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[–] Fredselfish 64 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This what happens when they were not charged with treason and instead given missionaries instead. They will just do it again.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yes. This is exactly something I recently indicated to some friends.

Every single one of those Jan. 6th people did what they did for ideological reasons. Them going to jail for like two months didn’t remove those reasons, it cemented them.

[–] theangryseal 2 points 1 year ago

I actually heard someone say, “Murtun Lerther Kang hadduh go tuh jay-uhl fer what was right. Ay stote at uhlaykshun.”

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago (2 children)

While livestreaming on YouTube in the neighborhood, Taranto told followers that he was looking for “entrance points,” was going to find a way to the “tunnels underneath their houses” and wanted to get a “good angle on a shot,” according to court papers.

So the guy openly admitted that he was trying to access the Obamas' house and shoot someone. And all he gets is firearms charges. Our justice system is a joke.

[–] dhork 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sometimes they have to start with the easiest charges just to justify holding him, and they will add the charges that are harder to prove later.

Firearms charges in DC may not have to prove the intent to do anything. Simply having the LEOs testify to what they found might have been enough for charges.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Fingers crossed this is the case here.

[–] TwoGems 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] TokenBoomer 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The amazing thing is they don’t even know they’re fascist.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Most of them can't even spell fascist, let alone define it.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (4 children)

intended to blow up his van at the National Institute of Standards and Technology

What on Earth? What's this guy got against NIST?

[–] FlyingSquid 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

BIG GUBMINT AIN'T GONNA TELL ME HOW LONG A FOOT IS!

[–] reverie 13 points 1 year ago

I’M TIRED OF THE STANDARD REFERENCE JAR OF PEANUT BUTTER TURNING OUR SANDWICHES GAY

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Diabetes will ensure that their feet are shorter than regulation.

[–] dhork 6 points 1 year ago

I bet he equates the Metric System with socialism, or some other nonsense like that

[–] Rootiest 4 points 1 year ago

Goddamn libruls trying to make all the numbers woke!

Not in my merica!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Lack of metric system.

[–] donescobar 11 points 1 year ago

And there are certain politicians calling these people patriots…

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So Republicans are gonna lose their minds again like when the idiot got near the sc justices house, right? Right?

[–] Eldritch 4 points 1 year ago

If it weren't for double standards they wouldn't have any.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I had just had a quick puff outside. Opened my phone when I can back in, and saw this:

Had a triple take moment of moderate confusion.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

On firearm charges LMAO. You would think they would get something a little more serious than that.

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