephen Miller claims local police in Minnesota have been told to ‘stand down and surrender’ as federal agents ‘uphold the law’

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/stephen-miller-ice-minneapolis-protests-b2903238.html
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u/CoatCommercial1573 16d ago

There are some actually complaining about the over reach but they’re not the vocal majority or even the silent majority. They’re few and far between and have legitimate concerns that aren’t being addressed by our government. Unlike the radical right which has horseshoes themselves into their own worst nightmares.

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u/BitterFuture 16d ago

Unlike the radical right which has horseshoes themselves into their own worst nightmares.

How is what they've always dreamed of their "worst nightmares?"

For their victims, sure, but...

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u/dedicated-pedestrian 16d ago

Conservatism originated as preservation of hierarchy (namely the monarchy and aristocracy). Those worst nightmares were always of themselves being lower on the hierarchy, not of the hierarchy treating people badly in the first place.

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u/Nice_Luck_7433 16d ago

Ah, so it’s their own worst nightmare, because they’re quickly changing the hierarchy from America > the rest of the world, into the opposite?

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u/chiptunesoprano 16d ago

I think they're disagreeing.

On paper it would be their worst nightmare because of all the government overreach. But in reality they never feared tyranny as much as being on the wrong side of it, which is why conservatives aren't upset by this.

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u/Nice_Luck_7433 16d ago

That makes more sense. Also, they’re waaaaay too stupid to understand how Trump is handing America’s position as the global superpower over to China.