140 points

Why doesn’t it read “Far Right Extremist, White Nationalist, Christofacist, Terror Group ‘MAGA’ Reaking Havic Around The U.S.”

Call a duck a duck

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The person who set the fires said they wanted to be arrested, and it wasn’t politically motivated. Unless they give evidence to the contrary, there’s no reason to not believe them, especially since they had a prior arrest warrant outstanding for something unrelated.

Edit: Wow, lot of astroturfing going on here, or people who didn’t read the article.

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No reason not to believe the person who “wants to be arrested” and is lighting fires in public spaces?

Who are you trying to convince?

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He was saying there’s reason to believe they thought this would be a high profile, non-violent action that would get them attention as well as arrested. I.e., that the arrest and attention were the primary motivations moreso than a political one. It was just a standard, blue USPS post box, not a specific county ballot box (those actually have fire suppression for this reason), so it seems reasonable that this person is just an unstable idiot, not a politically motivated unstable idiot.

He was previously arrested for just showing up to a work site, assumed homeless, and sitting there, and then trying to take an officers gun “because he ‘wanted it’ and ‘because it’s cool.’” He was then restrained with duct tape. Lol

Who knows, it’s dumb and he was arrested though, which is good.

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2 points

It’s from the article dude.

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18 points

If he has a warrant out and wanted to be arrested… Why wouldn’t he just walk into a police station?

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People who want to be arrested aren’t necessarily the sharpest tool in the shed…

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That would make sense. Unfortunately, I’ve known enough contrarian weirdos to see how that type of logic might make more sense (to them).

“Why are you stressing about this? Can’t you just take those old clothes to Goodwill or throw them away?”

“Well, first I need to buy 30 cases of Coke and then - to make room in the car - I need to visit the park back in Indiana to scatter our dog’s ashes.”

Knowing that it’s probably just illogical all the way down, I could believe either scenario.

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Most people have no idea they have a warrant out until they have an interaction with the police. Most warrants aren’t for issues serious enough to send an officer to pick someone up. Not all warrants are for violent offenses.

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I’m sure the guy wasn’t rocking a full set of marbles if this is what he thought passes for a good idea.

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If you’re seeking a felony or many, no better way than to do something to the USPS. Glad the damage was minimal to the ballots and that this person maybe can get the help they need and seemingly were screaming for internally.

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80 points

This is why I took my mail in ballot to the post office instead of trusting a mailbox or my conservative mailman.

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I did so and I’m checking my county’s ballot tracker like a hawk to make sure it registers.

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24 points

I got the email saying they received mine yesterday.

Still double checked the website because it could have been a Republican trick.

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36 points

Ah yes, the stable democracy of a first world country…

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7 points

The people who are most concerned about voter fraud are the ones committing voter fraud. Go figure.

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1 point

This is the way

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6 points

I dropped mine in the county’s drop box so I don’t have to risk letting USPS destroy it or “lose” it. Make sure you follow up to verify that your ballot was received AND accepted.

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51 points

Headline should be something along the lines of “Fascists try to meddle with the election”

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15 points

Not trying, already did. When Trump loses, he will use all of this as a reason for congress to appoint him president.

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45 points

Here comes the terrorism

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If there’s one branch of law enforcement you don’t want to fuck with it’s the US Postal Inspection Service. This person is about to do some time. They do not fuck around with the mail.

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10 points

Don’t piss off the PIS!

They don’t have their own special agents or something anymore right?

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6 points

The USPS? Yes, they have agents and they are armed.

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2 points

Wow what could I have been remembering…

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5 points

They have their own police.

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9 points

Just ask the Post Master General

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7 points

Louis DeJoy is a fucking disgrace, for real.

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I think DeJoy has pulled back their enforcement somewhat - to the point that violence against mail-carriers has had a HUGE spike. Hopefully this is still covered though.

Oh, and fire that fucker DeJoy, too…

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