• stabby_cicada@slrpnk.net
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      1 year ago

      AOC is calling for protests. Equating protests to terrorism puts you in the ignoble company of the Iranian government, the Saudi monarchy, and the Georgia cops who charged protesters with felonies for distributing flyers.

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      1 year ago

      Like going to the capital to trash it because your candidate lost?

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      1 year ago

      If we are treating this like an emergency, imagine if you were a resident of the flooding in Derna, what they would do if they saw the Exxon oil executives dining on the side of a posh cafe in their suits and tie saying the death of everyone in your neighbourhood is just business?

      I would very much advocate for beating them up.

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        1 year ago

        At Derna, residents burned mayor’s house during protests because he fucked up (he said to stay home while he knew huge rainfalls were coming).

        seems like they know how to protest : now they are in the same boat

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      1 year ago

      She’d be right. We should start by burning the computers of people who post dumb shit like your comment.