• Warl0k3@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Why in the fuck are we suddenly cheering extrajudicial killing just because, for once, it wasn’t someone from our side?

    … Oh, yeah okay, it wasn’t someone from our side. For once.

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      5 months ago

      Because the judicial system has failed categorically. The only people getting beaten down by it are “on our side”, that kinda means extrajudicial means of justice are the only ones left.

      Unrelated, but what do boots taste like? Are they as leathery as id imagine, or more earthy?

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          There’s a difference between praising cops and appreciating the irony of the guy who supported Trump, lover of police violence, dying in a police shoot-out.

          Similarly, on a historical note, I’m not going to praise mass-murderer Stalin for killing Nazis to save his own ass, but I sure as hell am not going to condemn him for it.

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            5 months ago

            Sure, and the irony in the original post is as obvious as it is in scubus’ comment. They seem to present this - an extrajudicial killing by the police, the enforcement arm of the judicial system - as an example of the extrajudicial justice we must rely on since the judicial system has categorically failed us. It just doesn’t make sense (and it has nothing to do with my initial comment)

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              What should we rely on instead to stop these extremely violent people who got a full pardon? Because as far as I can tell, the only way they will be stopped is if they go up against the fascist cops.

              That’s not praising the cops, that’s saying there’s no one else. Because there is no one else.

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                5 months ago

                Squiddy, are you seriously saying our only hope is the cops? I know you love arguing against things but if that’s what you sincerely believe you have lost your damn mind.

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                  It’s called fighting fire with fire.

                  Again, what should we rely on instead? You didn’t answer.