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The speech preceded the arrest in the neighborhood of Justice Alito with devices to kill. So to the ruling preceded the arrest of a similarly kitted out weido near where the Obamas live.

Think your way through the similarities.

it's still not a threat. just a statement. explosives are a very real threat. you can try to twist it around any way you like, but that doesn't change the facts.

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Instead of getting upset and angry, why don't you try to make your case about why it's OK to force the web designer lady to act against her beliefs?

It seems analogous to forcing an atheist singer to perform at an Easter celebration or another High Holy Day because he advertises his abilities to sing well enough to charge for them

personally, if i was hired to perform at an Easter Celebration, i'd let them know that i wasn't christian and suggest that maybe they do their research better and then, if they still wanted me to do the gig, i'd do it. money is money. i don't know a lot of performers who'd turn down a paying gig. besides, if he really wanted not to do it, he could simply say he was booked that day instead of telling them he wouldn't do it because he didn't believe in god. if the KKK asked me to do a gig, that's what i'd say; yeah, i would, but dammit, that's the same day the Nazis are celebrating Himmler's bday and i've already said yes.

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And after the speech Senator Schumer gave about "there will be consequences" as a result of the SCOTUS overturning Roe an individual was arrested with similar accouterments of destruction.

Now that we have done our tit-for-tat, I wonder when the violence Felix is predicting will occur.

if you're equating the phrase "there will be consequences" without specifically suggesting that they will be violent rather than political in nature with loading up a van with explosives and threatening to blow up an ex-president, his family, and anyone else in the neighborhood than you have serious issues.

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A more florid and even longer version of saying you do not know when.

A man with numerous firearms and materials to make an explosive was arrested Thursday, June 29 in former President Barack Obama’s Washington, DC, neighborhood after claiming on an internet livestream that he had a detonator.

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I mean your expectations of violence are just foolish fantasies.

1/6 was hardly a fantasy. Felix never said there'd be a civil war, simply that violence would happen. doesn't mean it's going to be on that huge a scale.

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The Supreme court once ruled that corporations are people so that corporations could give political contributions and called it free speech lol

and we all know how that turned out...

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The SCOTUS today also reaffirmed the right to free speech, a bedrock of life in the United States.

and gave a big thumbs up to discrimination on top of that.

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Those regulations will need to be built carefully enough to avoid being struck down. This court takes the 2nd amendment seriously.

and people think you don't have a sense of humor.

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Even now, SCOTUS is preparing to vote on whether or not to reverse the regulation that restricts gun ownership for domestic violence perpetrators. How do you think that's gonna go?

and this is why i am now a gun owner, sadly. can't wait until some asshole walks into my place and starts shooting people.

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And maybe absolutists are ignoring the efforts being taken, especially if the efforts don't involve removing guns from citizens. Whether you like it or not, the no-guns approach isn't on the table, so you might want to come to terms with that reality.

Think about it. And maybe you'll recognize the role absolutist posturing has in trying to address the problem.

as i said ealier. i have come to terms with the reality. doesn't mean i have to like it or wish that people weren't so fucking stupid, but there it is.

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That's got nothing to do with the effort Texas is making to address the school shooting issue. Texas's HB 3, mandating all public schools to have at least one armed security officer or armed school personnel at each public school campus does, even if it's not the way you want it addressed.

you don't think the fact that anyone can legally walk around armed if they feel like it has nothing to do with school shootings? maybe you should think about that. maybe you're part of the problem.

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Texas is trying to do something about it - at least as they see it.

and yet... Beginning September 1, 2021, HB1927 made it legal in Texas for most people 21 or over to carry a handgun in a holster without a permit both openly and/or concealed. This law modified the previous open carry law from 2016 by eliminating the requirement to have a license to carry.

Texas law does not specifically put restrictions on who can carry a long gun such as a rifle or shotgun. However, some people are prohibited from owning or possessing any firearm by law

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Or maybe try to do something about it.

tried that route. people in America value their freedom to own a gun more than they do the lives of children so, eventually i just gave up,

Quote by Chryses

I replied to your inquiry here

Having posted my approval that Texas had recently taken action with HB 3 to protect the children in its public schools, you asked me if what had happened in the past was what I thought of as serious. What prompted you to ask such a question? You know that approval of a future event is not necessarily approval of a past event.

I danced around nothing, for your question, “So, Uvalde isn’t actually in Texas?” related to nothing I had posted. That is why I replied, “Did I suggest that? If not, why did you ask?”

If you wish not to converse with me, stop.

i most graciously accept your heartfelt apology. thank you.

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Is new racism a just response to old racism? I don't think so, but I'm sure there are people who do think so. Revenge isn't justice.

not sure how you see this as revenge.

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Which had nothing to do with Uvalde - in or not in Texas.

i asked a pretty simple question. you declined to answer it. instead you just danced around it and wasted everyone's time like always. this is, btw, why i usually refuse to converse with you - it's not because i disagree with you. it's because you have nothing to add or say to the conversation.

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Did I suggest that? If not, why did you ask?

well, when i mentioned it, you told me i was mistaken. if you're going to make a statement like that, it would be polite to explain what i was mistaken about rather than just put out a blanket statement. so... what was i mistaken about?

for the record, from 1970 to today, there have been 192 school shootings Texas, based on data tracked by the Naval Postgraduate School’s Center for Homeland Defense and Security. so the question i have is, why did it take them 53 years to get serious about it?

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You are mistaken.

So, Uvalde isn't actually in Texas?

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It is good to see that some people, in this instance, the State of Texas, are taking a serious issue seriously.

Isn't Texas the state where the cops hung out outside the door for like 90 minutes while the shooter was busy massacring kids? that's your definition of taking it seriously?

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Then stop trying.

The answer's none

Columbine was multiple shooters. that was 24 years ago, tho. Also one in '83 up here in Seattle that involved multiple shooters. other than that it's usually single shooters. that all said, you're fixating on semantics with a ESL poster.

i've had fun posting pride vids here over the last few weeks. sunday night a close friend of ours opted out of this world and i just don't have the energy or motivation right now so i'm just going to take a break from doing so for a bit. thanks for letting me indulge. love you all. - Rach

Bonus vids, since today is Juneteenth. if you'd known me when i as in my teens and living in oakland, this is what i would have been listening to.