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I love the ankle-biter cat picture.

Also, is "swatting" a criminal offense, and what penalties are involved.

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Next time you hear so-called Christians whining about being under attack, remember who it is thats threatening death to those they disagree with.

https://thebuckeyeflame.com/2024/05/29/despite-biblical-death-threats-an-ohio-city-council-declines-to-cancel-pride/

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Trump and his network of terrorists must be stopped.

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Rethugs are scum, and they prove it every day.

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How dare cops Stand Their Ground against terrorism?! says the law and order par ... yeah, you get it.

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New study: Baby wildcats doing baby wildcat things suppress rage.

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OK, be a little patient here.

The problem is not swatting.

The problem is that we have created a police system where any random asshole can make a call to the police and they will implement a sometimes-murderous always-violent home invasion.

The problem is the fucking hair-trigger SWAT teams.

Assholes are assholes everywhere but a phone call should not be enough to bring down a sweeping police state, and another phone call about (maybe domestic violence) something that really kills people will get a OMG booooooring.

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The issue isn’t whether or not Trump is a dangerous autocrat with a fetish for violence. He is. He serves only his needs, and as he grows increasingly desperate, so too do his methods. The real issue is how we change course and insist that both parties agree that no matter what differences exist, violence will not be tolerated. This is the path of failed democracies. It’s happened many times in history, where political and certainly religious differences led to violence and a total collapse of civilized society. I truly hope Congress realizes the danger America is facing. Too many republicans pretend that violence is wrong, but behave as if they can tolerate it so long as it’s in furtherance of their agenda. That’s the challenge for all elected officials, and ultimately Americans. Stop looking at your neighbor as the enemy. It can only lead to tragedy and sorrow. We need to get past this era, and usher in a new era where violent rhetoric is eliminated, elected officials are held accountable for their words and actions and mutual respect is mandatory. Probably wishful thinking.

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"Stop looking at your neighbor as the enemy. "

And yet, we're being TOLD every night that our neighbor *is* our enemy. Those of us on the left hear it more subtly, and as far as i'm aware, we're less likely to act on it. Or at least, we still try to keep our actions civil for the most part, and confined to legal means. The reich wing however? Get their heads pumped full with talk of WAR. It should be no surprise that too many of them don't stop to question before acting on those instructions.

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Only one party agrees.

And a bunch of idiots are planning not to vote for it.

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It takes tremendous courage to speak the truth and push back against a dangerous movement like maga. They attack police officers, injure them terribly, then direct authorities to their elderly relatives homes in retaliation for them speaking out. Maga is the movement of the fringe, the angry, the irrational and the unhinged. Most of all, it’s a movement 100% devoted to a madman who wields their worst impulses like a deranged puppeteer.

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Swatting is an acknowledgement that our militarized law enforcement can, given the correct prompts, can be turned into an inadvertent but highly lethal weapon of targeted terror.

The billions spent on weapons, training, communication systems, equipment can, for the cost of zero dollars -- a phone call, an email, a social post -- can be co-opted into a personal weapon.

Is there another human civilization where armed men and women in the employ of the state can be called out to attack and kill by any anonymous nobody in that civilization with a phone?

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Pretty much any autocracy.

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Ta, Dok. SWATting should carry really, REALLY stiff penalties. Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces by Radley Balko is worth a read.

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Seek out & support your local John Brown Gun Club, be that as a firearm owner or just kick them a few bucks.. These MAGA rats are coming for you & me.

When the MAGAts kick in your door

How you gonna come

With your hands on your head

Or the trigger of your gun

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I like the Clash reference.

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Violence is the tool of the weak and the cowardly. So of COURSE Trumpers always resort to violence.

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Problem is that it’s a helluva tool.

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Looks like they proved the “violence fetish” part.

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Trumpers only “back the Blue” when the cops are beating up people of color.

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You are being warned : Until we acknowledge Mr. Trump as one of our all-new Floundering Fathers this nation will never achieve third-world status!

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