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ACAB but I don’t agree with vigilantism.

Even if you could get away with it, it’s only a matter of time before some vigilante decides that they too like the cops are the law and starts abusing people.

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Oohh, great idea!

They did the same in the US and Mexico many times already! Start a group of people that protect the others. Obviously, they’ll need guns to do so. They’ll need to recruit new members willing to apply force and so in no time you have the next gang that cuts people into pieces and hangs them from bridges for failed drug sales while they kidnap their next victim for quick money.

Vigilantism never ends well, we are not batman, we are human.

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Batman is a human! His superpower is billions and billions of dollars. But it doesn’t seem like that’s very realistic either.

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I believe the “police police” is called Internal Affairs.

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how well are they doing at their job?

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You’re probably not wrong

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Peaceful protesting only works for so long.

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Commander Data discusses terrorism with captain Picard.

Note the prediction for the “Irish Unification of 2024”

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I’d bet they’d understand “lose your job and go to prison”, but somehow it’s a language we’re incapable of speaking.

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anybody still waiting around for government and democracy to fix this shit is extremely naive. government is just a form of organization. we have all the tools to organize without the help of government.

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Thats true but i do hope we approach our organization a tad bigger and a bit more sensitive then a cop punishing vigilante ring.

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I don’t think people are smart or sane enough for self governance. Just look how many trump supporters there are. To let them wild and expect to have some sane self organisational system that isn’t outright slavery of minorities…

Democracy is a screening test for anarchism, first step. If you fail it, there is no sense pursuing the latter. Only country apparently smart enough to arrive at the next step - direct democracy, is Switzerland.

What we all really mean is that the current borders in the age of internet grow weaker and weaker. People want to have their own countries with likeminded folks. It’s only a matter of time before internet tribalism materialises in reality as the web permeates our culture deeper and deeper.

USA will probably split sooner or later unless someone can unite people again.

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I imagine a bunch of people dress as green arrow running around yelling “YOU’VE FAILED THIS CITY” and I’m not entirely opposed to it.

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Every time there’s a civilian review board it gets undermined by the police and politicians (who rely on the police unions to stay in power).

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This post has been flagged by the FBi for trying to hold police accountable.

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In general, fire ant don’t bite, they sting. Not that it changes what a piece of shit the cop is, but I wish the headline was accurate to what happened.

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They do both. They use their mandibles to bite and latch on, while they spin around their latch point and repeatedly sting in a circle. The twisting (from them spinning in circles while latched on) and repeated stinging is what creates the characteristic burning sensation that gives them their name.

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I thought they bite to hang on while they sting you. Not that you notice the bite so much in that case but it makes them harder to shake off.

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which is also how people became so adamant that they bite and don’t sting. it’s a lot easier to see the bite.

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Ruben Espinoza, the police chief for the Santa Fe Independent School District

Why the fuck does a school district need a police chief?

Espinoza accused her of “being erratic and noncompliant”

FTFY: ‘Espinoza accused her of “being erratic and not respecting my authoritai”’

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I’d be fucking erratic and noncompliant too with my FACE IN A FIRE ANT HILL

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You can’t reform or fix a collective of abusers and evil people. ACAB.

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