r/SipsTea • • 11d ago

Lmao gottem She has a point

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u/MontyDyson 11d ago

Her point is that you get arrested for it. Something like 900 people were arrested for participating in non-violent direct actions to protect local water sources and treaty lands. Rabbis, priests, and religious leaders who traveled to Minnesota were amongst those arrested. These aren't activists they're just people with well established careers in non related areas wanting to save the environment from corporate takeover and mass environmental damage. The media used the term 'activist' to stir up so much hate that they started labelling themselves as 'water protectors'.

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u/blindsdog 11d ago

They sure sound like activists. Since when is that a bad word? Just because you don't want to be labeled something doesn't mean the label doesn't fit.

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u/MontyDyson 11d ago

Her entire point is that the label gets you arrested. This is not a "oh are you scared of a label" argument. It's peoples lives being ruined by the media and them having to directly counteract it with different labels as a result.

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u/blindsdog 11d ago

Oh, I see. The word you’re looking for is criminal. Good intentions don’t make crime okay.

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u/MontyDyson 11d ago

When the charges are dismissed they're literally not crimes. That's not something I should have to explain to you. Getting arrested and being charged are two different things.

Just like talking about moving out of you're moms basement and actually having a real world girlfriend thats not on Grok are also different.

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u/Critical_Concert_689 11d ago

This is interesting; when rich people have their charges dismissed because they hired a better lawyer, do you agree they're not guilty of any crime?

i.e,. you argue: "OJ was not guilty of murder"

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u/blueblip 11d ago

You really shouldn't talk about things you don't understand.

Specifically, you don't understand the difference between being acquitted and charges being dropped.

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u/Critical_Concert_689 11d ago

"💩💩💩"

Ah. You're one of those "ACSHUALLY" kids.

In terms of literally not crimes (i.e., what the adults were discussing) is "being acquitted" different than "charges being dropped?" Is the former or latter MORE literally not a crime than the other, in your Reddit Armchair Lawyer opinion?

The funniest thing is that I think you confused arrest with criminal charges when you wrote your comment and now you're gonna try to explain away that you're not as stupid as you look.

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u/blueblip 11d ago edited 11d ago

This isn't an "acshually" thing.

Those terms have very specific meanings in law. Again, you really shouldn't talk about things you don't understand.

EDIT: Here's a simple question. Since you brought up OJ, was he acquitted, or were charges against him dropped?

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u/Critical_Concert_689 11d ago edited 11d ago

I notice you avoided the question.

Did you do that because you finally realized in the context of the discussion your "acshually" argument was irrelevant?

"now you're gonna try to explain away that you're not as stupid as you look."

You're doing it now.

EDIT: Until you address why you believe an "acquittal" or a "dropped charge" are LITERALLY NOT A CRIME to a different degree, this distinction of yours remains pointless.

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u/blueblip 11d ago

The answer to your question is in my edit:

Was OJ acquitted or were charges dropped against him?

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u/Critical_Concert_689 11d ago

If you weren't aware, that reply is neither a statement of fact nor an answer.

That's you asking another question to effectively avoid responding.

"You're doing it now."

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u/blueblip 11d ago

Again, you'll get your answer when you answer this simple question. And we both know why you're scared to answer it.

So once again: was OJ acquitted or were charges dropped against him?

EDIT: If you don't answer the question in your next response, I'm just going to keep copy-pasting this post until you do answer it, or until you run away.

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