• Dogiedog64@lemmy.world
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    Because he’s a power-tripping Fascist. That’s it. He thinks he can kill people and get away with it, and so far, he’s right.

  • AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.world
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    ICE admitted that an alarming number of their recruits barely know how to read and write, and you expect this guy to remember the Deadly Force Triangle?

    He shot her because he’s an untrained fascist thug who joined the modern Gestapo to put his boot on the necks of his fellow Americans. He shot her because he wanted to.

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    Rage, a lack of morals, a lack of training, and a lack of consequences.

    Tell any asshole “Here’s a gun, you can do whatever you want, they all hate you. Again, you can do anything.” Surround that asshole with other assholes that are told the exact same thing. See what happens.

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    How stupid must one be to stand in front of a stopped car? Don’t they teach them anything before they let them out on the street?

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      Don’t they teach them anything before they let them out on the street.

      Possibly not. If feel like that’s been brought up in the news before.

      Or maybe it’s just a one time class or a video, and people do get complacent. Or maybe he’s just a fucking dumbass and a bully. There’s a clear pattern of highschool bully-style confrontation and escalation in many of the videos we’re seeing, and standing there is as good a way as any to do just that.

      These goons want people to be afraid of them, and act as if they believe that intimidation is a forcefield of some sort, like if they’re enough of a threatening asshole that it’ll mean they never get hurt.

      The whole “act like a scary hardass and people will comply” strategy relies on shock and the tendency for people to freeze up and get rattled when suddenly confronted with a threat from authority or power. They want people to go all deer in the headlights when they get in their face and comply without a fight, or if you fight you’re off guard and rattled and there’s less of risk to them so they just get to wail on you for a while. It’s gratifying for bullies when things are one-sided like that, it makes them feel powerful and righteous. In terms of getting what you want from people, it works well… up to the point that it doesn’t.

      After that point it’s one type of catastrophe or another.

  • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
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    Right and wrong doesn’t exist anymore.

    It’s now right and left. When someone on your team is killed, it’s a tragedy, when someone on the other team is killed, it’s to be celebrated.

    No morals, just agendas.

    Fucking sick.

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        To be honest, WE probably want a civil war more than they do right now.

        I think very few people ACTUALLY want a civil war, Trump included. It’d be a whole lot easier for him if everyone just complied and let him do what he wants. He’s more than willing to deal with a civil war, but if it happens, it will be because he’s gone too far (as if he hasn’t already) and the first “act of war” is going to be from the left in retaliation.

        Again, not saying it wouldn’t be justified, but the White House would rather ease us into compliance than fight a war.

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          I suspect civil trouble was their agenda to get more boots on the ground to start with (whilst they can keep fiddling around, as Rome burns).

          It also takes eyes off the Epstein files.

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    The argument used by law enforcement in these situations is that a car is a deadly weapon, and so it’s justified to kill the driver if you fear they may use the car to kill others. So, the cop just says they feared that and they’re allowed to use lethal force.