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1. mrtksn+(OP)[view] [source] 2026-01-08 13:23:55
Lots of convicted criminals were pardoned already. People with connection to January 6 United States Capitol attack are all pardoned, some got promoted. There's something going on with Ghislaine Maxwell's situation too. US just abducted the president of a sovereign country and international law no longer means anything too. The president himself is also a convict. He is also implicated with many sexual assaults(allegations at this stage)

What exactly makes you think that this time is different? I just saw a clip from Fox, justifying the killing of this woman because she had pronouns on her profile.

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2. tim333+n3[view] [source] 2026-01-08 13:45:24
>>mrtksn+(OP)
I think it may be different because firstly it's clearly murder or an unlawful shooting if you watch the video, and secondly because being shot by a masked officer for trying to drive down the road could happen to pretty much any American so I imagine they'll complain. That doesn't apply to the Jan 6th people or Maxwell - it's not part of people's everyday life.
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3. mrtksn+C6[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-01-08 14:05:08
>>tim333+n3
If you pay attention to what they are saying, people with pronouns are destroying America, immigrants are destroying America, women without kids are Destroying America, divorced women with kids are destroying America, All kind of people are destroying America.

At this very moment the MAGA types are explaining why it was the right move to execute this woman. Weren't they also relentlessly explaining why it was OK for a police to step on the neck of this black dude that end up dying some years ago? Weren't they relentlessly explaining why it was OK to shoot and kill looters?

Maybe in a year or two shooting people who destroying America will be the norm. Maybe soon someone will ask why just shoot looters and women with pronouns who run away from the law enforcement? why not kill everyone who destroys America? Are fat kids destroying America less than women with pronouns? Then wouldn't be patriotic to exterminate people with bad genes and improve nations genes?

BTW this is happening everywhere with persecuted people. Assailants feel trigger happy, they trust the system that will protect them from actual consequences. Most of the time there's some benefit of doubt that can be attached to the action and even when everything is clear and well documented they end up getting special treatment, they become heroes and they are looked after in prison or after the prison.

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4. cogman+1h[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-01-08 14:54:25
>>tim333+n3
I really hope you are right, but I fear you aren't. The conservative media bubble has already congealed on "She was trying to run over everyone and deserved to be shot".

If someone wants to believe that ICE is the good guys and people protesting ICE are bad, they'll be pretty quick to adopt any narrative that will justify the actions of ICE. You can see that in this very thread.

This might sway a few people, but I really think the Trump "I could shoot someone on 5th avenue" is simply a truth.

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5. array_+AG[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-01-08 16:55:17
>>tim333+n3
Clearly murder has almost never stopped the police. If ICE is anything like that, odds are this dude is gonna get a nice vacation.
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6. ryandr+gN[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-01-08 17:26:29
>>cogman+1h
"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
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7. ceejay+411[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-01-08 18:28:18
>>tim333+n3
> I think it may be different because firstly it's clearly murder or an unlawful shooting if you watch the video…

We've had plenty of those without meaningful consequences in most cases.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Daniel_Shaver is a good example if you can stomach the video. It's way worse than the text summary implies.

8. FireBe+6R1[view] [source] 2026-01-08 23:06:57
>>mrtksn+(OP)
> People with connection to January 6 United States Capitol attack are all pardoned

Hah, many of them have been hired by ICE since.

> The president himself is also a convict.

Funnily enough, Florida made an exemption for him that allowed him to vote, despite their laws against convicted felons voting. They decided that since he had only been found guilty, and not sentenced, that he was not, yet, a convicted felon.

I wonder how many other people in Florida in the same situation could vote, or whether they'd be laughed at.

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9. FireBe+PR1[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-01-08 23:12:29
>>cogman+1h
> The conservative media bubble has already congealed on "She was trying to run over everyone and deserved to be shot".

Trying to? Trump already posted that she DID run him over and he was hospitalized for it.

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10. jacque+PU1[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-01-08 23:32:01
>>cogman+1h
You can see it happening right here in this thread.
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