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Crip Dyke, ABOLISH THE POLICE's avatar

Ones Who Walked Away From Salem, O

Best LeGuin reference I've read all day.

phoenix00's avatar

That term is just so they can skate by the 2A.

Talis's avatar

As a born-and-bred beaver I do not understand why the right-wing senator and domestic terrorist was not arrested for making threats against the Oregon State Police.

John Reen Davis's avatar

Texas liberals used to occasionally play hooky from the State Senate in order to block legislation. In 2009, the GOP ended this practice when the rule requiring 2/3 of the membership as a quorum to introduce new bills was temporarily suspended for one vote only (which is how Rick Perry's redistricting plan was passed.) Rule changes only require a simple majority in TX. I wonder if Oregonians would be able to do something similar.

ReductiveChaos's avatar

Fake bone grips to represent the fake bone spurs.

Stulexington's avatar

Lock them up! Bring them to each session in chains and then lock them back up.

L. Ron Pony  🇺🇦's avatar

I keep imagining it as some sort of turret for a doomsday weapon. Sooner or later some Governor is going to go mad and start levelling the city from there.

george lastrapes's avatar

Does she practice what she preaches? She looks ... not so fresh.

george lastrapes's avatar

This could be the solution of the Fermi Paradox-- you know, billions of planets and billions of years, so where's ET?We may well be realizing that planetary civilizations last until gun nuts evolve, and then perish in a hail of bullets.

george lastrapes's avatar

Rub a liberal the wrong way and you don't get invited to that wine-tasting.Piss off a RWNJ and he threatens the lives of your family.

Ill-Advised's avatar

Although I'm having trouble accepting it as the right metaphor.

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas are protesting evil, in the form of the misery of a caged child supporting freedom and well- being in the city.

Seems to me that's exactly the opposite of what is happening.

george lastrapes's avatar

Saw the upper half of that orange cat, thought it was Trump's hair.For a half-second, maybe.....longer.That grotesque clown is rewiring our brains.

Ill-Advised's avatar

I think the lying down just happens naturally. We're big on nature.