MrTrono

joined 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 60 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I keep seeing this but the claim is dubious at best and feel like conflating correlation with causation. While the examples cited were largely non violent they had aspects and sub movements advocating violence and destruction, so any outcomes cannot be isolated in a way to make this claim.

[–] [email protected] 75 points 5 days ago (4 children)

So by extension if I am peacefully protesting and somebody tries to hit me with a car/deadly weapon can I "Stand My Ground" and shoot at the driver? Asking for a friend.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago

Lucky for me I can't even purchase movies any more, what I can purchase is a limited revocable license. Did enshitification accidentally find a tariff loop hole?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (2 children)

And Democratic senators like Amy Klobuchar are writing laws to help him

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

To be fair it doesn't create a police state. It asks agencies how they might effectively allocate resources in a police state and what their first targets should be. But yeah the US is fucked.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Also known as Gell-Mann amnesia

[–] [email protected] 60 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Good, it's not safe here.

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

Pretending that the law matters during a fascist coup is not productive.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Apple encourages fowl language

[–] [email protected] 85 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Question: We have recently seen that the government can and will revoke green cards at will, why would anybody be interested in this knowing that it offers them at best ephemeral protections.

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