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meaculpa2011

(918 posts) Thu Dec 4, 2014, 08:42 AM Dec 2014

Eric Garner's crime was not against person or property. [View all]

Eric Garner was an enemy of The State.

Eric Garner committed the Unforgivable Sin: Depriving The State of tax revenue.

For his crime, The City of New York imposed the death penalty.

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Eric Garner's crime was not against person or property. [View all] meaculpa2011 Dec 2014 OP

Yup. littlewolf Dec 2014 #1

Is this Libertarian Underground now? nt Lee-Lee Dec 2014 #2

No we don't want to throw the poor out into the wild to fend for themselves Kalidurga Dec 2014 #3

But just against taxes? Lee-Lee Dec 2014 #4

No I think it's a thing against Kalidurga Dec 2014 #6

No. It's a message board where we speak out... meaculpa2011 Dec 2014 #18

You mean Liberals are not supposed to care about citizens being murdered by police over sabrina 1 Dec 2014 #29

Raising taxes on tobacco is not a liberal value??? Lee-Lee Dec 2014 #31

No, it is not. It is nothing but a ploy to start yet another 'war' on something. No Liberal I know sabrina 1 Dec 2014 #34

No. His sin was being a black man who refused to cower. morningfog Dec 2014 #5

Disagree brooklynite Dec 2014 #8

His prior record is irrelevant to whether the arrest morningfog Dec 2014 #10

Okay, the selling of untaxed cigarettes is a violation of the law... brooklynite Dec 2014 #13

It's a ticket marym625 Dec 2014 #16

Sure. But you could be subject to arrest morningfog Dec 2014 #17

As is jaywalking, going five over the speed limit and placing loose change in parking meters... LanternWaste Dec 2014 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author marym625 Dec 2014 #7

Cigarette tax in NYC is $5.85 per pack. meaculpa2011 Dec 2014 #11

from what I understand it was one marym625 Dec 2014 #12

Did I not get the point of your post? marym625 Dec 2014 #15

Garner's crime was against regressive taxation meow2u3 Dec 2014 #9

So, tax evasion is now okay, as long as its a tax we don't like... brooklynite Dec 2014 #14

When I see aggressive pursuit of other tax evaders and avoiders, the sort who have lawyers Bluenorthwest Dec 2014 #19

If we had a national police force who's job was enforcing all national, state and local laws... brooklynite Dec 2014 #27

I was decrying the double standard of tax evasion meow2u3 Dec 2014 #23

Wondered how libertarians were gonna make this about their pet bullshit alcibiades_mystery Dec 2014 #20

Loitering and jaywalking don't cost... meaculpa2011 Dec 2014 #21

Loitering and jaywalking don't cost the city money, which is precisely why your argument is bullshit alcibiades_mystery Dec 2014 #22

"You must learn to govern your passions, doctor. meaculpa2011 Dec 2014 #24

As important, one must also learn to avoid the logical fallacy, Post hoc ergo prompter hoc. LanternWaste Dec 2014 #33

Will the police go after Mitt Romney and Jamie Dimon next? FSogol Dec 2014 #25

No apparently they are just "borrowing." lonestarnot Dec 2014 #26

No. That's the point. n/t meaculpa2011 Dec 2014 #28

Take this LOLbertarian shit over to Freeperland. Odin2005 Dec 2014 #30

+1 n/t FSogol Dec 2014 #37

My husband and I were talking about this last night. Skidmore Dec 2014 #35

"Imposed the death penalty" Ykcutnek Dec 2014 #36

Taxing poor people into permanent... meaculpa2011 Dec 2014 #38