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DBoon

(22,284 posts)
23. especially when any crackpot with a grudge can get $10,000 for the claim
Fri May 20, 2022, 11:51 PM
May 2022

It won't be the police investigating and filing charges. It will be a crazy neighbor/Ex/family member on a mission from god.

In a dictatorship, people are accused of crimes in order to settle personal; scores. Someone does something you don't like, they find themselves afoul of the law just because they crossed the wrong person

It's happened already, so. WhiskeyGrinder May 2022 #1
It sure has.. HighFired49 May 2022 #22
That's the point elias7 May 2022 #25
K&R, uponit7771 May 2022 #2
Good thing people want to fund cops more with all these new criminalizations coming down the pipe. WhiskeyGrinder May 2022 #3
Bravo! OldBaldy1701E May 2022 #27
Assumed guilty and no way to prove themselves innocent. That's the way it will work Walleye May 2022 #4
And it will mostly be black and brown women who get prosecuted and jailed. Lonestarblue May 2022 #5
Ding ding ding ck4829 May 2022 #21
You are right edhopper May 2022 #6
There's this rationalization RoeVWade May 2022 #7
They're working on ways to block travel for abortion, too...nt Wounded Bear May 2022 #17
I think/hope you were being sarcastic but didn't include the emoji? lark May 2022 #8
I avoid putting disclaimers over things I post, and yes, I've even had ck4829 May 2022 #10
Sarcasm isn't always as obvious as we think it is when we are creating it. ShazzieB May 2022 #15
I have a 100% perfect sarcasm detector KS Toronado May 2022 #19
I think a sarcasm label would have been a good idea. Grumpy Old Guy May 2022 #20
These nut jobs believe E. Normus May 2022 #9
All so that the religiously insane can appease their gods. Farmer-Rick May 2022 #11
In the movie "Rain Without Thunder" slightlv May 2022 #24
Oh, arrests and prosecutions WILL happen. Texin May 2022 #12
Don't forget the Florida man sentenced 90 years for pot. Emile May 2022 #13
in April 2022 barbtries May 2022 #14
Exactly. niyad May 2022 #16
And yet some Democrats are okay with candidates who are not pro choice? hamsterjill May 2022 #18
especially when any crackpot with a grudge can get $10,000 for the claim DBoon May 2022 #23
it will only get worse... markie May 2022 #26
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