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[–] Lon3star@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And no recourse will occur

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Maybe he will get luigid by a grieving parent?

[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No he won't. Who is going to hold him accountable. A sternly written headline?

You people have twice the outrage of the right with not even half of their ability to act on it.

[–] BeBopaLula@piefed.ca 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

People just don’t get it. The states are now a fascist country.

There’s nobody to go to complain to anymore and even less people that would do anything about it. If you do you will be shipped off to Gitmo.

Give it 6 months and you will be hauled off by the Georgie and Dim on every city street corner for giving them the side glance unless they are off in the alleys robbing or worse between arrests.

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

It's not that they don't have the ability to act on it. They have that. It's the determination they don't have.

I keep waiting for American citizens to wake up to the reality that posting memes and snarky messages on the internet isn't going to overthrow fascism. Voting in midterms isn't going to overthrow it either. You have to get off your ass and do something.

Organize. Resist. Obstruct. Strike.

Fight like your life, or your neighbour's life depends on it, because they very well might.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unless he is convicted for each death personally, no he won't:

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

He'll be responsible, but there will be no consequences.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He is already responsible for dozens of children dying of measles in Samoa, although he won't admit responsibility.

[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

don't think conservatives know the word "responsibility"

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They used to like to preach about how others should take personal responsibility. But it never rubbed off on them.

[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

personal responsibility for republicans:

you have to venmo you underage escort when she gets pregnant for her abortion.

beyond that, nothing

Man I'm not allowed to kill a fetus but he can kill kids?

[–] lupusblackfur@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

experts say

As do a freaking load of rational, responsible, normal-thinking, reasonable regular non-expert people NOT addled by heroin, brainworms, and just bog-standard stupidity.

responsible? yes. Held responsible? absolutely not. not in the entire decade that rubber-faced demon has left on earth. he will not admit, change, or pay recompense for shit

[–] maximumbird@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I hope this dip shit gets another fucking brain worm that finishes the job the last one left behind.

I think you need quite a few worms for that. Make it an infestation and slowly calcificy whatever's left of the old geezer's brain.

[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

that's cruel, the first one starved to death, you want to kill another worm?

[–] PoopSpiderman@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

But he’ll feel validated…

[–] toomanypancakes@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Stop, he can only get so erect.

[–] JTskulk@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I wish there a way he could kill children without risking my health.

[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

when this ordeal is over, they all need to go to jail, not rich people jail.

instead all be forgiven because "healing the nation".. bitch democrats, you are healing the cancer

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

He looks like he’s take a shit.