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The one who threw a ham sandwich at a Nazi at a protest?
by inigyou 3mo ago
The one who threw a ham sandwich at a Nazi at a protest?
- GaryBluto 3mo agoYou mean the guy who assaulted a federal officer and got off scot-free? Woe is him.
- Nextgrid 3mo agoThat's selective enforcement though. It's only "assault" because it was done against a cop. It's "just being a dick" when done against anyone else. The danger of constant surveillance is that a lot more of these "being a dick" incidents will be prosecuted when politically convenient (because equal, fair prosecution of all incidents would not happen as that would quickly cause the law to be changed, preventing its future use selective enforcement).
- GaryBluto 3mo agoI think that throwing a submarine sandwich at anybody would be considered assault or battery (unwanted, offensive physical contact), although I do think selective enforcement could be a real problem in the future.
- sadlyuramoron 3mo ago[dead]
- xboxnolifes 3mo agoYou think if someone threw a sandwich at you and then just walked off, you'd be able to get in contact will law enforcement and get them to arrest the guy?
- RajT88 3mo agoYou've nailed the issue in the justice system. When the recipient of harassment has power, or the recipient is favored by those in power for whatever reason, the response is disproportionate. It shouldn't be so, but it is. It's human nature; the powerful use that power to defend their interests, unless prevented from doing so. The people without power or favor get watered down justice, if at all. The system isn't architected around this, but it's not architected to prevent it either.
- Ydarbleoj 3mo agoAssault is doing some heavy lifting here for the sensitive crowd.
- zahlman 3mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggshell_skull https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggshell_skull Everyone is legally entitled to this protection.
- zahlman 3mo agoJust to be clear, by "Nazi" you mean a CBP officer? And you consider this to be definitionally true; or do you have specific evidence of Greg Lairmore doing something that merits comparison to that regime? Or do you actually believe that "people who entered a country without authorization and remained there long term with the intent of defying all local immigration law, should be extradited, by force if necessary" is comparable to killing a significant fraction of an entire ethnic demographic, worldwide, while simultaneously waging expansionist land wars?
- zahlman 3mo agoHow come when you use extreme, beyond-the-pale rhetoric, that stays up; but when I politely point out that your rhetoric is extreme and beyond the pale, that gets flagged?