@Eric_In_Osaka @Pro__Trading @mattvanswol Every cop is a statist thug until proven otherwise. Cop-loving conservatives are delusional conformists cheering on their own extinction.
She is not exaggerating what will happen if they get back in power. And if you think she only means antifa thugs and blue haired trans-activists, and think it only means physical violence, you really have no idea what might be coming.
They will cancel your bank accounts, SWAT you, use every resource of state and local government to harass you, deny permits, levy fines. And then there is the really nasty shit these people do, things you wouldn’t believe. Your AR-15 will not protect you.
I was thrown in jail for investigative journalism. Here in the good old USA. Sure, I wasn’t charged for that. That would be too obvious. They just had some woman claim I assaulted her. I merely talked to her on the street. But it was her word against mine and I spent the day in jail, had to make bail, and then had to hire an attorney to defend myself. She later declined to testify as that would have risked perjury. And the case was dropped, completely dismissed.
But you see, that’s how easy it is for them. Just have someone make a bogus accusation. And you’ll spend a day or two in jail. Even if the prosecutor drops it, you will still go thru a nerve wracking experience and you’ll be out at least $1000 for hiring the attorney. It is a very powerful experience that allows them to make very clear that your “rights” are purely a myth, subject to violation at any time.
When they come for you, they don’t send thugs. They don’t send hitmen. They wreck your life in ways that are perfectly deniable, that you can’t defend yourself from, and will cause others to think your crazy if you claim it was all a set up.
Most of you are simply mentally and emotionally unprepared for how vicious these people fight.
@SITIITTZN@chamath Remember those news stories of fentanyl being added to non-opioid drugs, stories that never quite added up? Contamination from different drugs being prepared on the same surface caught mid-level dealers off guard. Many of those deaths were industry growing pains (Darwin Awards).
@DanSLDNBG@chamath Possibly. I can't think of any particular measures fitting that description but we'll see in time. I doubt any longitudinal trend has much to do with the executive branch but autopen action would not be discernable here as such.
@SquonkLives@chamath The average buyer's tolerance is likely higher now, too. That could go either way, but there are lots of moving parts. Certainly, fentanyl's rise presented the average neighborhood hustler with novel handling issues, mostly ironed out now (some of 'em died and whatnot).
@CompeterG@chamath And the low-levels who couldn't volumetrically dose something that potent have largely exited the gene pool in the last decade & 1/2. That took up a big portion of death rates for a while.
@ThePatriotOasis Wait until they learn the hard way that cops are enemy, too. 'Conservatives' of today are conformist mystics eager to sign their own death warrants so they can go meet Jesus. The left seeks state power to commit murder, the right seeks it to commit suicide.