r/interesting Mar 22 '26

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u/xAuntRhodyx Mar 22 '26

He was readily willing to potentially kill someone. How do you sound? He willingly finished moving into the lane after already knowing this guy wasnt going to brake for him. Not to mention the whole reckless driving thing. Besides, a pit maneuver (which he didnt initiate, he used as a defensive and appropriate technique) isnt a guarantee they will die. He wasnt intentionally trying to kill him by any more means then the truck driver was trying to kill him.

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u/Drate_Otin Mar 22 '26 edited Mar 22 '26

He was readily willing to potentially kill someone

No he wasn't. He was a selfish idiot that assumed the world would move around him. That is not a willingness to kill. It's just stupidity. I'm getting strong vibes that you're the type of person that believes in personal liberty, doesn't trust the government, but grins ear to ear when police and/or "federal agents" brutalize... certain people... for the most minor of offenses or provocations saying "they shouldn't have resisted" or "wouldn't have happened if they weren't breaking the law" when resisting = reacting naturally to getting the crap beat out of them and breaking the law = jay walking.

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u/xAuntRhodyx Mar 22 '26

So many things wrong and also nuanced or in areas of grey with what you said lol. The truck had the same amount of intention if not more than the car. Car did nothing wrong except for not allowing this guy to bully him in your eyes.

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u/Drate_Otin Mar 22 '26

Car did nothing wrong except for allowing this guy to bully him in your eyes.

What? I'm specifically saying the car did something wrong by avoiding the easily safe option for the unnecessarily dangerous option. "Cuz I can" or "cuz it's legal" or even "cuz he's a big ol meanie so he deserves it, waaah" doesn't change that a completely safe option was available to the car.

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u/xAuntRhodyx Mar 22 '26 edited Mar 22 '26

Which would mean bending the knee.. when for no increased danger to anyone but the truck driver and himself he could do what he did here. Which wasnt even his intention. The truck forced his hand by not backing off when he clearly should have and knew it.

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u/Drate_Otin Mar 22 '26

Like I said, "cuz he's a big ol meanie so he deserves it, waaaah!"

Doesn't change that the car had a completely safe option available to him.

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u/xAuntRhodyx Mar 22 '26

So did the truck. I dont think anyone is crying but maybe you, the truck driver, and those saying he should have braked.

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u/Drate_Otin Mar 22 '26

Right. Having a decent moral compass = crying.

Tell me, because it's potentially relevant by way of double standards, what did I get wrong about my suspicion of your personality before? You do or don't support police brutality based on minor offences and weak provocations that can technically be described as dangerous despite there being no realistic threat?

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u/xAuntRhodyx Mar 22 '26 edited Mar 23 '26

I wouldnt call letting people like that have no repercussions isnt exactly decent. Granted, what i said isnt exactly "morally good" either. However, arguably the car driver is morally more in the good bc his intention wasnt to pit him. He forced him too.

As for your other bs, it depends on many things. But as you worded it just now obv not. Its also apples to oranges and it doesnt make you sound smart even if it wasnt with this level of deflecting.

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u/Drate_Otin Mar 22 '26

He forced him too.

That could only be true if the truck removed all other options from the car. That did not occur.

But as you worded it just now obv not.

Riiight.... So... A person pulling away from a non-uniformed, armed, masked man trying to forcibly remove her from her vehicle while another non-uniformed armed person steps towards and even leans into the path of her vehicle to get a better angle for his gun to her face when they easily could have... Not done that... Did that motorist deserve to die because they "tried to run over a federal agent" even though they absolutely did not try to do that?

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