A mother of three—a woman whose crime was saying out loud what countless others silently scream into their pillows—has been slapped with terrorism charges for a frustrated phone call.
Absolutely Justin, this is spot on. "The system is broken" is yet another narrative we've been conditioned with to get distracted from recognising the real issue and perpetrators. Nothing could be further from the truth, the system works exactly as designed, as an extractivist, inhumane machinery that treats us like cannon fodder.
I think the biggest issue and task is making larger masses of people understand this and acknowledge the systemic violence done to them in their everyday life. Aren't terrorist charges against this woman violence? Isn't poverty violence? Aren't food deserts violence? Isn't bankruptcy because of inaccessible healthcare violence? We're still at a stage where many of us talk about what needs to be done, only to be shut down by the majority of people around us and called extremists, dissidents, brushed off as pursuing "utopia" and wasting time, and so on.
The real work is organising beyond individual actions after living in systems that disenfranchised and separated us for centuries, while selling us a manufactured idea of "post-colonial era" and "peace time."
I could not love this piece more. Thank you, Justin, for speaking truth to this utter madness. A searing indictment of a rigged, predatory for-profit sick-care system.
2 -- I don't recall a single law on the subject in the U.S that ever specified the threat not being taking seriously as a disqualifier.
Everyone in the courtroom can know that the threat wasn't serious, and if you could even prove that the “ victim “ didn't take the threat seriously either , guilt would still be prima facie.
3 -- Number 2 has been true for DECADES. You didn't notice ? And if you didn't, why didn't you notice ?
4 -- If you don't like Number 2 , then change the law.
Oops , you already did !
In many places communicating threats used to be a misdemeanor , now it's a felony.
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This shit rankles me. I've known several people who did hard time for silly , spurious threats , and nobody fucking complained then .
This is ridiculous, and so unfair.
“If you want to know who rules over you, just look for who you are not allowed to criticize.” Voltaire
Absolutely Justin, this is spot on. "The system is broken" is yet another narrative we've been conditioned with to get distracted from recognising the real issue and perpetrators. Nothing could be further from the truth, the system works exactly as designed, as an extractivist, inhumane machinery that treats us like cannon fodder.
I think the biggest issue and task is making larger masses of people understand this and acknowledge the systemic violence done to them in their everyday life. Aren't terrorist charges against this woman violence? Isn't poverty violence? Aren't food deserts violence? Isn't bankruptcy because of inaccessible healthcare violence? We're still at a stage where many of us talk about what needs to be done, only to be shut down by the majority of people around us and called extremists, dissidents, brushed off as pursuing "utopia" and wasting time, and so on.
The real work is organising beyond individual actions after living in systems that disenfranchised and separated us for centuries, while selling us a manufactured idea of "post-colonial era" and "peace time."
The rich discovered that they crush the poor without any repercussion.
I could not love this piece more. Thank you, Justin, for speaking truth to this utter madness. A searing indictment of a rigged, predatory for-profit sick-care system.
She’s gonna get rich!!
Please 🙄
1 -- it clearly was a threatening statement.
2 -- I don't recall a single law on the subject in the U.S that ever specified the threat not being taking seriously as a disqualifier.
Everyone in the courtroom can know that the threat wasn't serious, and if you could even prove that the “ victim “ didn't take the threat seriously either , guilt would still be prima facie.
3 -- Number 2 has been true for DECADES. You didn't notice ? And if you didn't, why didn't you notice ?
4 -- If you don't like Number 2 , then change the law.
Oops , you already did !
In many places communicating threats used to be a misdemeanor , now it's a felony.
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This shit rankles me. I've known several people who did hard time for silly , spurious threats , and nobody fucking complained then .