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[–] [email protected] 107 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Sounds like (purely speculation, since the details aren't available) he pulled a gun on or otherwise threatened the agents coming to arrest him, based on his other behavior. Told them to come back with a warrant, they did so, and he took issue?

Either way, posting on the internet about assassinating government officials, regardless of whether it's serious or not, was probably not the smartest opening move.

[–] [email protected] 75 points 2 years ago (4 children)

That won't stop the far right from turning him into a martyr

[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They sure are big on traitors and hostile to the rule of law lately.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

The right used to at least pretend to be into law and order.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

They still pretend, they just also pretend that the rule of law is different than what it is.

You know how many far-righters have "back the blue" and thin blue line bumper stickers?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Yes the same guys who rant about government tyranny yet defend police (government employees/enforcers) at every opportunity love to also rant about the rule of law unless those rules are applied to them or their current flavor of the week messiah.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 years ago

And yet here were are in a thread about the state murdering someone over words and liberals are falling over themselves to "back the blue" hardest.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

They still are.

"Law and order" is a racist dog whistle.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

They've always backed conservative cops enforcing conservative laws against "other people" but letting conservatives off with a warning.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They were never into law and order.

They were just into law beating and brutalizing black and poor people.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

He never said they were. He said they pretended to.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They turned a dumb cunt that jumped over a barricade to rush a bunch of men with guns into a martyr.

They'll turn this guy into The Jesus to Trumps God.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What word did you try and use there?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

it was cu nt, it's only censored on hexbear

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

What you mean that won't STOP them? That actually STARTs them again!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Or from producing more of them.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

He must've forgotten to add "...in Minecraft.".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

“Opening” is quite an interesting word in this context