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Atticus

(15,124 posts)
Tue Dec 21, 2021, 10:39 PM Dec 2021

I have posted similar warnings before, but another seems warranted.

It is simply this: if our state and federal legal systems will not make admitted criminals pay a price for their crimes against democracy and the American people---some of the American people are bound to mete out their own messy version of justice.

I am NOT advocating this and I hope and pray it will not occur. But, damn it! People need to see some smirks wiped off some faces and a few raised middle fingers snapped backward.

PTB, if any notice this, please take it seriously. Patience in many quarters is wearing VERY thin.

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I have posted similar warnings before, but another seems warranted. (Original Post) Atticus Dec 2021 OP
Right elleng Dec 2021 #1
Agree wholeheartedly! blueinredohio Dec 2021 #2
Yes, but thinning patience seems to be a problem on both sides. I hope they both thicken... TreasonousBastard Dec 2021 #3
I absolutely agree. NanceGreggs Dec 2021 #4
Rebubs are more into the vigilante system than the Dems. BigmanPigman Dec 2021 #5
You're warning about ENFORCEMENT -- the original weakness of The Law that Andrew Jackson saw. ancianita Dec 2021 #6
I wish I could believe that was a fact, not a possibility. nt Atticus Dec 2021 #15
I hear you. I guess that deep down I feel I've got no choice but believe it. ancianita Dec 2021 #16
DO SOMETHING!! sarchasm Dec 2021 #7
Totally agree. LoisB Dec 2021 #8
What does ...PTB...mean?....That's new to me.....sorry to ask, I just don't know it.. Stuart G Dec 2021 #9
Same here. nt Progressive Jones Dec 2021 #11
Powers That Be Leith Dec 2021 #12
Thank You for the Explanation. Appreciate your post..!! Stuart G Dec 2021 #13
Thank You ! nt Progressive Jones Dec 2021 #10
At least they wear hats/shirts & use bumper stickers w/crude sayings so they aint too hard to find? Brainfodder Dec 2021 #14

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
3. Yes, but thinning patience seems to be a problem on both sides. I hope they both thicken...
Tue Dec 21, 2021, 10:53 PM
Dec 2021

before they melt.

The coming war helps no one

NanceGreggs

(27,813 posts)
4. I absolutely agree.
Tue Dec 21, 2021, 10:58 PM
Dec 2021

I have been one of the strongest advocates for patience here - but my patience has just about run out.

I've worked in the law biz for over 35 years, and thus more aware than most how slowly the system moves, and how carefully a case must be crafted.

But there needs to be a public perception that things actually are moving ahead before the idea of "we've got to take the law into our own hands" starts looking like the only viable course of action.

No one here is advocating violence, or breaking the law - but if the PTB appear to be content with doing nothing, it could very well trigger "a messy version of justice" being pursued.


BigmanPigman

(51,584 posts)
5. Rebubs are more into the vigilante system than the Dems.
Tue Dec 21, 2021, 10:59 PM
Dec 2021

My patience is beyond "wearing thin" at this point. It seems like the GQP loves this shit and they live for it, so much for the "law and order" party. They just twist everything in a thousand directions and somehow get away with it every time. So fucking frustrating.

ancianita

(36,023 posts)
6. You're warning about ENFORCEMENT -- the original weakness of The Law that Andrew Jackson saw.
Wed Dec 22, 2021, 12:55 AM
Dec 2021
Unenforced Rule of Law is no rule of law at all.

Fact is, it's not time to worry yet. The public is not supposed to know what's happening until it does. The fact that all enforcement parties have no leaks or announcements means that they're getting all due process ducks in a row. Just because we're frustrated, doesn't mean the enforcers aren't getting ready. The silence means things are still happening in, and will be initiated by, the Jan 6 Committee.

ancianita

(36,023 posts)
16. I hear you. I guess that deep down I feel I've got no choice but believe it.
Wed Dec 22, 2021, 12:49 PM
Dec 2021

Somehow we pull out the best of us to save the day. I hope that continues over the next three years.

Brainfodder

(6,423 posts)
14. At least they wear hats/shirts & use bumper stickers w/crude sayings so they aint too hard to find?
Wed Dec 22, 2021, 02:23 AM
Dec 2021

Let alone bragging about it on every toxic internet site they inhabit and sometimes with video evidence?

Signs in your yard or at place of business just begging to be challenged?



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