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[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 279 points 1 month ago (3 children)

That ICE agent looks a lot like a protestor.

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 72 points 1 month ago

Protesting immigrants seems to be their thing

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago

I thought it was the protestors wearing masks! Honest!

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[–] foggy@lemmy.world 173 points 1 month ago (8 children)

In a stand your ground state?

Haha, ok. Good luck, Attorney General James Uthmeier.

If an armed protestor shoots a driver who is driving at them with intent to cause bodily harm, they... Both have the right to possibly kill one another?

Driver has the green light. Gunman has the green light.

Cool, cool. Makes sense.

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 120 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Skin color, last name and political affiliation will determine who’s the victim and who’s the assailant

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 37 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

That sounds like maximum USA . Two people not caring about the other, only thinking about themselves, and neither willing to just back off

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 45 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Childish Gambino is apparently a modern prophet

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[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 month ago

Purge ruleset

[–] Grabthar@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

Fuck yeah, Night City here we come!

[–] Bonus@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

What a country!

[–] ultranaut@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The first armed protest on a freeway will clarify everything.

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[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 121 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (7 children)

"And so if you drive off and you hit one of these people, that's their fault for impinging on you."

He continued, “You get 20 points for adult males, 30 points for adult females, and 50 points for children. Points can be redeemed for ‘DesantisBucks’ once you reach 500 points or more.”

EDIT: a word

[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

DeSantisCoin, a new crypto backed by the leader of Florida Man

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[–] numlok@lemmy.world 67 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Cool, so all we need now is a list of Proud Boy demonstrations in FL.

[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago

No not those protests

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[–] MyOpinion@lemmy.today 61 points 1 month ago (7 children)

So we have the right to hit you with our car Ron?

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 1 month ago

I hope he says no, thus protesting your request...

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[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 54 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Awesome, so if you see those maga people at crosswalks or outside of planned parenthood, go ahead and run them down

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 16 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I don't understand how these MAGA Morons can't figure out that these laws they want are two-edged swords. If they can use it against normal people, then normal people can use it against them, too.

[–] mira13@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago (3 children)

That's because you still think the system will act fairly, it won't. If you hit someone the administration likes, you're in trouble, if you someone they don't like, you're a hero. There's never been any intentions of fairness from the republicans, rules for thee not for me.

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[–] finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 38 points 1 month ago (2 children)

In that case, I guess it's ok to splatter the folks protesting in front of planned parenthood?

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[–] Skyfox@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (7 children)

Fact check: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said drivers in his state are allowed to hit protesters if they feel as though their life is being threatened. So technically true. But still not great

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[–] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 32 points 1 month ago (5 children)

This is just one more reason why there needs to be an organization participating in protest spaces specifically to provide armed security, same as Black Panthers provided security for civil rights protests.

People won't be so willing to drive into a crowd of protesters if the bloc has an armed perimeter.

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[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 29 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

The Xitter post cheering the speech caught my attention, so I clicked through to the X user, "iAnonPatriot" and just have to say, wow.

It starts off with his bio image being literal hands goatse'ing through the virtual Matrix grid, and it only gets worse from that level of basic. Just a red-pill Nazi fever dream in feed form. 610K followers.

Videos of protestors getting abused are his favorite, apparently. One top one is police firing gas into apparently peaceful protestors. The protestor kicks it back, walks back and is just standing there doing nothing threatening, and then apparently gets shot with a rubber(?) bullet and lies motionless for a moment before someone picks him up and he walks off. The caption this guy gave is "HOLY SH*T Perfect shot.. 🤣🤣🤣". Anti-LGBTQ posts feature as well. General concentrated bile into a convenient feed.

So I guess this "influencer" is what Gen Z is getting fed by algorithms and told is normal day-in and day-out?

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Words always evolve, but it's kind of a shame that "patriot" got turned into "I completely lack empathy and am a psychopathic piece of shit bootlicker."

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[–] Railing5132@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago (2 children)

A state governor just authorized vehicle ramming attacks against probably his own citizens. Disgusting and disgraceful.

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[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This belongs in something like c/evilpeople more than nottheonion

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[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Free speech is where people legally violently kill or injure you for speaking

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[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 month ago

Sponsored by Rockstar Games

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 month ago

Weird. The more I look at DeSantis the more he looks like a protestor. Just me?

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Realistically it's a "Stand Your Ground" situation for the protestor if they are threatened with deadly force from a car attack, so the protestors can legally shoot drivers who are attempting to run them over. So if Rhonda wants to escalate that's what they are asking for, GTA street wars basically.

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[–] DrownedRats@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Bear this in mind next time something like a unite the right or Jan 6 happens.

[–] arin@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

The jan 6 riotors are part of ICE right now

[–] Wilco@lemm.ee 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

At this point Republicans are just being idiots. They say whatever 1940s idiot shit pops into their head.

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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 month ago
[–] vivavideri@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (3 children)

What if we hit him with a car?

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

De Santis may be a sack of shit but that doesn't justify the misleading headline in this case. He was giving a specific example of escaping "when a mob comes and surrounds your vehicle, and threatens you." DeSantis says so many outrageous things for real and pushes outrageous policies for real, there's no need to misquote him.

[–] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago
[–] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (3 children)

That means I have the right to put 9 rounds into the drivers seat before that happens.

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[–] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

He doesn't "say" that. This law was passed a while ago

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