• mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca
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    12 hours ago

    so if the justification for ICE/CBP acting like nazis is that people were calling them nazis, does that mean people can start blowing shit up like terrorists?

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      Honestly, I can’t believe it’s taken this long for Americans to start rioting. Just the fact your entire life can be upended by illness should be enough to make society break out in a rage.

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        America is a big land. Our peoples aren’t condensed into relatively small territories like how citizens of European countries are. That makes it hard for national unity and focus to be obtained, and our politicians are often far away from consequences.

        It is a big pot that is slow to boil. Hopefully, it will explode and turn the Trump Regime into steamed lobsters.

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          I’m in Australia so I can definitely relate to a lot of that!

          I think populists have been extremely clever to conflate historical issues relating to poverty and rural areas with trending topics like immigration and “wealthy inner city elites”.

          Ironically, it’s the people like Trump and other right wingers who are most likely to create poor outcomes for the worst off among their own followers, but as long as those people are fuelled by rage, bigotry and a carefully constructed narrative they will remain none the wiser.

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    9 hours ago

    Wait… Isn’t this intimidation with use of force to deprive a citizen of their constitutional rights? If that was me I’d be filing a lawsuit tomorrow morning. I’m also confident that doesn’t fall under officer immunity either.

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      You got him dead to rights buddy! Go take him to court so that he can get away scot free!

      Trump was charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records
      Verdict Guilty on all counts
      Subsequent action Sentence of unconditional discharge

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosecution_of_Donald_Trump_in_New_York#Post-trial_proceedings

      I am tired of constantly seeing the failure of the US in the news. The good folks at Myanmnar know just to report all their horrible events in one lump sum once a fortnight only.

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          Not sure how you got that? I swear you americans have been politically neutered and have blinders on for the rest of the world.

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        The database line implies a violent response. It’s like me telling you I’m making a list to deal with you when the time comes. The doj right now is trying to use this exact logic against the group that protested in a church the other week.

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    The problem with putting everyone on the domestic terrorist list is that everyone is on the list. Eventually it becomes more suspicious to be not on the list, because it means you’re intentionally hiding yourself.

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      Well the world is waiting for the condemnation and outpouring of support from all those rabid free speech and “over my dead body” 2nd amendment right wingers to step forward…

      Curiously quiet now? So it’s only an amendment that you want to protect your team and that’s when it matters? Ahh, then you don’t support the constitution nor this country.

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        Again, people outside the USA having no understanding of those INSIDE the USA. Those people who shouted civil war, 2nd Amendment, against tyranny, this is THEIR tyranny. This is what THEY want. So they’re not saying anything because they’re getting what they want. Just there’s a lot of liberals coming to light realizing “I should probably be armed” after being anti-gun for so long.

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          This is what all the armchair Europeans don’t get. The 2A right wingers are 100% defending their nation. It just happens to be the Aryan Nation not the USA.

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          Doesn’t help that the ones against ice have been wasting too much time pretending we can or should get rid of guns instead of getting them and now we see how that plays out. Might be time for the Dems to abandon that part of their platform, maybe even make their own gun rights org since they won’t support the SRA.

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    Can’t wait for the list to get so long and bloated it’s basically meaningless so some ACTUAL terrorist can slip thru the cracks.

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    What a crazy 180 we’ve done here… Terrorists as labeled by the feds were the most hated group back in the early 2000’s. Now, I guess it’s a badge of honor? What a shitty time to be alive.

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    That’s laughable a literal lawless state sponsored terrorist group recruiting white nationalist gang members calling civilians who are exercising their constitutional rights “terrorists”