• ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    People aren’t exactly gonna tell a random stranger and probable Fed that they support murder even if it’s really based

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      It’s not illegal to say you believe Brian Robert Thompson deserved to die. Hell, you could, perfectly legally, file paperwork to hold a parade in Luigi’s honor, right through the heart of DC. It’s illegal to make death threats, but it’s perfectly legal to express support for someone being killed.

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          Then they’ve already won.

          Also, the executive branch does not make or enforce legislation.

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            Then they’ve already won.

            Alternatively, keeping your real opinions close in a hostel climate means you have more freedom to act on it. There’s a reason that revolutions are planned out of sight of the authorities.

            Also, the executive branch does not make or enforce legislation.

            If only Trump knew that. Well, his advisors know that and packed the courts.

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            Not attached to my real name and not in an easily complied format. It’s possible that lemmy is a just a big honeypot, but I doubt it.

            I don’t have a problem with speaking my mind in certain situations, but I’m not outing myself in some survey that counts for nothing.

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      Why not? Feds support murder, certainly. Heck, the Constitution supports murder: it establishes an Army.