MicroWaveDec 17

Retired cop jailed for 37 days over Charlie Kirk meme sues, saying his First Amendment rights were violated

https://lemmy.world/post/40347736

Retired cop jailed for 37 days over Charlie Kirk meme sues, saying his First Amendment rights were violated - Lemmy.World

A retired Tennessee law enforcement officer was held in jail for more than a month this fall after police arrested him over a Facebook post of a meme related to the September assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Prosecutors eventually dropped the criminal charge brought against Larry Bushart, but his stint behind bars came to exemplify the country’s tense political and legal climate following the tragedy, when conservatives sought to stymie public discourse about the late controversial figure that it saw as objectionable. Now, Bushart is suing over his incarceration.

Show threadGrandwolf319Dec 18

Was there ever a time that Republicans actually stayed true to their principles when it wasn’t to their advantage?

In my life experience I honestly can’t think of a time.

Show threadXaphanosDec 18
1860
Show threadMadison420Dec 18

I think you might need to learn less civil war mythology and more actual history.

They weren’t holding up to their principals then either, the whole thing was genuinely about states rights they just said their rights overruled other states rights because ownership of property didn’t change via interstate travel.

It’s far more stupid then most textbooks imply.

Show threadngdevDec 18
youre fucking dumb lmao
Show threadMadison420Dec 18

Read a history book those are all facts. Sure repubs were the “good guys” at the moment but that too is warped, Lincoln was against immediate emancipation but for slow rolling emancipation.

Look it up, the mythology behind the civil war in this country is fuckin wild.

Show threadngdevDec 18
youre fucking dumb and any any conversation about the civil war, states rights, and property that does not mention slaves and that people are not property is disingenuous and fucking stupid. youre a fucking moron lol like fr? it was about states not recognizing property? you fucking clown lmao it was about (southern) states not recognizing people
Show threadMadison420Dec 18

That’s clearly the property that was being referred to, I’m sorry I didn’t specifically spell that out for you.

It was about states rights, they just framed it as interstate property rights because slaves were property. Again I apologize for not pandering to the dumbest among us but you’re making a good point that I shouldn’t discount just how dumb people can be.

Show threadDylanMc6 [any, any]Dec 18
do you support the “lost cause” of the confederacy?
Show threadMadison420Dec 18
Clearly not.
Show threadDylanMc6 [any, any]Dec 18
do you think that “tHe CoNfEdErAcY sHoUlD’vE wOn ThE cIViL wAr”? if so, then let me say that i’m very glad the union won the civil war back in 1865. seriously!
Show threadMadison420Dec 18

You just asked me three times in a row of I support the Confederacy and got the answer no 3 times so you decided to go ahead and ask again?

How exactly do you think knowing history makes me a racist or Confederate sympathizer? Are you seriously so dense that you think that framing the cause of the civil war correctly is tacit support of the Confederacy?

Show threadDylanMc6 [any, any]Dec 18
calling all lemmy people! calling all lemmy people!
Show threadMadison420Dec 18
For what? What a weird thing to do.
Show threadDylanMc6 [any, any]
i think that a lot of people here would probably do a rebuttal on your comments. seriously!
Dec 18 at 1:07pmWeb
Show threadMadison420Dec 18

All these people that aren’t doing that currently? Uh huh, is your argument so poorly thought out you need some congregation of the ignorant to argue it for you?

I’m right, you’re wrong but more importantly you’re buying into American mythology because accepting the fact slavery was never outlawed in this country makes you feel weird.