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NEWS - Republicans are attempting to pass a bill an extreme anti-protest bill
SeventhSandwich:
--- Quote from: Planr on January 23, 2017, 01:17:26 AM ---oops did i say legal i meant lethal lol
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Ok, that's more reasonable. But honestly why shouldn't Republicans support it either? Sane usage of force shouldn't be a partisan issue IMO.
DrenDran:
--- Quote from: SeventhSandwich on January 23, 2017, 01:18:01 AM ---for real?
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Complaining about "authoritarianism" is just one big slippery slope fallacy and the reality is we lose nothing as a nation if we don't allow people to block highways. Worst comes to worst I feel like those guys aren't the sanitary workers, soldiers, construction workers etc. that actually keep society functioning. If we have to set an example by shooting a few wanna-be revolutionaries with useless gender studies majors then so be it. The state won't be worse off, the people I care about won't be worse off, and I won't be worse off.
Rabbot32:
--- Quote from: IkeTheGeneric on January 23, 2017, 01:19:51 AM ---I loving wonder why. Are you all mental or just edgy?
Also I'm fairly sure this won't pass. The majority of the state congress here is fairly sane and it's a pretty republican thing to not want to make everyone distrust the police force even moreso.
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--- Quote from: Rabbot32 on January 23, 2017, 12:57:27 AM ---Story here.
This is highly unconstitutional and will most likely be thrown out of the government before it can get off the ground,
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Trogtor:
the problem is there is really no other way stopping all of these riots other than lethal force. but that's never the answer.
SeventhSandwich:
--- Quote from: DrenDran on January 23, 2017, 01:22:17 AM ---Complaining about "authoritarianism" is just one big slippery slope fallacy and the reality is we lose nothing as a nation if we don't allow people to block highways.
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Again, you're completely missing the point here. Nobody is disputing whether blocking highways should be illegal. In fact, it already is.
The problem is that choosing to legalize lethal force against highway-blockers is completely insane. There already exist dozens of effective crowd dispersal methods that do not involve murdering unarmed civilians.
--- Quote from: Trogtor on January 23, 2017, 01:24:51 AM ---the problem is there is really no other way stopping all of these riots other than lethal force. but that's never the answer.
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This bill has nothing to do with riots. It's about people who block highways.