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[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

No. His MURDER of a person was in a public place, he didn't have a carry permit, was not the owner of the firearm used because he was too young to be a registered owner, and he transferred said weapon across state lines.

So, No...what he did was not legal. He just got off because of the jury. Big fucking difference, asshole.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

Who are these brain dead weirdo losers sitting around online drawing arrows on someone's minor man boobage?

Honestly this headline and comments alone make me feel so out of touch. Like I'll go online. And yeah I'll call someone a dumbass if they're saying dumbass things. And yeah it's not that civil I suppose, but what are these weird ass people doing?

Why can't they sit at home and play an MMO all day and not bother anyone? Why can't they watch daytime TV all day? No. They spend their time completely absorbed in the business and private affairs of strangers and they think it has anything to do with policy or politics. These people could be dismissed as unserious lunatics if the shit they were spouting and things they were doing weren't so dangerous and violent.

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[–] Dreamless4561 20 points 4 months ago
[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago

The far-right group Q-ANON went a step further, saying that he was secretly a transgender psy-op and crisis actor in the Sandy Hook shooting.

Qanon isn't an organized group. It's a bunch of internet shitheads believing in culty bullshit. Don't give it any more status than it deserves.

Let's recommend some books:

Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America

The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family

It Came from Something Awful: How a Toxic Troll Army Accidentally Memed Donald Trump into Office

Culture Warlords: My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy

After the Fact?: The Truth about Fake News

Only the first two are explicitly about Qanon. But they all work together as a theme.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

i will say, for how stupid i think this kid is, i will say this is pretty based.

Now, don't make me eat my words and take this back as soon as trump calls you stinky and gross.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago

Nobody cares about this dude tbh 😂

[–] Justas 19 points 4 months ago

There should be some kind of club "called transgender by people I criticised".

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago

You’re irrelevant, Rittenhouse. Siddown.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago

That is truly hilarious.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago

Well now Rittenhouse has done it. He has nowhere to go, no one to be with.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago

The golden boy is a girl? So weird.

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