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      Just need every american doing this to stop the fascist steamroller before it picks up more momentum.

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    I salute the man holding this camera. A true American, protecting and standing up for the disenfranchised

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    Now that’s what a fucking legend sounds like, you tell those piss weak excuses for men exactly how much they’re pathetic cowards.

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    That’s a lotta 1A

    Is there a minimum required distance from these guys, where it makes your lawyer’s job harder if you get too close even if not touching?

    And is profanity OK & any volume? Maybe jurisdiction dependent. IDK when they slap the “disorderly” stuff on you.

    Think I recall middle finger to police was protected speech at some point, IDK maybe somebody knows this stuff. Obviously every American should feel comfortable protesting generally, just curious about finer details (can protest longer when not in jail)

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      In most states, “pig buffer zone” laws have been stricken because they all violate 1A. However, some states haven’t lost in court yet. In most states, “interference with the police” requires a physical act or explicit threat, not a particular distance.

      You can tell the cops to go fuck themselves. That’s covered by Cohen v. California, going back to 1971, and other related cases before and after that time. You cannot assume that “any volume is OK in all situations”. But out on the sidewalk during the day, it is typically true that yelling “fuck the police” is protected by 1A.

      Yes, the one finger salute is entirely protected. If you give a pig the bird and they arrest you, they’ll try to find another charge to cover up the badness, and if they fail then you will probably win your civil rights lawsuit.

      Remember, though, that the pigs don’t care about the law. If they want to arrest you, they will, and as they say, “you can beat the rap but you can’t beat the ride”.

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        Wow, thank you. Super interesting. (Only knew the term)

        So, perhaps if the protest from the video had happened in 1942, it would have been illegal, but perhaps today it was okay. Only referring to the speech and not the volume or proximity.

        If they’re going to keep doing signing bonuses they should add on enough classes for them to become constitutional scholars. Happily pay for that

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        & it was also slightly chasey too wasn’t it?

        We don’t want protestors shot over a few inches when it’s (presumably or arguably) equally effective two steps back

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          Ya, I think the more appropriate way if you’re chasing someone off is to get further back the more further they run away.

          If they stop retreating, then decrease the distance again.

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    That was a surprisingly calm reaction by the ICE officers. An angry guy insulted and screamed at them and all they did was tell him to leave.

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      Fuck right off dude, these videos help people feel less afraid of ICE and it’s probably more than you’re doing anyway

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          Im not doing anything.

          Oh shit, we got ourselves an armchair liberal! Hey everybody, this guy has all the answers! Tell me, oh great sage, how can I perform time travel to stop you looking like a moron?

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            No, youve got someone who isnt a dumb as fuck American social media moron, who thinks screaming abuse at people does anything but make you look like a prick. Youve done the same thing for over a decade, and things have only ever gotten worse. And you still wont get out of your fucking way, because youre all terrified of being wrong.

            If having actual fucking nazis disappering people of the streets isnt a wake up call to how badly youve all messed this up. I dont know what is. Good fucking luck with that, bro beans…

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              Damn, dude, my bad. I mean, world hunger and climate change are also my fault by that logic, so I’ve got a rather large to-dp list. Mind taking a few of them off my hands?

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          Way to assume no one, at all, ever, tried to have a calm debate with people and changed minds. Sorry you weren’t paying enough attention.

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          Instead of calling that person a moron, a cunt, a racist, a homophobe, a bigot, you could have explained to him the issues that he wasnt seeing it. You could have led him to resources that gave him a more well rounded picture of what was happening.

          Those comments were there. They never got responses.

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      This is either deeply cynical and disingenuous and you are an ICE apologist, or you’re an absolute coward and moron, take your pick. I guess it could be all of the above, actually.

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        Or, I could be exactly what I appear to be. Someone who is calling you out on your shitty behaviour in your own shitty behaviour echo chamber, and you dont like it. So now youre making shit up to make yourself feel better. Because exactly nothing I said, points to any of the conclusions that you presented. So I guess, you must be just another in this ever growing gaggle of caved brained cunts who thinks they can just say things, and it magically becomes reality.

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          I’ve kept scrolling through this post and you seem to have the answers. Where are you from?

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            Reading bennyboy blabber on reminds me of:

            "nowadays, everybody wanna talk like they got somethin’ to say

            But nothin’ comes out when the move their lips, just a bunch of gibberish"

            This removed is lecturing on like they got the world’s problems all solved. Where’s all your solutions, bennyremoved?

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    Imagine what could be if just 10% of the democrats had half of this guys courage and determination?

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      Imagine further what could be if we stopped blaming the people who aren’t the ones causing the problem

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      Also imagine what could be if the non-voting masses had NOT enabled and empowered the fascists and bigots AGAIN.

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        You’re fighting a fight you lost last year. Everyone could have done more to prevent this and there’s a lot of blame to go around. Either invent time travel or deal with the present as it is.

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          Oh, so it’s like school shootings, then!
          “Now is not the time to talk about gun control!”

          We still seem to see these idiots - who let a rabid badger into everybody’s house - smugly fingering their purity asshole ring, seemingly going: “Come on, Democrats… dazzle me! Pick up the badger with your bare hands… as I hurl feces at you!”

          It is still a valid point to make, to point out the goddamned useless deadweights, for anybody who might still be influenced by these useless stunted narcissists who deliberately act as if they can’t tell the difference between shit and Shine-o-la.

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            I guess we’ll see if the same strategy doesn’t work for you again. Stay the course I’m sure nothing will go wrong.

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        The whole world thanks the non voting masses for lifting that viel off the USofA. They at least have some conscience unlike the rest of the arrogant losers in the left and right.

        US is now killing and disappearing people inside their own borders, instead of half way across the world. And even their allies are waking up to distance themselves from the trainwreck it has become. You can blame trump and non voters all you want but it was building up for decades.

        Thank you for your service mfs.

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      Seriously, holy shit. Guy was ready to get shot and wasn’t taking any crap about it.

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      Honestly we could use more of this. Not necessarily bad stuff, but communication at minimum. Fuck ICE, fuck the police for allowing terrorists and backing them up. ACAB.

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        Oh not throwing shade, it was a masterclass of expressing dissatisfaction and gave the ice agents exactly the amount of respect they deserve.

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          No it wasnt. It was some asshole repeated calling people “stupid removed”. If breaks my heart that you think thats a “masterclass” of expressing anything.

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            Vulgarity, yelling and screaming actually were very useful in that situation and were perfect for the intended outcome, to be intimidating. I think that was the perfect choice for expressing how he felt and to get the result he wanted.

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                I think that your attitude towards communication is based off of an assumption that academic centric linguistics are inherently intellectually superior and appropriate for all social situations, and that by having this view you view yourself as intellectually superior to others who do not subscribe to that manner of speaking at all times, and enjoy passing judgement on others as inferior to you because they use the word fuck.

                This is a narrow view of linguistics, social dynamics, politics and debate.

                The primary goal of that man was to get those ICE agents away from those Hispanic looking people and to leave. These agents are unlikely to have their mind changed with calm, reasonable debate. In fact, these types of people view that style of communication as weak, and would have not been intimidated or moved to leave.

                So, in that regard, yes, that was a master class of communication, because he used his words, and only his words, to get two armed people to not kidnap people off of the streets and leave.

                A calm, intellectual debate would not have worked.

                I suggest that you consider how you attitude is, frankly, a little classist, and narrow in scope.

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                  Well, they arent going to leave, are they? Fucking hell, you need to go outside, son. Touch some grass, and see the real world and real people and how they actually work. Cos if you think this is going to make anyone leave, Ive got a Nigerian Prince I can introduce you to that has a money he wants to give you…

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                I want every ICE agent to go home and cry themselves to sleep because everyone is mean to them, and dread going to work in the morning because everyone fucking hates them. They can choose to quit whenever they want and be happier afterwards.

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                  That would be a fascinating thing to see, this guy as the ‘bad cop’ and then someone next to him being the ‘good cop’ saying things like ‘You have all this training and experience. There are people out there who need your help. You could be out there helping them, saving families instead of tearing them apart. You could be someone’s hero instead of the henchmen of a villain who uses you as a disposable, nameless distraction from his own crimes.’ or something like that.

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                  You really think you calling them cunt is going to make them go home and cry? You dont think they arent just going to go home and say to their husband or wife “You’ll never guess what some blue haired land whale screamed at me today! lol”?

                  The more you dig in, the more they dig in. The more they dig in, the more you dig in. And in the end, they’re better organised than you, and have better grifters. Or you cant stop acting like fucking children, and actually accomplish something.

                  But you do you. I mean, what youve been doing for past 9 years has done nothing, but make it all worse. Im sure this next time will be the one though… right?

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                If these dudes cared about facts they wouldn’t be participating in ICE. There’s no changing their minds. Best option is for them to go home and dome themselves when they realize how worthless they are and that no one decent will ever care about them.

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                That’s kind of silly, isn’t it? ICE doesn’t care about facts, logic, and rights. You could craft the perfect persuasive speech and it would mean nothing to them because they lack basic morals. But insults? They understand those, and they hate being disrespected.

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            It seems to be the only language these “agents” understand. Part of resisting a fascist regime is demoralizing their followers where they start to lose confidence in their choices and leaders direction.

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                I get what you’re saying and theoretically you’re right in some contexts but I would just like to say that I think you’re completely wrong here.

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                As somebody that has always been diplomatic in conflict resolution.: I feel that talking is too late. They don’t care, they have an agenda, they will carry it out.

                You can talk out a problem with a rational thinking person, but you can’t reason with the people that think what they are doing is OK.

                There was a newer study that has identified a personality trait. It identifies the type of person that supports hairbrained ideas from a person they’d normally not agree with if they feel they are winning against the enemy.

                So you have Christians who should denounce Trump for what he is and has done, but they feel empowered because he’s helping the fight the enemy.

                The whole American I got mine mentality personified To change their mind means they are losing.

                My old inlaws grew up in wartime Germany, they describe what we see today as exactly how Hitler swayed the country. It wasn’t till other countries stepped in with violence that the German populartion came to their senses. Talking to your neighbour about them supporting the SS changed noones mind ( that believed the Jews were the enemy.)