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    Whenever he gets cheers and applause in a news comedy show, the host always looks uncomfortable. You can almost see the leash of their corporate overlords being tugged.

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      I mean, it’s not just that. it’s legal liability. part of the reason they charged him with terrorism is to tie any show of support to a crime as well. supporting him is like supporting al-qaeda now. so I ask you, DO YOU CONDEMN HUMMUS? DO YOU CONDOM MORDOR OF CEOS?

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        All it did was show a lot of people what bullshit a charge of “terrorism” is.

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            It certainly causes more terror, but mostly just with the rabble, not the ultra wealthy who actually matter.

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          For the longest time, people thought “terrorism” meant “very evil,” so now that someone who isn’t evil is being labeled a terrorist, they are upset.

          In reality, if you try to change politics with violence against a civilian, you are a terrorist.

          “One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter.”

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              I think they’d technically be classified as insurgents/rebels because they mostly/exclusively fired upon the military as far as I know.

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                as far as I know.

                Well, it’s time to brush up a bit before commenting, then, huh?

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                  Do you thoroughly recheck every topic before you make a comment? Must be exhausting.

                  That or you’re a hypocrite. Up to you.

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                    When you step in to correct someone, but are this obviously wrong, don’t go trying the call the other person out for it … you’re the one who’s wrong. Sit down. Be quiet.

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            That’s not what the law in NY actually says. It’s not merely that you’re trying to change government policy through violence. It’s that you’re trying to do it through intimidating government employees. The prosecutor screwed the pooch on this one. Luigi didn’t actually meet the terrorism modifier requirements in NY. At least that’s what I got from Legal Eagle.

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                That’s an incredibly flimsy argument. People have been writing messages on ammo since ammo existed. There’s not even an established pattern of terrorists writing on ammo - they’re more likely to claim credit for an attack after the fact and include their message there.

                Those were words for him. Deny and defend this, mother fucker.

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                  You assert my argument is flimsy, yet your argument is that someone is going to be able to read the casings popping out of a guy’s gun shooting at him from behind?

                  Lol. Lmao, even.

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                    Please tell me you’re trolling so I don’t think I’m talking to someone THIS obtuse.

                    Do you think this writing was to make a political message in the wreckage? Do you think really I think the soldiers who wrote it expected the victims to read it on the way down?

                    No, you moron, it’s a message to the victim that the killer knows they’ll never read. It’s a personal touch on the ammo that empowers the shooter. A more poetic version of “a bullet with your name on it”

                    Added bonus for you

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                The company’s other employees are, at time of writing, still living, so sending a message to the living doesn’t mean it’s not solely revenge.

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                    I think it’s entirely plausible that it’s the same guy, but he was tracked down through illegal means and the tip-off was faked. If so, it’s reasonable to think that some or all of the physical evidence was planted in order to have something that would be admissible. If evidence was potentially planted, though, it can’t be used as the basis for a guilty verdict, so even if Mangione did do it, there might not be enough evidence for a conviction.

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        It is perfectly legal to advocate for illegal activity. The first amendment has broad protections for this. SCOTUS has ruled on this even recently. You need to be able to advocate for illegal activity if you want people to have any chance to change the law.

        It is perfectly legal to come right out on national television and say, “Luigi did nothing wrong. The president and governor should pardon him, and the mayor of NYC should throw him a parade.”

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          Like the incoming Christo Gestapo crew will give a shit about that when they start rounding up potential “wrong thinkers”

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          lol… those who remember the 2000s know that’s all out the window if the government says anything is terrorism.

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            The right to free speech and the right to peaceably assemble hasn’t been respected at any point during US history.

            Not immediately after the country was formed when they signed the sedition act into law.

            Not while people were protesting for abolitionism.

            Not while people were protesting for women’s suffrage.

            Not while people held demonstrations while on strike.

            Not during the cold war and red scare.

            Not during the civil rights movement.

            Not during the George Floyd protests.

            They’re not going to start now.

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        Also, lets not forget who will be president soon… Trump and his fellows have hinted at going after fake news media before. Going after terrorism supporting fake news media is even easier.

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        Didn’t Hillary Clinton stated in one of those leaked mails that AQ was with the US or something?

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        Ugh Senator Foghorn Kennedy is a fucking embarrassment to the English speaking population.

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      It’s also just the purview of the liberal elite. So rich and far removed from society they think murdering someone makes you evil and there’s never any reason to do it.

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        Meanwhile our media is absolutely jam packed with freedom fighters and underdogs and man against the system… ultra gore.

        So like idk what message the elites have been getting out of the media but the really popular stuff is always the stuff that speaks to the masses… and feels relatable.

        So sitcoms and… horror dystopia, yep.

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        They obviously don’t have a problem with murder (they have a murder problem!) unless it’s one of them receiving the murdering