• simulacra_procession@lemmy.today
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    4 hours ago

    Turns out they WILL let him get away with a shooting on 5th Ave in broad daylight. He shot the social contract right in the face 🤷

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    He recently said George Soros should face RICO charges, this is the obvious continuation of that thought.

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    Of the 330M+ people in this country, some 220M are antifa. Good luck arresting them

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      Some of them would gladly send 220M people to their deaths, it’s their fucking wildest dream to send all ‘the bad ones’ away for good. This is literally devolving into humanity at its worst.

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      Just because you didn’t vote for Trump doesn’t mean your Antifa. You could be just Enablefa, nihilfa, or survived getting kicked in the head by a horse.

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        As usual those who do not see clearly, believe antifa is a real organization. IF you do not vote for a fascist, you are antifa, like it or not. The only way you could not be antifa is to subscribe to, be a party to, or admire fascism

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          I would put emphasis on the anti part though- if you are just sitting at home smoking weed and playing videogames when you need to vote or be in the streets, you are not resisting fascism.

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            ¿Por que no los dos?

            I’m not an organizer, so I check out when and where protests are being held, attend them, vote every time I can, and can you believe that I still have enough time to go home, smoke weed & play video games‽

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              Oh video games and weed are great don’t get me wrong, I mean it is the epitome of comfort, but fighting fascism isn’t very comfortable.

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    Well good thing we have a Constitution to protect us, right everyone? I think we should all be making sure we have hard copies for the future or it too will be destroyed like Wikipedia probably will be.

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    “Could” face RICO charges but WILL not. Because nothing the protesters did was a violation of any part of the RICO act.

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      Greenpeace just got hit with a bogus private Rico lawsuit in North Dakota brought by the oil companies. They did all of these mailers as well to all the perspective jurors.

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      True. But Rico sounds scary since it’s always used against gangs and the mob. So they will keep saying it to make it sound scary

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        And it gives their followers something to latch onto, and repeat over and over. It gets traction with their own people. If you were to ask them how their protesting is a RICO issue, they’ll go blank.

        It’s like back when a few podcasters talked about FISA warrants for a few minutes, and suddenly every MAGA thought they had doctorate level expertise on FISA warrants. Now they like to randomly toss that buzzword into a discussion, and get all arrogant when you don’t instantly understand the connection to FISA warrants, because it isn’t relevant at all.

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      Sadly what I’ve seen from the judicial system whenever trump starts to throw laws around hasn’t been a stellar response, so while I’d like to have full faith in said system, I don’t.

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        A grand jury would have to indict them, and DC grand juries are hostile to Trump’s bullshit. Faith has nothing to do with it.

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    "I mean, they were just shouting, basically, in his vicinity,” she said.

    “Repeat what you just said. I mean, honestly. So you’re asking whether there was damage done by four individuals screaming and yelling at the president of our United States while he’s trying to have dinner. That can’t be a serious question,” Blanche fired back.

    Jesus Christ…

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      “Repeat what you just said. I mean, honestly. So you’re asking whether there was damage done by four individuals screaming and yelling at the president of our United States while he’s trying to have dinner. That can’t be a serious question,” Blanche fired back

      On first reading, I legitimately thought this was driving home the point that no legally actionable harm was done but no, she actually saying their sock-puppet’s fee-fees might have been hurt? Massive LOL

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      To be fair, she’s right that asking her to defend her 🤡 position can’t be a serious question.

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    … they could face federal anti-racketeering charges that were designed to bust up organized crime.

    Not even the Onion could come up with something this bat-shit silly.

    It’s now a crime for hurting baby Donnie’s feelings. Oh, poor baby Donnie. Do you need a lollipop baby boy?

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      They don’t even need to make it stick. Just being arrested for something like this can ruin a person’s life, and the legal bills could be financially ruinous.

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        It won’t get that far. DC grand juries are refusing to indict for these trumped up charges.

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            Never seen a job application with that on it. “Have you ever been convicted of a felony?” Sure, but never what you said.

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                It apparently varies from state to state if, and when, they can ask that question. It’s also worth pointing out that any lawyer worth their salt (like the lawyers who work on behalf of the ACLU) would take steps to see that record erased or limited in how it can be used.

                And unless you are completely desperate, why would you work for someone who looks down on you for being arrested for standing up to fascists? Being arrested for that is a badge of honor.

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                  By the way, Trevita17, I can see that you downvoted my other comment. Did you do this in retaliation, thinking that I had downvoted your comment? I didn’t, and you can see that with this link, which is the same service I used to see your downvote. I don’t approve of using downvotes like this. Comment downvotes should be reserved for trolls, spam, and serious misinformation.

                  https://lemvotes.org/comment/lemmy.world/comment/19467935

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                  Still, an employer might have two applicants who they otherwise have a hard time selecting between, but one has been arrested and one hasn’t. They will probably choose the one who hasn’t been arrested. I would say that’s the bias against somebody who has been arrested is the whole point of asking the question.