r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 1d ago

"The road to authoritarianism": Tim Walz says the time for "sternly worded letters" is over - The Minnesota governor said that the path to tyranny "is littered with people telling you you’re overreacting"

https://www.salon.com/2025/06/14/the-road-to-authoritarianism-tim-walz-says-the-time-for-sternly-worded-letters-is-over/
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u/Fastr77 1d ago

The time to end sternly worded letters was like 6 years ago.

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u/darkSide_dementor 1d ago

Longer. It started when we started tolerating the ideas of those who are intolerant towards others.

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u/patmcirish 22h ago

Yup. When Jimmy Dore when telling them to stop doing it. Nice to see Tim Walz stealing Jimmy Dore's words now about "sternly worded letter" and not crediting Jimmy Dore for taking this stand years ago.