Fascism is alive and well in Texass.
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So this is actually about gun control and not Trump. We all agree that you should not have access to a gun if you're insane. But we also agree that alcohol gives you diminished capacity. We can't have guns and booze ever.
Just goes to show you how gullible people are and so many people are waiting for someone else to save them. MAGA is exactly that. They wanted racism back and the possibility of the american dream is still possible in their eyes. They ignore the writing on the wall to believe what they want to believe and finally found someone just as jaded as they are, but he happens to run the country.
Living in the south, you see just how dumb most people are and they refuse to pay attention to anything related to the government or the country. They are too distracted with gambling, alcohol/drug addictions, social media, work, kids, movies and tv shows, etc.
Everything's bigger in Texas, including the raging stupidity and lack of respect.
Texas is a deeply cruel place
I'll never understand the appeal and hold Trump has on the minds of weak men who worship him. This man killed his own daughter is insane.
Human psychology and propaganda. It works on smart people too.
Lead pipes, sub-par educational system, peee pressure, propaganda machine, social media bubble, being a shitty human being to begin with
Weak persons, get with the program.
Making the case for gun control whilst trying to protect the 2nd amendment, the irony is overwhelming
I think about this girl all the time. Her own father shot her over Trump. Trump. I just can't wrap my head around it. Or around the jury deciding to just let him go. There's corruption there somewhere.
To be fair, it's hard to prove causality.
Maybe he shot his own daughter because he loves Trump.
Maybe he loves Trump, because he's the kind of man who would shoot his own daughter.
Maybe it's a bit of both.
That’s because MAGA people are rabid dogs
No, worse, they are rabid humans.
Back during his first term there was a story on the Risk podcast where an Asian guy told the story of going home after some time away at college and visiting the family that adopted him when he was a baby; and how, when he said he didn't support Trump, that family almost beat him to death right there in the living room. It was one of the most heartbreaking stories I've ever heard in my entire life. I think about that shit a lot.
I'm not sure how we're supposed to ever move forward sharing a country with these people. Regardless of who is in charge after Trump. It's untenable. These people cannot accept the basics of our shared reality. Talking like fundamental shit.
I never understood, until recently, why re-education camps have existed at various points. Now I get it.
Grand juries exist to make sure the norms of law enforcement and prosecution don't stray too far from the common populace.
It's why the guy who threw the sandwich at the CPB guy about a year ago did not end up with a felony.
However, it cuts both ways. I don't know if I believe TX is really about to flip purple because shit like this is common. Ask the protesters sentanced to life as terrorists for moving a box or leaving an ICE protest early.
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That's a funny way of saying murdered...
This is grand jury, so it is more likely that the prosecutor dropped the ball.
Grand jury requires only simple majority and making sure prosecutor, police or whomever brings the charges did their due diligence.
"As I lifted the gun to show her I suddenly heard a loud bang," Kris allegedly said. "I did not understand what had happened. Lucy immediately fell."
Bullshit. This means he took a loaded gun, failed to clear it, put the barrel in the direction of a person, and pulled the trigger. Guns don't just "go off". All while having admitted to relapsing on alcohol. I count four mistakes there, where any one of them not having been made would have prevented this incident.
It's almost like you'd have to intend to make that series of mistakes.
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