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lark

(26,113 posts)
1. RW racists, if they are straight white males, can kill any of us for no reason & get away with it.
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 09:30 AM
Nov 2021

There is no real justice in America, just RW lunacy where laws don't matter unless you are a woman or a minority.

Response to keithbvadu2 (Reply #2)

Solomon

(12,652 posts)
4. Broke into a chamber full of our leaders at the head of a shouting mob wearing a backpack that did
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 09:52 AM
Nov 2021

not go through a metal detector. Nope. No threat of imminent danger there. White skin is everything in this country.

Response to Solomon (Reply #4)

Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)
8. The shit was climbing through an interior broken window. Rittenhouse's victims didn't break & enter.
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 11:17 AM
Nov 2021

flying_wahini

(8,281 posts)
7. I'm thinking Lyon, France may be a good place to be for the next year or so.
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 10:49 AM
Nov 2021

Sick of their shit.

AncientOfDays

(271 posts)
9. Here's a prime example
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 11:44 AM
Nov 2021

When Rittenhouse killed Rosenbaum for throwing a plastic bag at him,
right-wingers called it "self defense"

When Reinoehl killed the Proud Boy charging toward him with bear mace and
metal rod, right-wingers called it "murder" and applauded when the cops
murdered Reinoehl.

NoMoreRepugs

(12,228 posts)
10. How do semi intelligent individuals who know this is wrong
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 11:51 AM
Nov 2021

still vote Republican? I cannot comprehend the thought process that gets you past that.

TheRickles

(3,533 posts)
11. It's not a thought process, it's about emotions.
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 11:55 AM
Nov 2021

Their cortexes are being overwhelmed by emotions (the limbic system).

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