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[-] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 75 points 1 month ago

"What I have seen is a demand that we get ourselves arrested intentionally or allow ourselves to be victims of violence, and ... a lot of times that's coming from economically very secure white people," said an eighth House Democrat.
"Not only would that be a gift to Donald Trump, not only would it make the job of Republicans in Congress easier if we were all mired in legal troubles ... [we are] a group that is disproportionately people of color, women, LGBTQ people — people who do not fare very well in prison."

ALL THE PEOPLE CURRENTLY GETTING ARRESTED TRYING TO DO YOUR JOB FOR YOU COULD TELL YOU AS MUCH, DIPSHIT

[-] porcupine@lemmygrad.ml 54 points 1 month ago

a demand that we... allow ourselves to be victims of violence

Yes. It's me folks. I'm the one that's demanding this. The rest of the quote confirms why I will continue demanding it.

[-] OldSoulHippie@hexbear.net 30 points 1 month ago

It's like if a firefighter complained like "they want me to run in to a burning building? Pfft as if!"

[-] porcupine@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

“Not only would that be a gift to the fire, not only would it make the fire’s job easier if we were all mired in emergency response… [we are] a group that is disproportionately harmed by fire.”

[-] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago

I could die in the fire and then there would be less firefighters

[-] Dessa@hexbear.net 32 points 1 month ago

Yeah, Senators famously face more injustice than everyone else. They can't afford legal defense, and the media doesn't care when they're arrested.

[-] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 28 points 1 month ago

"Nobody told us that this great power that we voluntarily obtained came with responsibilities!" angery

[-] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net 16 points 1 month ago
[-] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago

I just want to be on the beach why do they need me to press a stupid button on the stupid little desk shrek-pixel-despair

[-] purpleworm@hexbear.net 32 points 1 month ago

Also most of them are rich and politically connected, which matters more than literally anything else for how you fare in prison.

[-] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 27 points 1 month ago

Lmao the fucking endgame boss of liberal idpol is a black senator implying there's a racism ick factor when rich white people complain about them

[-] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 19 points 1 month ago

You can only demand that your elected representatives take a stand for something when you're poor enough to be ignored.

[-] Wertheimer@hexbear.net 25 points 1 month ago

anakin-padme-2 So you've spent your political career trying to fix the known problems in American prisons, right?

[-] OldSoulHippie@hexbear.net 24 points 1 month ago

Interesting how doing anything is a "gift to Donald Trump" but not stopping him isn't?

[-] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Lmao and here comes the idpol shield they love using so much. Too bad they shown none of that for Zohran or any marginalized person to their left.

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