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Legal advocates and attorneys general argue practice poses accountability issues and contributes to a climate of fear

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[–] Taalnazi@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

They're fascists and brownshirts.

[–] ganksy@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

And, most importantly, cowards.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

These aren't the brown shirts anymore. They now have funding larger than most foreign militaries.

They are the authoritarian dictatorships secret police, analogous to the Gestapo or KGB.

[–] RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago

No accountability and a climate of fear is the goal.

[–] notsure@fedia.io 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

...the people in control of government are ok with fucking kids...

[–] RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

They aren't okay with pedophiles, they are just casual enough to miss the details. They spent the last decade calling the Clintons and Biden pedos, so they think this is just the left flinging shit. The same sort of shit that the right wing has been flinging forever. They normalized it, and now it looks like everyone accusing everyone of everything.

And many states will continue to have permissive stand-your-ground laws. Let's see how it plays out.