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Yeah, I think I got swatted about 6 times total growing up. In each of those instances, I had done something that could have gotten me killed. Then I turned into a bookish kid who didn't really get into any trouble. As far as that woman goes...jail is too good for her.

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It takes a lot of courage to run away from your home, especially from one where you know you'll be punished for bringing the heat and criticism of your parenting. Those kids, those kids who had to grab some guns to hide them on their run, are to be pitied.

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Who will also kill and eat them if they're a mite peckish.

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To save brown kids? I bet they'd be even less concerned, unless they thought they might score some drugs if they barged in. It's not an illegal search if they just happen to see it, which is why so many druggies are found with drugs "on the table when we entered the premises."

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That maybe my only hope

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Good news: They took the kids away from this harridan.

Bad news: In Kansas.

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This.^^^ We get enough of the bastards around here already. Don't advertise.

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Evil fucking bitch should be locked up. Maybe get a taste of her own medicine in the clinker.

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My guess is that they knew that bitch had a stockpile of guns inside the house (the pile at the curb put there by her kids may have been a clue) and they didn't want a massive shootout.

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Even more so because the abusers have them convinced that the rest of the world is even more dangerous and random and hateful, and their horrible parents are the only ones who love them.

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and then there were the ones who brought their kids to the compound. The other ones.

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Woe is us(a)!!!1 This country must be on the downslope when even real 'Murcans can't beat their children. I mean, I expect this from squishy librals like us, but now even the kids of the people who are going to save us from (enter conspiracy theory bad people here) are getting soft.

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It always confounds me to hear individuals claim that the government "hates them". As someone who's dealt with government agencies (for better and worse) most of his life, I can attest that the government really doesn't give a shit, one way or the other.

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Yep, and when she's in heat, she will mate "frequently. Copulation is repeated around 4 to 6 times an hour, and goes on for days. If there are more than one dominant male with the pride, the female will often move onto the next male once she's exhausted the first, ensuring protection from all her suitors."

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It doesn't really count as abuse unless bones are exposed and chafed repeatedly.

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So, more or less like an average weekend?

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