• ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    weird how he has been ranting non stop about “radical leftist” judges and their huge conspiracy, and they need to purge them… and then some supporter goes and attacks a judge.
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    kinda exactly like stochastic terrorism and not too hard to prove in court

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      What I don’t understand is, why would we need to wait for someone’s house to be set on fire to make it stick in court? The intent and actions of the stochastic terrorist are still the same.

      Our legal system is pretty stupid that way.

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        in past cases i’ve only heard of it being pursued in civil courts after the fact… feels like there’s something different when talking about judges but he always qualifies his rhetoric…
        like “and there’s only one thing left to do, with this giant conspiracy using the law to manipulate the government! (pause) pursue legal action within the guidelines of the law, of course!”.
        it seems a lot like he’s implying legal action is pointless and it’s time to do illegal things….
        also looking at the director of the fbi and attorney general doesn’t give me hope they’ll pursue this one….

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    The wild thing about Stephen Miller is that, even if he never opened his mouth. Even if you had no idea about his politics or his stance on literally anything. You could just look at this guy and think “Yeah…this guy looks like he definitely has an SS uniform in his closet at home.”

    He could be a nobody on the street, and you’re a casting director for a big time WW2 film looking for extras to play nazi officers. You see him and you think “My god…he’s perfect.”

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    How is this not bigger news!

    I have to listen to weeks about some random podcaster getting shot, but a judge whose made judgements against trump has their house burned down and everyone is all quite?

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        Shhhh with your logical thinking, we need to jump to conclusions and start blaming each other before learning any facts.

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          I understand what you mean, but my criticism is with the news/reporting.

          Weve had multiple democratic politicians be attacked and murdered whose whole time in the spotlight doesn’t cover the media attention that Kirk got.

          Hell, we still don’t really know why Kirk was shot.

          In this political climate, a judge’s house going up in flames should be a huge story. Sure it could end up being nothing, but so did the story with Kirk.

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      To be fair, Kirk’s murder was graphic and in a public event. He was a pretty-well known figure, whereas most people don’t know who this specific judge is. The arson didn’t happen in a packed crowd in broad daylight.

      This probably should be bigger news, but is makes sense why it isn’t as widely talked about

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    forced to jump from the first floor to escape the blaze. He is understood to have suffered multiple broken bones

    Am I missing something here?

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    Oh is he doing that Netanyahu thing where he makes a statement that he didn’t do it while the fire’s still burning?

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    If you think of Republicans like Sinn Fein, then “maga” is basically the terrorist wing, so maga is like their IRA. Except in this case, the conservatives are fighting for the end of democratic principles (and human rights, etc.).

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    So… has the fire been officially deemed arson? Last I saw they were still investigating the cause. The one calling it arson in the article is a congressman, not the fire department.