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Hmmm, and they didn't have video of the event, why?
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The US is basically Road 96 without even having the excuse of some massive, false flag terror attack (unless you count 9/11 which is almost too old to date Leonardo DiCaprio at this point).
But Tyrak is in power And no Flores to vote for
I would be scared shitless traveling out of country now.
Last time I was at the rainbow bridge (Niagara falls crossing) and stepped into the building, there was your typical cordoned aisles etc, but what struck me was the array of 6 large televisions, mounted above everyone's heads, and POINTED DIRECTLY AT THE COUNTER WINDOWS blasting fox news at the people behind the desks! Put yourself in the shoes of the person working at that window. You have people coming up to you, looking for assistance, and immediately above their heads you are being blasted with fascist fox propaganda!
It's fucking disgusting!
....also fuck this clown, he got exactly what he voted for and deserves much worse! "I nEvEr ThOuGhT tHe lEOpArDs WoUlD eAt mY FaCe"
Honestly I have received the same treatment for decades on different occasions. Mostly when I had long hair, I was detained so many times for no reason. Sometimes handcuffed, often illegally searched. They profile the fuck out of everyone, it's been this way forever. I'm not saying it isn't getting worse.
My family is traveling to Toronto in a little while and we decided to plan a short travel day on our return trip in case the border takes too long. My longest US border detainment was 4 hrs. Me and three friends had spent a few days camping in British Columbia in college. They searched everything, interviewed us all separately. That one was 30 years ago but I've had more recent events too
If you think this stuff is new you haven't been paying attention. It's why I'm a constitutional rights advocate now. No matter what party is in power, the government needs limits.
Same vibes
This is the point where he lost me
"I really thought things would change after this administration, when we have Mr. Trump in office, things would change to the better," Atallah said. "Things actually changed to the worse."
He voted for this. I have no sympathy for him.
Jesus Christ, how fucking dense do you have to be?
"I really thought things would change after this administration, when we have Mr. Trump in office, things would change to the better," Atallah said. "Things actually changed to the worse."
If only there had been signs.
I really wish I could read minds man. Its likely for the best I can't.
MF has a black hole for a head, you'd never escape
I feel like there's a large subset of people that will just believe anything if it's said confidently.
on reddit someone said the stupid people(magats, conservatives), often are "stupidly confidant" because they are unaware that thier views and motives are wrong, so they assume they are in the right most of the time. even a Law school/MD can lack smarts in many areas, despite being book smart.
No one is good at everything. I reckon the people sucked into MAGA were the people with no skill in bullshit detection.
Credulous people.
That's a different axis to any other category of smart, though so many are also stupid
It's Dunning-Kruger all the way down.
"The masses have never thirsted after truth. They turn aside from evidence that is not to their taste, preferring to deify error, if error seduce them. Whoever can supply them with illusions is easily their master; whoever attempts to destroy their illusions is always their victim. An individual in a crowd is a grain of sand amid other grains of sand, which the wind stirs up at will."
- Gustave Le Bon
Human nature unironically, not jokingly makes me want to kill myself.
Atallah is planning to leave for Lebanon in a few days, and he is not sure what will happen when he tries to return.
*raises one eyebrow* How strong a mental block can people have, that even after this experience returning from Canada, he's "not sure what will happen" when he returns from Lebanon?
to el salavador actually.