Texas is a dumpsterfire

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      8 days ago

      It’s insane, but courts have interpreted “cruel and unusual” to require the punishment to be BOTH cruel AND unusual to qualify, and if the punishment is being administered in all prisons, it can’t possibly be considered “unusual”, so it gets a pass.

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        All they “need” is one, then they can just keep screaming about it over and over again and convince braindead conservatives that a single instance of something is a massive national issue threatening to drown the country.

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          Huh, seems like they’re fine doing whatever they want anyways. It’s kind of a nothing threat when they’re already just shooting protestors on the streets and jailing people for moving magazines. There’s just no appeasing fascists, they were always going to do a fascism.

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            Yeah, I guarantee you everyone in this thread has already done enough for the current regime to lock them up for life.

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              And good riddance. If this is all it takes to get locked up then there’s no one worth a damn on the outside.

      • BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world
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        At least 50% of the statements from the Trump admin are rage-bait. Charlie Kirk, who’s not even an elected official, caused a fair amount of backlash where people lost their jobs or were even imprisoned for their speech with little concern from conservative voters.

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        the argument that we should not react to what is already being done to us or else it justifies the initial slight, is and has always been bullshit.

        do not justify capitulation to tyranny.

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      No torture. Just hang ‘em and be done with it. Can’t have a fair and just society as long as Nazis exist.

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      Punishment must be severe, to send a message to those that would attempt to bring fascism back again.

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        I don’t think they learn or understand the world very well. That’s why they’re the way they are.

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      The golden rule is “do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”

      Do as you please, just don’t pretend my God said it was okay.

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          No it can’t, because moral lessons are for controlling your own behavior, not for forcing onto other people. Do better.

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            A, I can only imagine, trans person, wasting seconds of their one precious life fussing at another person, that those who are genociding trans people should be treated really well, in the middle of the genocide, is astounding.

            Edit: also, that is a wild statement in general, coming from someone actively correcting people’s morals and in general claiming to be speaking for the war god yhwh. "Not for forcing onto other people"🤣 pot meet kettle.

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                my God

                pfft. yours?

                perhaps the deity you worship, sure… ‘my god’ sounds awfully prideful.

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                I think that’s a good idea. You should stuff the melodrama you started back in your box.

                Quick question though, are you even trans? Or are you just speaking on how people should treat those committing their genocide?

                edit: ok then, I felt bad and had to check your history. I support whatever mindset gets you through the horrors, sib.✊🏽

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            I can understand why you’d want to keep your religion out of politics, especially weaponized…

            but that’s literally what conservative christians do every day. so I think that ground has been ceded.

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              I don’t have a religion, I have a God. Only Godless people need religion. Shit on religion all you like, but if you try and say the golden rule is that old eye for an eye bullshit I’m just going to lump you in with the rest of the assholes throughout history who justified doing as they please by claiming some divine ideal.

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                What…? The definition of religion is sharing beliefs with others, like a god.

                If you’re godless you are religionless, because you don’t have beliefs to share with others.

                You are so full of shit, it’s not even funny. Can you provide a source that supports that godless means you’re religious? Do you just ignore established definitions to be contrary? Because it’s not funny and it’s actually not discussing in good faith and is trolling. You are gonna get reported if you keep this crap up. This isn’t the first time you’re doing this.

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      What have you you seen in the past 30 years that indicates to you that Americans will lift a finger to take back anything?

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    You know, making a eunuch out of someone used to be a legit punishment. Just saying, there’s a lot of oppressors putting some unrealistic expectations on themselves ever siring a child… maybe it would be sensible to release them of these expectations by that way. CK2 symbol for "eunuch"