JonKramer, CIS-HET @JonKramer@social.cleverlibre.org

@obscurestar @StillIRise1963 then the world is populated by children. Because most of us, any of us that have an opinion at least, double down on really bad opinions.

@obscurestar @StillIRise1963 I think the desire to cherry pick data to fit an agenda is universal. I even expect it of myself, and I know my personal motivation/objective is to not do exactly that. We delude ourselves... not sure why.

@Free_Press , I bet his lawyers have advised him to remain silent. He will lie on any financial disclosure forms. It's his nature. Better to pay the fines.

@Free_Press yesterday, I would have guessed that the biggest Jack Daniel's fan lived in a double wide. I would have been wrong. No fire pits are allowed in a trailer park.

Today I suspect the double wide is off the table, replaced by a fabulous Village apartment with a delightful garden, and two loving guys with 7 figure incomes and a really weird cat breed.

I need to retry JD.

@LunarLioness814 , on a side note, the closest I came to putting you on blast was over the "officer down" comments. To me this indicates the core problem with our police forces. That somehow that call is among the worst calls you can hear over the radio. When it should be a far worse call to hear ANYONE else is down. The core responsibility of a police force is to protect the people, not other officers. They should be the body guards we have hired to jump in front of a bullet. But instead we get Uvalde, and multiple decisions by the SCOTUS that police have no constitutional duty to protect.

I have had the call that family has died. And I have broken down on tears over the news. Emotionally, I understand the power of that "officer down" call. But I truly believe that those emotions are used to justify the dehumanization of civilians, which is apparent in most professional interactions with the police.

@LunarLioness814 I feel you there. It's hard to see a guy with no history of malfeasance, and so young, catch the bad luck he did. My best hope is he rethinks his career. Before he becomes what his seniors are.

@obscurestar @StillIRise1963 , true. I hope they try to answer when I ask for a 2nd example, after i respond with 30 other school, business, and public places names. That list is long, and pretty self explanatory.

@ancient_catbus you can't steal from me what I don't own...

@Radical_EgoCom@kolektiva.social I wouldn't have made that connection to the KKK.

@Radical_EgoCom@kolektiva.social I would suggest that overseeing torture should be a capitol offense, and no, I didn't misspell capital. I want capital punishment for certain capitol criminals.

@futurebird that was fascinating.

@DeanObeidallah that hasn't happened yet, and if it does, won't shield the murderer from federal charges. Texas is a state that tried to violate a SCOTUS ruling that requires government to be able to issue pardons. To do this in Texas, all pardons must be recommended by a pardon commission, that never actually meets. So the governor may never actually have a pardon to sign. Abbot may be able to force the commission to meet though... I'm not sure.

@TonyStark this is one of the few times I have agreed with big pharma. No judge, or sets of judges, or legislative body should be dictating the legality of any medical procedure or medication.

@LunarLioness814 I appreciate your viewpoint, but disagree. Until police recognize that their occupation isn't even one of the top 10 most dangerous professions, and things like commercial fishermen and landscaping are far more dangerous, their fears fall on deaf ears with me. They treat civilians as the enemy. They have what, twice the instance of domestic violence than other people? And then claim immunity. Yes, there are good police officers. There are good people in any large enough group. ANY. But the way they interact with the public, violating civil rights, destroying the futures of people... building a habitat house or delivering food to the elderly just doesn't compensate. I will never again trust the police. I look at them as a credible threat, no matter what the situation. Too many bad apples.

@CStamp @NaturaArtisMagistra @StillIRise1963 I keep rereading this post, and I really think this is the root cause of so many problems. Politicians and other government employees violating their oaths. And claiming Sovereign immunity.