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A retired Tennessee law enforcement officer was held in jail for more than a month this fall after police arrested him over a Facebook post of a meme related to the September assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Prosecutors eventually dropped the criminal charge brought against Larry Bushart, but his stint behind bars came to exemplify the country’s tense political and legal climate following the tragedy, when conservatives sought to stymie public discourse about the late controversial figure that it saw as objectionable.

Now, Bushart is suing over his incarceration.

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[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 0 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

^^

Did the with use a framework of states rights to attempt to legalize seceding? Yes or no. No bullshit editorializing, yes or fucking no.

Point to where I said or implied slavery was not the primary cause of the civil war. I won’t hold my breath because that isn’t something I’ve said nor would said

You fucking tell me.

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

See. When pushed into a yes or no you simply refuse to answer.

Yes or no genius. Should be easy to answer.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I'll answer with a yes/no if you answer another question for me strictly in a yes or no fashion first. Deal?

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 1 points 49 minutes ago (1 children)
[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 1 points 45 minutes ago (1 children)

Does your mom know that you are spreading racist slaver-apologist revisions of history from your room in her basement?

Yes or no please.

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 1 points 37 minutes ago (1 children)

So you ask a question that implies I'm a racist one way or the other. You're a shitheel. I gave you a yes or no question you simply choose not to answer because doing so proves your endeavor worthless and misguided.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 1 points 35 minutes ago* (last edited 34 minutes ago) (1 children)

Blah blah blah, TL;DR

Yes or no. Your answer shouldn't be more than 3 letters... Or are you backing out?

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 1 points 32 minutes ago (1 children)

I'm not going to say I'm a racist because I'm not. You however proved yourself a coward so there's that.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 1 points 17 minutes ago (1 children)

Maybe I am...

Or maybe agreeing to answer a non-yes/no question in a strictly yes/no fashion is a fast track to getting your head stuck up your ass, which is why I won't answer your's unconditionally. You didn't answer my question, per the deal, I don't have to answer yours.

All I did was flip the table around and made you eat your own poisoned meal.

This is a good time to bow out by the way, before you dig a deeper hole.

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 1 points 14 minutes ago* (last edited 40 seconds ago)

No you are. I gave you an actual yes or no. You tried to weasel your way out with bigoted bullshit. Btw I own my home but sure, project away bud.

Ok is it a fact or not if that is a better format. They mean the same thing since facts can generally be substantiated with yes/no correct/incorrect.

No what you did was from a question that's disparaging to me with either answer. It isn't accurate either but clearly accuracy is not something you care about and we'll just ignore the bigoted bullshit included with it.

Or it's a time for you to answer a yes no or ask a less bigoted question.