That's pretty ridiculous, right? The video is mocking January 6 organizers inside the House, like Madison Cawthorn, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Paul Gosar!
— Toxic Positivity (@Yastreblyansky) November 18, 2021
Somebody on Gosar's staff is a regular Jonathan Swift!
Because personally, if I'm a member of Congress and somebody portrays me as a
cartoon serial murderer, I'm not going to think it's making fun of somebody
else. If I were involved in it, of course, I'd put it more in the old Warner
Brothers style than anime—that looks more satirical to me—putting Gosar's face
on Elmer Fudd. And he'd fail to get his kill, that's a lot funnier, trust
me.
And in Sinemascope
Is there something different about this from the other 161 carveout exceptions to filibuster rule? https://t.co/2K4qZjd1fu pic.twitter.com/jejvifS8wS
— Toxic Positivity (@Yastreblyansky) November 20, 2021
Our friend Doug was reporting on Henry Olsen at the Washington Post concern trolling "moderate" Democrats voting for "electric bicycles" and "tree equity
Opinion | Moderate Democrats know the Build Back Better bill will haunt them. They voted for it anyway. - The Washington Post https://t.co/IOUV9QM6jh
— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) November 20, 2021
Come at me, bro. I dare you to be against trees growing in Brooklyn.
— Toxic Positivity (@Yastreblyansky) November 20, 2021
And, speaking of trees, there was the Greenwald
It's not that it would have been a more nefarious act if he'd taken a weapon across state lines. It's that it would have been a federal crime and provided an opportunity for a federal prosecution and a court less corrupt and stupid than Judge Schroeder's. pic.twitter.com/KXHAjeW5DC
— Toxic Positivity (@Yastreblyansky) November 20, 2021
This led to a lengthy debate over what the federal government might or might not be able to do about the Rittenhouse case in which I'm sorry to say I was an extremely wet blanket. I'm not proud of that but I gathered a lot of information I didn't have before that I'd like to leave here, for the record as I always say:
Would have been, if he had done it. But the rumor was false; he kept the gun in Kenosha, at the house of his friend's stepfather (friend was the straw purchaser who went to the gun shop for him, who should definitely be facing federal charges). I keep trying to tell people.
— Toxic Positivity (@Yastreblyansky) November 20, 2021
cf again Rodney king — no state lines crossed there.
— John vax mandates are •not• tyranny O'Connor (@JohnO0Connor) November 20, 2021
While transporting an illegal assault gun would be a slam dunk, there are other options the feds could cite to intervene if they want to.
We'll see if they do...
There's a case for suing the Kenosha police for failing to protect demonstrators https://t.co/QrM9bARlGI
— Toxic Positivity (@Yastreblyansky) November 20, 2021
And I don't know what there is other than federal hate crimes, which are only those committed on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or disability. Doesn't apply.
— Toxic Positivity (@Yastreblyansky) November 20, 2021
— Toxic Positivity (@Yastreblyansky) November 20, 2021
Again, the people protected by those laws belong to protected classes. The Reconstruction laws were to protect former slaves. https://t.co/ZVa2mD6YZX
— Toxic Positivity (@Yastreblyansky) November 20, 2021
I don't mean to beat up on you, I'm just learning all this stuff myself and sharing it https://t.co/Zgn2a5dgZu pic.twitter.com/qrAzNjsxR2
— Toxic Positivity (@Yastreblyansky) November 20, 2021
thousands of people, Proudboyz and Threepers and the rest, were doing this all summer long. They were only prosecuted by local authorities for specific acts, if at all. The killing is the only thing Rittenhouse did that was unusual, which is why I thought it was important.
— Toxic Positivity (@Yastreblyansky) November 20, 2021
I can see how that would apply to Kenosha police, who sat and watched--the only PD in the nation that allowed such a thing to happen. Feds already decided not to bother them (last month) about the shooting that sparked the demonstrations.
— Toxic Positivity (@Yastreblyansky) November 20, 2021
Because they're self-appointed and because they are not attacking a protected class, and they claim they are asserting their own 1st and 2nd amendment rights, not attacking anybody. It's because "conservatives" own the official interpretation of 2nd amendment, which is truly bad.
— Toxic Positivity (@Yastreblyansky) November 20, 2021
btw here's some outstanding research on the presence of weapons in demonstrations over the whole summer, including two deaths (one of a rightwinger) I forgot about. https://t.co/LVyX61FD6L shows what the systemic issues are
— Toxic Positivity (@Yastreblyansky) November 20, 2021
I'm not talking about the victims as I've noted.
— John vax mandates are •not• tyranny O'Connor (@JohnO0Connor) November 20, 2021
They went to shut down 1A protests by •people in protected classes.•
That's how the KKK Act or other Enforcement Acts could at least potentially apply.
The people he shot weren't the only victims of their vigilante behavior.
— Toxic Positivity (@Yastreblyansky) November 20, 2021<
Indeed, he didn't try to stop anybody from protesting, whatever he may have had in mind. He tried to mix it up with some people who were running around after curfew. You can complain that the judge handled it wrong, and you'd be right, but you can't make a federal case out of it.
— Toxic Positivity (@Yastreblyansky) November 20, 2021
In the end he really seems to be talking about thoughtcrime, and the feds really can't prosecute that, though Tucker and Glen and the like think (or rather pretend to think) they can.
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