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In reply to the discussion: I'm loving this: Federal Court Rules Flipping Off Police Is Constitutional (FUCK YEAH!) [View all]MrScorpio
(73,610 posts)20. Any time the rights of the people are raised over the authority of the police, it is a victory
As I've said many times, one doesn't have to have done anything at all to cause the police to harass them.
But America is a now a little less of a police state than it was the day before the ruling. I'm very happy about that, so sue me.
And besides Goldman Sachs, do you have any other travesties of humanity that we need to cry into our collective beers over?
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I'm loving this: Federal Court Rules Flipping Off Police Is Constitutional (FUCK YEAH!) [View all]
MrScorpio
Jan 2013
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Probably because any cop that warrants a bird is, more likely than not, an asshole
MrScorpio
Jan 2013
#3
You should work on your reading comprehension if you believe this applies to me.
Jenoch
Jan 2013
#13
I just love it when people use that false equivalency argument between cops and other occupations
MrScorpio
Jan 2013
#21
Most people, especially the racial majority, have no idea about what the police are up to
MrScorpio
Jan 2013
#27
As someone with cop associations, you have distinct advantage over people who do not
MrScorpio
Jan 2013
#30
Any time the rights of the people are raised over the authority of the police, it is a victory
MrScorpio
Jan 2013
#20
'A police officer can't pull you over and arrest you *just* because you gave him the finger...'
Cirque du So-What
Jan 2013
#5