I mean, they’ll see this as a green light to go and do the same thing. This whole shitshow is going to enable a bunch of those weirdos to go out and shoot people.
There's a reason why leftists who attend protests are usually way more pro gun than you would expect.
It's very important that protestors not agitate these armed fucking nutjobs moving forward. Do not give them an excuse to raise self-defense because they will continue to be acquitted.
We are going to have another Trayvon or George Floyd and when POC protest a legit murder, fascist chuds are going to gun them down. I’m fucking horrified of what comes next. im ready to buy a gun and join the John Brown brigade
That’s the issue. This should not be their problem. This little fuck went there to start confrontation. You should never have to be worried about getting shot because of a confrontation
Ok, lets just keep having people get shot and killed and have the shooters acquitted because that is exactly what is going to happen in many jurisdictions.
Correct. This just gave perceived immunity to violent escalation during protests. The next few years will be very ugly.
nobody wants that to happen but it should, because the alternative (not protesting because it's dangerous) is worse All we can do is hope that this shit is corrected properly one way or another - but backing down isn't the move
The comments regarding the story are terrifying. Lots of chuds loading up on ammo for the next protest.
On the bright side, we can now rest assured that young, armed black men will fairly be able to stand their ground without repercussions. LOLNO
The verdict emboldens the modern right-wing idea that white people can behave however they want if a black person "provokes" them. Such actions by the white person, even if deadly, are justified under the law. Sad day.
If he and his cunt of a mother ever have a peaceful second again we have failed. Fuck this country this is only going to bring a lot more blood
Between the ruling (expected) today and shit like this it takes a lot to not be completely agitated all the time. The hypocritical nature of complaining about younger people not having kids while trying to stomp out EVERY opportunity for parents to save money, buy a house, and try to be fiscally responsible for their children so they can prevent obvious pitfalls for their kids is absolutely the biggest ‘hoodwink’ they pull over their base. It’s all bullshit and sham optics.
Civil rights lawyer on msnbc was just saying that it's now common to see openly armed chuds 'policing' protests. So you protest against police/right-wing violence => right-wing nuts show up w ARs at protests => fewer people show up at future protests => politicians ignore decreased pressure to reform gun laws. Rinse and repeat.
Who’s the Thiel endorsed senate candidate in AZ? He and Vance are consistent on the pro family rhetoric but from a completely different angle. In short “we should strive for a single income to be sufficient to raise a family”. that’s nice but I don’t see it as remotely tenable. Estimates are 40-50 million jobs will be lost to automation in the next decade. It is noteworthy to hear republicans advocate for policies that would have a decidedly negative impact on GDP growth. That was unthinkable ten years ago.
White suprematist got acquitted for doing white supremacy shit. POC are rightfully hurting and liberals will tell us since everyone involved was white this isn’t an example of hundreds of years of racism in America.
Blake Masters. I went to middle school with him though he’s a couple years younger. He’s a character.
And the other sucky part of that realization is that things will have to get significantly worse for a lot of people before that becomes even possible
How about if you have a right to have a gun, but if someone sees you with a gun, be it a cop or otherwise, they have a right to kill you but you can also kill them? Does that sound fair to everyone?
was just going to say that. The precedent now is if someone confronts you and you have a gun you can shoot. You can’t also have the precedent that people can chase someone down and if that person fights back you can also shoot them
It’s also been said, but go take a look in the mirror, I assume most people in this thread are white males, the height of opportunity in this country. Most of us will absolutely have less chances presented to ourselves to make money, find jobs, and live a *comfortable* life going forward than a kid that just murdered two people and shot a third. Now, imagine yourself not as a white male. If all of that doesn’t scream how broken shit is I don’t know what does.
I definitely expected the guy that endlessly mocked George Floyd's murder to have a more nuanced, non-edge lord take. I am shocked