• melpomenesclevage
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    7 months ago

    they don’t mean it. their powerlessness is strategic, as it (almost) always is.

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      7 months ago

      “I know what other people think so you should trust me instead of listening to those people!”

      Okay?

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          7 months ago

          How? By impeaching and removing SCOTUS justices? Dems don’t have the votes for that

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            7 months ago

            could have done it in Congress. could have done a lot of things. Or maybe the system is just bullshit and will never protect us and none of this matters. either way.

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                7 months ago

                then scouts is invalid and laws are invalid, and a thug with a gun is just a thug with a gun; badge or no.