“We sent Lexington Police Department out to speak to him, and he refused to do that,” [Sheriff] Weems told NewsChannel 5. “I mean, what kind of person does that? What kind of person just says he don’t care, I’m not taking it down?”
One exercising his right to free speech guaranteed to him by the Constitution, you power tripping whiny fuck.
It was an image macro of a Trump quote dismissing a school shooting. Not to be overly pedantic, but this is an easily verifiable "fact of the matter".
This is the post:
But even snopes seems to get it wrong. And I guess in context with the text posted as part of the image post I suppose you could read into it as being Charlie Kirk related, but its.. just posting it at the time of the shooting to highlight the callous nature of Trump doesn't make it a Charlie Kirk meme?
There don't have to be laws for terrorism, it's a free hall pass for the powers that be. And they get to determine who the terrorists are, which is basically anybody they don't like or disagree with them.
From the reporting I've seen on it so far, its not at all clear to me that any one even reported this/ brought this to police attention in the role of 'citizen'. From what I can tell in the interview, the sherrif(s?) either were actively monitoring the thread, and/ or were aware of the thread from personal interaction and then chose to intervene?
The whole thing should be getting FAR more press than it actually is. Its utterly baffling to try and figure out what these Sherrifs think the basis of arrest actually was.
That all being said, civil liberties are an afterthought in the face of state violence. There should be riots over this.
UK style thought police now coming to a US State near you. The silver lining is that we can now hook up a battery to Orwell’s spinning corpse for unlimited free energy.
We no longer live in a country where we can justify staying in a location because we don’t have money to move or we have family and friends we don’t want to lose.
My suggestion is, don’t post on social media anything that would offend the right wing.
Or rights like free speech for that matter. If we just move along to the next place everytime this shit happens, eventually there will be nowhere left to run to.
We no longer live in a country where we can justify staying in a location because we don’t have money to move or we have family and friends we don’t want to lose.
Read: We no longer live in a country where we can appeal to material reality to determine whether or not it makes sense to stay here.
I'd be on a flight out this shithole right fucking now if I thought I had a serious chance of surviving in literally any other country, but I simply don't have the money, connections, social skills, or practical skills to do it. I barely even have them here!
I think you would have a better chance getting on a plane, or swimming across the ocean, in order to establish a life as an illegal alien in another country… than you would have surviving the next ~5 years here…
What it really breaks down to is that people who live in Tennessee do not feel the risk of spending 30 days in jail for posting something disagreeable on the Internet is enough reason to leave Tennessee.
I think you would have a better chance getting on a plane
Stowaways using die after takeoff. Only since literally yesterday have I ever had enough spare money to buy a plane ticket. At this point, I'm probably gonna try and do a semester abroad (or ideally forever), but no guarantees 🤞.
or swimming across the ocean
Absolutely zero chance I would make it to the other side of the Atlantic. A more realistic option is swimming across one of the rivers or sneaking through the Canadian border. Which...
in order to establish a life as an illegal alien in another country…
Yeah almost every other country treats undocumented migrants like shit because every country has xenophobic bigots and every government serves its local capitalists, so not much of an improvement.
What it really breaks down to is that people who live in Tennessee do not feel the risk of spending 30 days in jail for posting something disagreeable on the Internet is enough reason to leave Tennessee.
Yes exactly! Emphasis on risk, i.e. we assume a probability distribution and roll the dice. IMO the alternatives you proposed have less favorable distributions for me than remaining here, but I recognize that (1) everyone has their own situation and (2) humans are trash at assigning probabilities so I could be wrong. But you're not morally superior (or inferior) for choosing not to roll that specific dice.
Like I've been looking to leave this country for over 15 years. I absolutely HATE Amerikkka and everything it stands for, and I have hated Amerikkka since long before Trump. If I could have left, I would have left. So I beg you to understand that just because I remain here doesn't mean I approve of even the tiniest sliver of what this country does to us and the rest of the world.
43 Comments
Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone · 136 pts · 318d
One exercising his right to free speech guaranteed to him by the Constitution, you power tripping whiny fuck.
shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works · 79 pts · 318d
He should immediately post it again
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 75 pts · 318d
It was not a Charlie Kirk meme?
It was an image macro of a Trump quote dismissing a school shooting. Not to be overly pedantic, but this is an easily verifiable "fact of the matter".
This is the post:
But even snopes seems to get it wrong. And I guess in context with the text posted as part of the image post I suppose you could read into it as being Charlie Kirk related, but its.. just posting it at the time of the shooting to highlight the callous nature of Trump doesn't make it a Charlie Kirk meme?
_wizard@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 318d
Says he broke the law but the article doesn't mention it. Whats the law?
NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml · 12 pts · 318d
_wizard@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 318d
That's not a law though. There's got to be something more to it than that.
innermachine@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 318d
There don't have to be laws for terrorism, it's a free hall pass for the powers that be. And they get to determine who the terrorists are, which is basically anybody they don't like or disagree with them.
ayyy@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 317d
If you’re looking for good faith logic from Republicans, you’re wasting your time.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 317d
No there doesn't, and this guy's got a slam dunk lawsuit that will likely prove that in a year or two.
Zombiepirate@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 318d
I'm tattling to the police on you for posting this meme.
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 318d
From the reporting I've seen on it so far, its not at all clear to me that any one even reported this/ brought this to police attention in the role of 'citizen'. From what I can tell in the interview, the sherrif(s?) either were actively monitoring the thread, and/ or were aware of the thread from personal interaction and then chose to intervene?
The whole thing should be getting FAR more press than it actually is. Its utterly baffling to try and figure out what these Sherrifs think the basis of arrest actually was.
That all being said, civil liberties are an afterthought in the face of state violence. There should be riots over this.
PiraHxCx@lemmy.ml · 37 pts · 318d
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 318d
He dead.
PiraHxCx@lemmy.ml · 28 pts · 318d
SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml · 14 pts · 318d
That's the REAL reason they can't release the Epstein files, he's not dead too. Releasing the files would violate his civil rights.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 318d
hes in a safehouse in a hawaii island.
fullsquare@awful.systems · 29 pts · 318d
In America, if you make fun out of president's favourite podcaster, you go to jail
Nomorereddit@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 318d
God she's had so much work done. She survived n Korea, only to come here and adopt the worst of Korean beauty culture.
NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 318d
If that's who I think she is then I see her as a cautionary tale about what happens when a person receives a substandard education.
fullsquare@awful.systems · 4 pts · 318d
it's lowkey crazy how fast has she adapted to being a conservative grifter
Nomorereddit@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 318d
Good point
wuffah@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 318d
UK style thought police now coming to a US State near you. The silver lining is that we can now hook up a battery to Orwell’s spinning corpse for unlimited free energy.
pipi1234@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 318d
If only someone had warned us! 😩
Treczoks@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 317d
Ahh, the land of free speech.
Formfiller@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 317d
I hope he sues for millions
reddifuge@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 318d
Charlie kirk was an idiotic wank stain of a Nazi.
And ICE can gargle my fucking balls while shoving a cactus up their asses, no lube.
Fedizen@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 317d
How do I send this man money?
huzzahunimpressively@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 318d
just to remind you that facebook isn't your friend, as a matter of fact they will sell you at first government requirement
tornavish@lemmy.cafe · -22 pts · 318d
Whatever, don’t live in Tennessee.
Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone · 26 pts · 318d
Super helpful advice for those living in poverty or with community ties that they don’t want to abandon. 👍
tornavish@lemmy.cafe · -22 pts · 318d
We no longer live in a country where we can justify staying in a location because we don’t have money to move or we have family and friends we don’t want to lose.
My suggestion is, don’t post on social media anything that would offend the right wing.
Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone · 25 pts · 318d
Some people prefer to not cede entire states to fascists.
FireRetardant@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 318d
Or rights like free speech for that matter. If we just move along to the next place everytime this shit happens, eventually there will be nowhere left to run to.
tornavish@lemmy.cafe · -4 pts · 318d
Then I suggest they pick up some arms, because absolutely zero things have had an effect preventing that from happening.
PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org · 7 pts · 318d
Read: We no longer live in a country where we can appeal to material reality to determine whether or not it makes sense to stay here.
I'd be on a flight out this shithole right fucking now if I thought I had a serious chance of surviving in literally any other country, but I simply don't have the money, connections, social skills, or practical skills to do it. I barely even have them here!
tornavish@lemmy.cafe · -11 pts · 318d
I think you would have a better chance getting on a plane, or swimming across the ocean, in order to establish a life as an illegal alien in another country… than you would have surviving the next ~5 years here…
What it really breaks down to is that people who live in Tennessee do not feel the risk of spending 30 days in jail for posting something disagreeable on the Internet is enough reason to leave Tennessee.
PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org · 5 pts · 318d
Stowaways using die after takeoff. Only since literally yesterday have I ever had enough spare money to buy a plane ticket. At this point, I'm probably gonna try and do a semester abroad (or ideally forever), but no guarantees 🤞.
Absolutely zero chance I would make it to the other side of the Atlantic. A more realistic option is swimming across one of the rivers or sneaking through the Canadian border. Which...
Yeah almost every other country treats undocumented migrants like shit because every country has xenophobic bigots and every government serves its local capitalists, so not much of an improvement.
Yes exactly! Emphasis on risk, i.e. we assume a probability distribution and roll the dice. IMO the alternatives you proposed have less favorable distributions for me than remaining here, but I recognize that (1) everyone has their own situation and (2) humans are trash at assigning probabilities so I could be wrong. But you're not morally superior (or inferior) for choosing not to roll that specific dice.
Like I've been looking to leave this country for over 15 years. I absolutely HATE Amerikkka and everything it stands for, and I have hated Amerikkka since long before Trump. If I could have left, I would have left. So I beg you to understand that just because I remain here doesn't mean I approve of even the tiniest sliver of what this country does to us and the rest of the world.
tornavish@lemmy.cafe · -4 pts · 318d
I know you don’t approve, but if you were in a burning building you would leave. I’m saying it’s just not bad enough yet.
PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org · 4 pts · 318d
Depends on what's outside. Is it a five-hundred foot drop? Would I rather burn to death or die on the pavement?
Yeah it's not bad enough yet for me. I'm openly saying it. And that doesn't make me morally inferior or worthy of your scorn.
athatet@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 317d
How about fuck that. Post MORE things on social media explicitly offending right wing shit heads.
ayyy@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 317d
How’s that boot taste?
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 318d
its the flyover state you forget, before getting to florida.