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A retired Tennessee law enforcement officer was held in jail for more than a month this fall after police arrested him because of a Facebook post of a meme related to the September assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

A retired Tennessee law enforcement officer was held in jail for more than a month this fall after police arrested him over a Facebook post of a meme related to the September assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Prosecutors eventually dropped the criminal charge brought against Larry Bushart, but his stint behind bars came to exemplify the country’s tense political and legal climate following the tragedy, when conservatives sought to stymie public discourse about the late controversial figure that it saw as objectionable.

Now, Bushart is suing over his incarceration.

    • Madison420@lemmy.world
      35·
      16 days ago

      Traitors clearly, I’m legitimately amazed you think knowing history is supporting the Confederacy. I know quite a bit about WW2 and want that taught directly as well, does that make me a Nazi?

      • DylanMc6 [any, any]@lemmy.mlEnglish
        13·
        16 days ago

        that’s NOT what i mean - just because you know history and want it to be taught DOESN’T mean you support the confederacy and also DOESN’T make you a fascist in any way, shape and form. i DON’T wanna put words in your mouth, so let me just ask you this: do you think the civil war is about “states’ rights”, and if so, do you have any reason why?

        • Madison420@lemmy.world
          42·
          16 days ago

          You don’t want to put words in my mouth but you advise me of being devil’s advocate and imply I’m a racist or Confederate supporter. You’re full of shit.

          Because that’s how it was fucking started read a goddamn history book. Or I dunno if you need it dumbed down watch the John Oliver bit on it.

          https://jeffersondavis.rice.edu/archives/documents/jefferson-davis-resolutions-relations-states

          As for himself, he asserted, “I shall die, as I have lived, firm in the State rights faith.” He told an appreciative audience of Southerners in 1882: “Our cause was so just, so sacred, that had I known all that has come to pass, had I known all that was to be inflicted upon me, all that my country was to suffer, all that our posterity was to endure, I would do it all over again.”

          • DylanMc6 [any, any]@lemmy.mlEnglish
            13·
            16 days ago

            choose your words carefully, madison. lemmy is full of leftists such as myself, and i assume that you’d get told off if you say antisocialist stuff. seriously!

            • Madison420@lemmy.world
              4·
              16 days ago

              I’m a leftist you buffoon. Seriously!

              Maybe don’t accuse people of being Confederate sympathizers for knowing fucking history.

                • Madison420@lemmy.world
                  2·
                  16 days ago

                  I’m the type of leftist that will tell you to read a goddamn history book and mind your goddamn business while your at it. Personal attacks are after all very good evidence your argument sucks and you can’t defend it without disparaging me.