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There’s a shop in Portland that just got busted for selling shrooms out of a storefront. They were selling for a while, but then they started advertising on a b
by eh9 4y ago
There’s a shop in Portland that just got busted for selling shrooms out of a storefront. They were selling for a while, but then they started advertising on a billboard and the pigs(ACAB) shut it down.
I would love it if someone explained what they were thinking when they opened a shroom shop right on a Main Street. This happened recently[1].
[1] https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2022/12/08/portland-police-raid-shroom-house-overnight/ https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2022/12/08/portland-police...
- eh9 4y ago[flagged]
- Der_Einzige 4y agoHN is not a revolutionary platform.
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- eh9 4y agoI wasn’t aware I was taking a revolutionary stance. This is a common sentiment in my community.
- bradlys 4y agoHN in general isn’t a super progressive space. It’s inherently capitalistic (it’s owned by a VC) and that is going to favor cops more often than not. (Need someone to be the strong arm of capital)
- wnolens 4y ago> This is a common sentiment in my community I think you are in a bubble. Even in NYC where cops are quite hated, I never hear the ACAB/abolish sentiment.
- eh9 4y agoIdk bud. I think you’re in a bubble. I happen to be brown. Maybe that skews my sample.
- seanw444 4y agoIt's annoying and unnecessary, even as someone who isn't an utter back-the-blue person myself. Your point would have been perfectly conveyed without shoving "pigs(ACAB)" in there. Kind of for the same reason that vegans making it a point to tell you they're vegan, despite nobody asking, is quite obnoxious. It only serves to discredit your point.
- eh9 4y agoI don’t think so. In this specific instance, the cops particularly sucked. This shop wasn’t hurting anyone and based on the lines out the door they were providing a much wanted service for the community. I thought the donut munchers were supposed to serve and protect? Whose interests were being served and protected? Fuck the police. It’s still considered murder if a cop did it.
- 93po 4y agoI don't find the sentiment annoying but I do think the sentiment could be less ham-fisted (hah).
- eh9 4y agoLol. I’ll encode it a bit next time. 1312
- chrononaut 4y agoConstantly stating "ACAB" works against what you're trying to accomplish in your peer group. In fact, in order to influence substantial changes within any organization you would want that organization populated by people you trust and respect. Stating "ACAB" just discourages the very changes you want to see.
- eh9 4y ago[flagged]
- laserdancepony 4y agoWe've seen in Portland how society functions without policing. No thanks.
- eh9 4y agoJust… fine? Spend the money they spend on police on housing and maybe things look closer to Germany. Seriously though, how are things even remotely worse with less policing?
- laserdancepony 4y agoI am now 100% sure you mistake HN for some kind of revolutionary forum.
- eh9 4y ago[flagged]
- laserdancepony 4y agoI knew, it had to come to this. Your kind is destroying everything it touches. I'll just find a new website without your kind when it get's unbearable.
- laserdancepony 4y agoI'm not your peer by visiting this website. I think you may conflate things.
- eh9 4y agoYou’re right. Let me get my “hacker” news in a place that verifies for “hackers”.