Do you approve or disapprove over making everything extra terrible all the time? 38% Approve || 43% Disapprove || 19% Unsure

I had kids a couple of years ago.

Before having kids I didn’t really have time for “gaming”, but I did lounge around watching TV for a few hours before sleep.

Now with kids it’s pretty much the same dynamic, but that few hours down time is interspersed with tending to the kidlets.

The legal system is just not equipped to deal with the threat implied by Trump.

In the US it seems like judges are just another executive arm of the government anyway.

The few actual judges still considering the law just get perpetually paused with appeals and what have you.

It’s not based on a vibe, it’s literally written down as part of our Declaration of Independence.

The commenter I replied to, who seems to have disappeared, was saying there’s no authority that grants these rights. Now you’re arguing that those rights are provided by the constitution?

Regardless, the assertion I take issue with, is that Americans are within their rights to shoot ICE officers on sight. Even if that were true according to your personal interpretation of the constitution, it’s terrible advice to be handing out on lemmy.

A more accurate statement would be “under some interpretations of the constitution it may be lawful to oppose ICE agents with force, however in the current climate you’re very likely to be shot or incarcerated or deported should you attempt to do so”

You haven’t actually responded to what I’ve said.

So… when you say “you’re well within your rights to …” you’re just kind of making that up based on the vibe?

As in… you’re within your rights to shoot an ICE agent, but they will probably shoot you right back, and if you don’t die you’ll probably go to jail.

That’s a hell of a caveat you didn’t mention.

You’re well within your right to shoot ICE agents on sight.

You can’t claim “rights” and then say you don’t respect the authority that grants or denies those rights.

No it’s not. Defense in a legal context is averting imminent physical harm. When you “sight” a bunch of ICE agents abducting someone, it’s just not going to meet that legal requirement.

You’re well within your right to shoot ICE agents on sight.

This is just plain false. Anyone following your advice is just going to get shot by a half dozen ICE goons.

Wait, are we expecting some serious shit to go down ?

You literally advocated shooting ICE agents on sight. That is not “defending” oneself.

Yep.

Obviously this is a pretty extreme example but without the rule of law, government officials will engage in corruption, hold overs, and blackmail.

With ICE just seizing and deporting whoever they like, it provides white Americans with incredible power over others because they can just threaten to call ICE.

In the current climate, do you really think a judge will support your assertions of self defence?

If you shoot an ICE officer, I very much doubt you’d ever see a court room.

I have an uncanny ability to read super faded receipts, and old people’s hand writing.

Trump being a threat to democracy and children in Gaza was the reason to vote for the Dems.

It’s that simple. Everyone told you that.

What was the public opinion on Newsom before this current shit show?

I think it’s more nuanced than that. Police should be allowing people to protest peacefully.

They’re also saying that the military is not being used to execute the laws, but rather to protect law enforcement officers

I don’t really understand. Your statement seems to be the same as the one you’re responding to.

The status quo has changed dramatically, because a bunch of voters were too apathetic to vote for Harris.

I use wireguard and have public DNS refer to private IPs.

For example if my server is accessible at 10.0.0.1 via wireguard then I point *.myserver.mydomain.com to that IP.

Sorry if I’ve misunderstood your question.

I know we’ve been crossing a lot of lines over the last several months but this seems like a big one.