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I remember Portland. Sadly it burnt to the ground. No one lives there now, because there are no buildings.

Wait, I'm hearing reports. Reports that literally no city has been burnt to the ground due to protests? None at all? And this HN account is just out of touch?

You also think swearing is gross and uncommon.

I'm confident you are in a bubble with very little exposure to how the majority of people live.

My sweet summer child. You know how LRADs are deployed against US civilians? You know how chemical munitions are deployed against US civilians? (Specifically munitions that are considered illegal to deploy in war, but are apparently acceptable to deploy by police?) How flashbang grenades launched from handheld launchers are deployed against US civilians? How about the military personnel carriers and MRAPs?

You think those didn't start as restricted to some theater of war?

Go read up on the 1033 program. Or the DHS Grant Program, the Justice Assistance Grant program, or the 1122 program.

DHS is brand new, has caused horror and terror, and soaked up tons of funding that could go to literally anything else.

It doesn't need to exist. Keep the customs checks, keep the border crossing folks. Keep port inspections. Run ourselves like a normal country and like we did for hundreds of years.

Shit is just reactionary nonsense after 9-11.

This is a weapon that will be deployed primarily against their own citizens.

You should look up how private buses worked in Chile's capital.

A famous and well loved Disney Princess once said, "The more you tighten your grip, the more star systems will slip through your fingers."

Seems germane here.

LoL, what are you on about?

For sure. This site is definitely not welcoming to everyone. Lord help you here if you are trans.

The vast majority would absolutely plead guilty.

If you cannot afford a lawyer, and the prosecution offers you a choice:

a) Go to trial. Lose your job. Get life altering debt. Spend a year or more stressfully fighting. Have your movements controlled, maybe be imprisoned. And THEN maybe you get proven innocent. Then there's a risk you get found guilty and face severe consequences.

b) Say you are guilty. Promise to pay a couple grand. You go home to your family tonight. Keep your nose clean and we'll seal the record in three years.

Tons of people would choose the latter.

Hopefully this person doesn't see your username! A homophone of "crap"! They'd be scandalized!

No one is expecting anyone to use a tool. Someone is offering a tool. Fork it and rename it. What a load of nonsense "expect".

Ah, so racism and classism it is then. Can't be having those "poors" here on our spotless orange site. Want to say something homophobic and or sexist before we continue?

Well, not totally. It's read only, which changes how people engage. It also lets you control ordering and presentation. It also lets you hide ads.

Peepee poopoo.

Maybe your cultural values aren't my cultural values. Maybe you need to consider who you are excluding by suggesting that using a curse word is unacceptable?

Cursing has a long tradition in lower economic class culture, in some minority cultures, in queer culture, heck in mainstream cultures worldwide we say "shit", etc. You want them all to conform to your one view of how professionals should be? The curse word isn't directed at you, it isn't directed at anyone you know, or even at a person.

No, I think maybe I'd rather live in a world where people are colorful, use language that's authentic to them, and include more people in the dialog.