Asheville, North Carolina: A veteran being escorted out of a town hall for using his free speech.

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Stovetop@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 1y (5 replies)
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orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 37 pts · 1y (2 replies)

US Army 3rd Infantry Division patch.

DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y (1 reply)

The broken TV. Famously first into Iraq... the second time, that is.

orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 1y

"If you're not first, you're second-first." -Gulf War II Vets

HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 22 pts · 1y

I’ve seen the video from someone in the crowd but not sure where. The rep was basically reading from a script and the veteran called him out for screwing them over and called him a liar and that they are betraying veterans. Then when the cops came he started yelling fuck you to the rep. Wish the other folks would have had his back

Seleni@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y

Not sure of the ‘thin blue line’ part (although it wouldn’t surprise me), but in a Republican Town Hall a bunch of Republican voters were yelling at their rep (who smiled like a cat in the cream) about all the job cuts and stuff. This guy got extra loud about it so the police dragged him out.

So just another leopards eating faces moment, really. For these knuckle-draggers, the fact that their ‘team’ won is more important than losing their jobs… right up until it happens.

Edit: another post, with more context

oldfart@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y

USPol GTFO

alykanas@slrpnk.net · -51 pts · 1y (15 replies)
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PapaStevesy@lemmy.world · 48 pts · 1y (11 replies)

Too many people think decorum and tradition will stop proto-fascist hacks who abandoned both decades ago.

alykanas@slrpnk.net · -49 pts · 1y (10 replies)
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PapaStevesy@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 1y (6 replies)

A day off from trying to stop fascism? No, no I don't think I will. Thanks though, I appreciate the concern! I just got back from vacation anyway.

alykanas@slrpnk.net · -17 pts · 1y (5 replies)
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PapaStevesy@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y

I'll have you know I'm past fully grown and well into already dying. Old enough to know that caps = yelling, sorry you must be too young to know that. But I'm glad you know where you are right now, I know dementia is often worse at night.

acutfjg@feddit.nl · 3 pts · 1y (3 replies)

You haven't hit the reading level where you learn context and comprehension and it shows

alykanas@slrpnk.net · -4 pts · 1y (2 replies)
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acutfjg@feddit.nl · 3 pts · 1y

Guess you don't know the words under the photo are related. It's okay you're still learning... Hopefully

Pfeffy@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

What a clownish thing to say

Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

grow up

alykanas@slrpnk.net · -2 pts · 1y
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just2look@lemm.ee · 30 pts · 1y (2 replies)

If law enforcement can legally remove you from a public forum for confronting your elected officials, how free is your speech really?

ouRKaoS@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Not defending the police, but there's a difference between being removed for being a disruption and being arrested for what you say.

just2look@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 1y

Protest by its nature is disruptive. So you support police being free to end protest? To detain people because they’re an inconvenience to fascists?