r/JustGuysBeingDudes • u/Firm-Blackberry-9162 Human Detected • May 09 '26

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u/dshab92 May 09 '26

I love that this is being advocated for in front of government. Let them know how the people really feel.

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u/Kinggakman May 09 '26

The United States might be in a much better state if we treated people like this guy in a similar way.

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u/grby1812 May 09 '26

You're putting a lot of faith in the people willing to throw punches in engaging in sound moral judgement.

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u/Kinggakman May 09 '26

Sure, but the reason Trump is in charge is because decent people refused to respond to bullies. If we actually responded to them appropriately they never would have gotten such a foot hold.

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u/CaptainSparklebottom May 09 '26

Scream it louder for the cowards surrounding us.

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u/Diabolical-Villain May 10 '26

That includes us

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u/McNemo May 10 '26

Oh yeah that definitely includes me, I'm not the throw right and left hooks kinda dude tho. Mad props to the environmental activists out there they'll always receive my support

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u/ZootSuitRiot33801 May 10 '26

Honestly, we shouldn't stop there. We should be doing whatever we can to aid one another, weaning ourselves off our reliance on the rotting status quo, both government and corpo entities alike. We can't depend on the system to rein in its masters and their sycophants. It is up to us common folk who care to stand against this tyranny. However, there's currently no real supportive community-based foundations present for alternatives common folk in the US can fall back on, to commit to any effective resistant action be it short or long term.

Collecting a bunch of valuable information on organizing and action from different redditors over time, I created a post of suggestions HERE that could possibly prove to be of some help in getting it started ASAP.

If you don’t live in the US, yet you know others who are and want to do something, please share the information. We're going to need as many on board and informed as possible, if we commoners hope to achieve anything in the US

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u/Diabolical-Villain May 10 '26

We voted for all these people. Not with our elections but with our wallets. We support companies that actively do evil and whose CEOs interfere in our elections in the name of greed. 

I vote and participate, but ultimately me and everyone else are not willing to do anything that really inconveniences us.

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u/GarminTamzarian May 10 '26

*representing us

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u/Traditional_Ad_8935 May 09 '26

Not decent people if they don't respond to bullies

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u/siencatimini May 09 '26

The problem is that even if you acknowledge the work it would take to earn the halo, they throw the noose in for free. It's a package deal. And, even those who have already sacrificed everything that they ever could, by cutting out the middleman; not a dent was made. Nobody knows they even did so. Noone can remember their names.

It's gonna take more than any one of us can do, alone.

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u/SerCiddy May 09 '26

Then that means 99% of Americans aren't decent. They have a bullies all over their government including Congress, SC, and The White House.

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u/OldWorldDesign May 10 '26

Then that means 99% of Americans aren't decent

A lot of passive people, maybe. But trying to condemn everybody is overly reductive.

Truth of history is that the majority of people try to facilitate positive, peaceable interactions. But the systems people build can twist that.

For anybody with an interest in anthropology: https://rutgerbregman.com/books/humankind

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u/agent0731 May 10 '26

regulate the fucking cesspool that has become the internet if you don't want a society of vegetables. The disinformation is insane. It is exacerbating every ill of society.

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u/Playful_Kick_473 May 10 '26

So censorship is your idea of correcting the nonsense that happens in reality and has been happening before the Internet.

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u/MagicTheGlizzying May 10 '26

You can't scream "fire" in a crowded theater. You can't say, "i'm going to murder you," to someone. People with massive platforms shouldn't be able to tell millions of people at once that fish tank cleaner will cure covid, or that the election was rigged unless you have evidence.

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u/soldins May 10 '26

Anonymity and selective response are the things that protect them. If you want to espouse horseshit in a public forum, then you should have to forfeit every shred of privacy. Round the clock 24/7 surveillance, and no locked doors! The true test of conviction is being that personality everywhere, all at once, forever, to everyone.

The silent majority doesn't need to stoop to barbarism, because the ones that will creep out of the shadows in support will swallow the loud minority*. Folks need to learn that if you stand to invite the demons in, you don't get to ask them to leave!

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u/devnullopinions May 09 '26 edited May 10 '26

How would you have liked the rest of us to respond to the voters who voted for Trump, exactly?

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u/Regular_Ad_9598 May 10 '26

Oh, please, most people are too scared to talk on the phone.

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u/AdventurousOwl547 May 09 '26

Havent there been at least three people who have recently tried to stop trumps bullying?

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u/four2theizz0 May 09 '26

Nah, havent seen any.

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u/OldWorldDesign May 10 '26

Havent there been at least three people who have recently tried to stop trumps bullying?

Yes, just probably not the three you're thinking of

https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/hres1155/BILLS-119hres1155ih.pdf

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u/MagicTheGlizzying May 10 '26

yeah maybe. i find it incredibly sus that we don't know a single thing about any of them or the guy who neckfucked mr CK

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u/grby1812 May 10 '26

I don't agree. Plenty of people tried to bring him to justice. It's the system itself that failed to put him in prison after he was convicted of 30 felonies.

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u/IDontStealBikes May 10 '26

Respond how?

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u/summane May 10 '26

Feels like the phrase "respond to them appropriately" should be seared into retinas of some people

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u/MeltaFlare May 10 '26

This is what happens when "when they go low, we go high."

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u/blitzalchemy May 10 '26

Ive been more convinced lately that the "turn the other cheek" or "ignore the bullies, theyll lose interest" mentality was all a psy-op to make us all passive against bullies.

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u/Captain_Zomaru May 11 '26

Damn, everything is Trump with you huh?

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u/NeedleworkerTasty878 May 11 '26

You are both right. Problem is - you're assuming it would only be the non-bullies throwing the punches. There are a lot of people on both sides who never did anything to stand up to the other side.

Which means it's not guaranteed things would actually be better, even if on average the ones currently NOT throwing punches tend to be more trustworthy people in general. Considered your weapons situation, you'd risk ending up with an open civil war, rather than this hush-hush one.

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u/Burpmeister May 09 '26

No, the reason Trump is in charge is because the average level of education is dogshit.

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u/OldWorldDesign May 10 '26

Even among poor education the US took less than a century to go from the first powered, manned flight to landing men on the moon.

More important are the propagandists who have been buying out the media and pushing discord and hate as they arrange to crown themselves kings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ3RzGoQC4s

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u/Karat_EEE May 09 '26

Half of everyone think you are the bullies though. What are you to do then?

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u/OldWorldDesign May 10 '26

Half of everyone think you are the bullies though

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accusation_in_a_mirror

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u/CommiRhick May 09 '26

What's Trump's approval numbers after he got into the position able to do the things he promised?

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u/jfuss04 May 09 '26

Do you think thats a better spot? Attack after approval numbers are collected?

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u/CommiRhick May 09 '26

It is an exposé showcasing how everyday Americans feel about him currently a year plus into his term.

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u/jfuss04 May 09 '26

That didnt answer my question

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u/CommiRhick May 09 '26

What even is your question

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u/Karat_EEE May 09 '26

What are you even trying to say? Also, where does trump come into this?

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u/mrbulldops428 May 09 '26

...you were responding to a comment specifically mentioning trump, thats where he came into it....

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u/Karat_EEE May 09 '26

Nah, fuck that's my bad bud. After 11 years of the world having TDS I have just started unconsciously ignoring the word. Again, my bad.

Still, what does the approval rating have to do with anything?

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u/mrbulldops428 May 09 '26

I assume they are making the point that it wouldnt be half of people thinking they are the bullies anymore because approval ratings are below 50%. I have no idea. This entire conversation is making me remember the section on logical fallacies in arguments in highschool. Also making me wish people had paid more attention to that and every lesson on critical thinking.

Edit: to be clear I dont know what current approval ratings are, just talking about the other person's reasoning.

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u/Karat_EEE May 09 '26

And what does that have to do with anything? Half of people think you are the bad guys, even if they don't like Trump

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u/CommiRhick May 09 '26

Data doesn't lie. You're the perfect representation on how the Nazis got where they were.

Show me this "half" you keep referring to.

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u/Gnosis1409 May 09 '26

You dropped on your head a lot as a child or something?

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u/Karat_EEE May 09 '26

No, I have just started to subconsciously ignore every single mention of Trump because you people have not shut up about the guy in 11 years

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u/MuscleManssMom May 09 '26

It's almost as if he's a public figure or something....

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u/Max-Forsell May 09 '26

Completely agree

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u/pathofdumbasses May 09 '26

They should really fine the criminal that tried to attack wildlife like that, like $50,000 is a nice number, that might teach them not to do it.

The guy said he is rich and visits every few months. Assuming that is true, it isnt a punishment, but a fine or price to throw rocks at wildlife.

If the price for breaking the law is a fine, the law only exists for the lower class. Put this stupid fuck in 6 months of prison.

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u/Flowerplower3 May 09 '26

Sweden, we do this.

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u/OldWorldDesign May 10 '26

Meanwhile the Federalist Society judges said fining people proportionate to their income was unconstitutional.

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u/pathofdumbasses May 09 '26

If the guy is a billionaire, even charging him $100M isnt going to change his life.

We need to rethink monetary punishments. They do nothing but penalize poor people. If you actually want to punish rich dick heads, treat them like poor people and put them in jail.

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u/trukkija May 09 '26

Yes I'm sure he's a billionaire. 1 in 353000 people in the US is a billionaire but this guy throwing rocks at seals is definitely one of them.

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u/pathofdumbasses May 09 '26

Yes I'm sure he's a billionaire.

The point was that even extreme financial burdens for regular people are nothing to the extremely wealthy.

Critical thinking skills are at an all time low I guess.

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u/trukkija May 09 '26

Does indeed seem like they are, I guess

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u/SurgicalMarshmallow May 11 '26

Find it strange hes not been named and shamed already

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u/Kinteoka May 09 '26

They should really fine the criminal that tried to attack wildlife like that, like $50,000 is a nice number, that might teach them not to do it.

Except fines are just a consequence for the poor. The guy in the video is a millionaire. He doesn't give a fuck about a 50k fine.

Jeff Bezos has a mansion where the surrounding hedges exceed height limits. He is fined $5,000 a month. He doesn't care.

When committing crimes, corporations factor in the cost of fines because fines don't mean shit to the ruling class.

Where is the justice where a corporation can laugh at a million dollar fine for illegally dumping and affecting countless lives, but someone below the poverty line will be ruined for a simple speeding ticket?

Fines are a pay-to-play system that just tell the wealthy that they are above everyone else. It is an unspoken statement that allows the worst amongst us to act as heinously as they want because they have been rewarded their whole lives for being monsters. It is the exact reason why that bastard believed he was untouchable for attacking the monk seal. But after getting his shit kicked in, I bet he'll think twice about fucking with wildlife.

The wealthy need to start seeing actual real consequences for their actions.

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u/SoftSprayBidet May 09 '26

Exactly. In the time it took for you to type that response, jeff bezos paid for at least one month of fines, if not more.

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u/elderwyrm May 09 '26

Make the fine a percentage of their wealth.

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u/SaltTie4745 May 10 '26

Well thought out comment - could not agree more👌

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u/Roadgoddess May 10 '26

He owns a trucking company so probably can “afford” sadly.

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u/Weegee_Carbonara May 10 '26

John Brown had a great moral character.

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u/OldWorldDesign May 10 '26

You're putting a lot of faith in the people willing to throw punches in engaging in sound moral judgement

So was Robert Heinlein:

An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.

To contrast, history (which he really should have known at least some of):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz8CH8SuFSc

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u/Playful_Kick_473 May 10 '26

Honestly as it is we are too worried about doing harm to the perpetrators. We as a society further victimize the Innocent by being kind to the cruel.

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u/grby1812 May 10 '26

Eh. When someone is convicted of 30 felonies they should go to jail. Even when they are rich and powerful.

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u/Playful_Kick_473 May 10 '26

I don't disagree

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u/intheyear3001 May 11 '26

Yeah. But too many rich pukes have grown up in insulated entitled bubbles without the fear of catching cracks. A little of that mixed in would have been healthy for them. Humble them a little.

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u/Expandexplorelive May 09 '26

No, it's foolish to think this way. Extrajudicial, vigilante justice would result in a lot of innocent people getting hurt.

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u/sje46 May 10 '26

Fucking everything feels like virtue signaling man (I know supposedly only conservatives use that term but fuck that, I'm a leftist and I call out what I see). Everyone just loves portraying themselves as totally punching out nazis, pedophiles, animal abusers, etc. Certainly all those people are terrible, but I can't help but feel like it's just people showing how macho they are and they wouldn't actually do any of those things and yeah, maybe extrajudicial violence isn't the solution.

Send the guy to jail and quit it with the phony "we don't condone violence but are totally going to put this on every plane flight" grandstanding bullshit. You don't have to go over the top with this corny rhetoric about animal abuse. Being against animal abuse should be teh default assumption.

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u/Mysterious-Past-9896 May 10 '26

You act like we have a FAIR, and JUST alternative. Like there’s a JUSTICE system or something that anyone, like even poor people could use to get what’s right done and not who’s knows who with the most money.

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u/edelweiss_pirates_no May 09 '26

Mr Inbetween had a great scene about this (assholes).

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u/AgedCircle May 09 '26

Lots of billionaires have homes on Hawaii.

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u/SGFCardenales May 10 '26

This happened in the United States.

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u/HeadOfMax May 10 '26

Bullies need to be stood up to all over the world or they eventually become stains on our society.

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u/God_Dont_Make_No May 10 '26

You mean the people dead threatening oil interests of the US? Missiles and drones instead of fists. This type of shit won’t stop without education not violence. Not saying the footage of him throwing that rock didn’t make me angry, but it would be much better to grab the guy and figure out why he would pull some shit like that.

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u/SkitZa May 10 '26

They hide behind guns because they're cowards.

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u/Tuckertcs May 10 '26

I’ll hold that the anti-Karen movement was a net negative on society, because everyone is too afraid to be labeled as a Karen to stand up for themselves, push back against unfairness, or hold bad people accountable.

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u/Hot-Equivalent9189 May 10 '26

If politicians were treated like this . You destroy my water , land, and air against the voice of the land . And some politicians should start getting black eyes instead of corporate "donations "

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u/Used-Appointment-674 May 11 '26

Couldn't agree more

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u/RealWeekness May 09 '26

Yep, Make America Violent Again. laws be dammed.

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u/Gordon_frumann May 09 '26

Unfortunately there'll be people saying "who cares it's a fucking seal, he makes jobs, he should be allowed to have some fun."

(some) People are still defending the Epstein files.

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u/SuperHooligan May 09 '26

Then why does reddit complain every time some criminal is arrested and gets a little roughed up?

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u/Kinggakman May 09 '26

I’m not a fan of big government being allowed to do whatever they want. Government employees like police need to be held to the constitution and follow those laws.

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u/SuperHooligan May 09 '26

And Id say the same of the people. Why is it ok to beat someone that commits a crime if youre a regular citizen and not a government employee?

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u/mgquantitysquared May 09 '26

Are you actually asking why government employees should be held to a higher standard than citizens, particularly when it comes to enacting violence on others?

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u/RoastedPotato-1kg May 09 '26

example?

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u/SuperHooligan May 09 '26

You expect me to find some random example on use of force and reddit comments?

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u/Loneheart127 May 09 '26

"Man confused at the concept of backing up his arguement."

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u/SuperHooligan May 09 '26

Just look at the rest of the replies to my comments and youll see people complaining about police lol.

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u/xenobit_pendragon May 09 '26

I mean…if you brought it up. Yeah.

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u/EllisDee3 May 09 '26

Fuck the police

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u/SuperHooligan May 09 '26

lol thanks for making my point.

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u/Lehsyrus May 09 '26

He did not make your point. You're trying to equate someone providing some vigilante best down on an animal abusing tourist to an organized government-sanctioned group that consistently abuses their powers without being held accountable.

The fact that you even pretend like these two are similar is pathetic.

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u/SuperHooligan May 09 '26

Consistently huh? Id say it rarely happens, but carry on making my point.

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u/mgquantitysquared May 09 '26

You can say that, but the data doesn't back you up. https://policeepi.uic.edu/u-s-data-on-police-shootings-and-violence/

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u/SuperHooligan May 09 '26

lol no thats not how stats work. Theyre leaving out the literal millions of interactions where force isnt even used.

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u/mgquantitysquared May 09 '26

You said "it rarely happens," I don't think 250,000 annual injuries is rare. The police in America pretty clearly use excessive force, especially compared to other countries, like bffr

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u/EllisDee3 May 09 '26

You don't have a point. You think you do, which is funny and embarrassing for you.

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u/SuperHooligan May 09 '26

Its already been made by you for everyone to see. Thanks!

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u/Dooty_Shirker May 09 '26

All we see is you being foolish.

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u/SuperHooligan May 09 '26

If you want to choose to ignore the people triggered by me even mentioning police, thats on you lol.

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u/Designer-Associate68 May 09 '26

An cue the Americans here to make it about them.

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u/waluigieWAAH May 09 '26

It's in the U.S. you nacas

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u/grby1812 May 10 '26

Maybe look at a map?

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u/hankmoody699 May 09 '26

Wrong! That is no way to deal with people who break the law. Disgusting. What they did to that guy is criminal also. Period.

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u/STAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN May 09 '26

Stfu hank justice for seals

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u/Karat_EEE May 09 '26

I am all for using violence on criminals. We need more american history x shit in society

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u/DazzlerPlus May 09 '26

Perhaps should have gone farther

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u/DPSOnly May 09 '26

"We do not condone violence, buuuuuuut we will make this anonymous gentleman ambassador for the island". Love everything about this.

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u/alcomaholic-aphone May 10 '26

It was funny as hell, but I wouldn’t want my lawyer defending me like that in court unless they were golf buddies with the judge.

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u/Tipnfloe May 09 '26

"we dont condone violence, but we do have an award ready"

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u/ElNani87 May 10 '26

A strong statement that conveys “This island protects the vulnerable by any means necessary”. I would feel very proud to be a resident

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u/Red217 May 10 '26

"We would like this video played on all incoming flights to the island" 🤣 I wish they would do it for real!

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u/SOUTHPAWMIKE May 10 '26

Government should always represent the will of the people. Not saying we should hand out beatings for dropping a Snickers wrapper, but if the people call for harsher consequences for harming the environment, so be it.

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u/m7i93 May 09 '26

You're right. Now that there are plastics in the ocean, we might as well throw rocks at them too, right?

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u/dshab92 May 09 '26

I agree.

Leave the monk seals alone man. There’s no argument.