If inciting an insurrection towards their own government is an action without legal repercussions, I don’t see how the law would be less lenient about straight up firing a gun at an opponent.

I by no means want any party to resolve to violent tactics. So even though I play with the thought, I really don’t want anything like it to happen. I am just curious if it’s actually the case that a sitting president has now effectively a licence to kill.

What am I missing?

  • @NeoNachtwaechter
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    sitting president has now effectively a licence to kill.

    Just think about how many wars they have started: They had this license all the time!

    • @Somethingcheezie
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      Wars are against foreigners not US citizens. Not against the flag and the constitution it represents.

      Domestic case law for will need to test their ruling.

      • @NeoNachtwaechter
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        Wars are against foreigners not US citizens.

        Always a riddle to me how Usamericans do not respect basic human rights of all other people in the world. For example, the right to live.

        Regarding our example here: your distinction seems a bit meaningless because ordering a war means not only ordering the death of other people in the world. War is always against more than one party. It means also ordering the death of Usamerican people, soldiers and probably civilians.

        • @Fetus
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          Remember, the wars are fought against brown people, and US soldiers are poor people. Both of these groups are perfect raw materials for the military industrial complex to convert into profit.

            • @atrielienz
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              The answer really is that desperation is a design feature not a flaw. The system is working as intended. And people who speak up about it don’t get silenced. They just get caught out fighting to survive unless they’re already very rich. So for every Bernie Sanders you’ve got thousands of poor people who would fight for the same but not at the expense of feeding their families and losing their homes.

        • gordon
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          Usamericans

          Lol. That was 2007. I feel so old.

        • @[email protected]
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          Somebody should whinge about the unborn being aborted via carpet bombing or similar. I’d like to see the cognitive dissonance.

      • @x1gma
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        So, the “license to kill” is fine, as long it’s non US citizens?

        Your definition of democracy and basic human rights is fucking unhinged.

        • @andrewta
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          Interesting reaction to what was a logical statement. He was simply stating how things are.

          • @Cosmicomical
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            Logic without empathy is the hallmark of psychopathy

            • flicker
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              Observing a system you’re in and have no control over must be done objectively.