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[–] Janx@piefed.social 16 points 2 hours ago

The agents don't care. They'll murder you in the street for daring to "disrespect their authority". Protect yourself and others...

[–] U7826391786239@lemmy.zip 37 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

i can't believe ayn rand paul is doing more for the populace than potus

[–] humanamerican@lemmy.zip 20 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Rand Paul and I disagree on many things, but he probably has more integrity than the rest of the Republican Senate caucus combined, and frankly I struggle to think of a Democrat in the Senate who I trust more either.

[–] beetus@lemmy.world 10 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

frankly I struggle to think of a Democrat in the Senate who I trust more either.

...what?

Do you believe Bernie Sanders lacks integrity (maybe you're splitting hairs on "Democrat")? Elizabeth Warren? Mark Kelley?

Idk, this seems like a poor attempt to "both sides"

[–] humanamerican@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 hours ago

Bernie is an Independent.

Warren helped the DNC derail Bernie's presidential run which definitely lost her points in my book.

Kelley seems like a straight shooter. So, we got one.

Your comment seems like a poor attempt to put me in a box because I said a positive thing about a Republican.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 15 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe Ron Wyden? Please correct me if he's done something awful but he's one of only a few members of congress I've seen consistently push for our privacy rights.

[–] humanamerican@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 hours ago

Please correct me if he's done something awful

Not to my knowledge. We can keep him on the nice list... For now

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 10 points 4 hours ago

I can believe it - it's just another measure of how fuX0r3d we are.

[–] hector@lemmy.today 39 points 5 hours ago

So they say now. It matters what they do when their foot soldiers violate peoples' rights in the field, and arresting them and taking all of their biometrics without a warrant and releasing without charge isn't acceptable, and that's what they have license to do, if not manufacture a charge, play victim and claim to have been hurt, or just summarily execute them and then declare they were acting in self defense despite irrefutable video evidence they didn't have cause.

Especially your 2nd amendment right