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  • blanketswithsmallpox@kbin.socialtoNews@lemmy.world•Several injured after UAW strikers hit by vehicle
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    10 months ago

    Exactly. Thank you.

    I am fully willing to change my thought on the matter at the drop of a hat with new information. But the way the article reads is VERY different from every terrorist car attack we’ve seen in the USA in previous years.

    The strikers were blocking an exit to the processing center on West Bristol Road, Bade said, when the incident took place.

    The driver, who drove off after the incident, has not been located, Bade said.

    UAW Region 1-D President Steve Dawes told MLive-The Flint Journal that the vehicle involved in the incident was dark in color, possibly an HHR or PT Cruiser.

    He added that two of the five people hit were taken to a local hospital.

    “It was uncalled for,” Dawes said. “These people are out here, you know these are my membership, and they’re out here doing a peaceful, legal demonstration.

    “This is very serious and we’re going to be pushing this issue.”

  • blanketswithsmallpox@kbin.socialtoNews@lemmy.world•Several injured after UAW strikers hit by vehicle
    968·
    10 months ago

    No, they’re not. Quit watering down what terrorism means.

    Terrorism is someone who specifically is trying to kill, maim, destroy, or significantly hurt people due to very narrow ideologies which are usually VERY political now.

    Running people over because you can’t get to work isn’t one of them. That is attempted manslaughter if you hurt them bad enough, not a fucking terrorist.

    Either you guys know way more about the incident than I do since you’re close to the police and already know it’s a Trumper who hates strikes and thought they were all gay black democrats, who potentially showed up specifically to hurt these people, or it was some asshole trying to get to work and got so manic he decided it’s better to maim or kill people than to get to work.

    THEY, ARE NOT, THE SAME.

  • blanketswithsmallpox@kbin.socialtopolitics @lemmy.world•5 things to know about the 14th Amendment effort to block Trump from the presidency
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    10 months ago

    I love the hypocrisy mic drop at the end, but damn does it suck to know Republicans just don’t care about it. And with 6 of them sitting on the supreme court, I see no reason why they wouldn’t just meddle in state elections this time, then go right back to saying they can’t help with maps lol.

    There is precedent for it acting quickly in an election dispute, as it did during Bush v. Gore in 2000 — but its reputation took a hit after it was perceived as meddling in the outcome. And, he adds, it could decline to intervene at all, as it did in several cases related to election procedures ahead of 2020.

  • blanketswithsmallpox@kbin.socialtoCanada@lemmy.ca•Posters for 'whites-only' parent-and-child group in Metro Vancouver draw outrage
    65·
    10 months ago

    FWIW I will never get the hypocrisy over race-based groups being fine for anyone but white people lol. Yes, in reality the white group is always a quasi-neo nazi group once you pull a couple layers away in the west… but…

    I’m just waiting for the pendulum to swing the other way on it. You’ll get real-deal white people only groups just to poke a hole in the hypocrisy of the other groups ala The Satanic Temple. It’ll just be a bunch of white people talking about their personal heritage of trailer park trash customs, video games, football legends, and maybe literal Folk European History lol.