https://media1.giphy.com/media/3o7aD4h0 ... /giphy.gifSmitty-48 wrote:Militarization has nothing to do with this, it's a confluence of the deeply ingrained cowboyization of American law enforcement, populist hysteria about violent crime, and entrenched interest public sector unionization to evade accountability in a self perpetuating revenue seeking exercise at gun point.
It's all about the civilianization of the application of force, the polar opposite of militarization.
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If they were in fact a militarized occupation force, they wouldn't bother to go through this civilianized charade about "law enforcement and public safety", they'd just take your shit at gun point, and call it "contraband of war".
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Saw them live in Nashville.
Was good enough.
Was good enough.
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I love OCMS. That's one band that I'd get off my ass to go see.
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Speaker to Animals wrote: ↑Sat Dec 09, 2017 10:55 amFife wrote:
That's actually really bad. A car decal is fine, but defacing an actual flag like that is a no-go.