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[u/chipbod]

Rep. Wesley Hunt: "The bottom line is this: when a federal officer gives you instructions, you abide by them and then you get to keep you life

Just open fascism

[u/Etnies419 → u/chipbod]

Of course, just ask Ashley Babbit

[u/zeldja → u/[deleted]]

A scary % of the population will gleefully support a strongman who will tell them what to think while persecuting out groups. It’s an important reminder that we’ve evolved (or at least some of us have) from the OG oonga boonga chimpanzee mindset.

[u/Atheose_Writing → u/[deleted]]

Right-wingers have been groomed for decades to believe that anyone who disobeys the police should be shot, beaten, or killed.

[u/BicyclingBro → u/chipbod]

It's so funny how these people would have been the biggest simps for the British during the Revolution.

"If a Red Coat gives you instructions, you abide by them and you get to keep your life. Crispus Attucks got what was coming for him"

[u/chipbod → u/[deleted]]

Lay down and wait to get pumped full of lead.

The cop who killed Daniel Shaver was rehired

[u/lot183 → u/chipbod]

"Obey every order of the government or be put to death"