He quoted Trump saying 'We need to just get over it' about the Perry High School shooting in Iowa.
What he said wasn't even hateful, it was a fucking quote.
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Well, it was from Trump, so it was a pretty hateful quote, to be fair
The same guy who said Rob Reiner "died due to TDS"?
Its OK when Chavez he president does it
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And not even close to encouraging breaking the law. I've heard politicians have essentially the same "let's move on" attitude about school shootings.
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All Kimmel did was play clips of trump.
I got in trouble with Facebook once for quoting Trump's thing about how he could shoot someone without losing supporters. If it isn't appropriate to say on Facebook, it isn't appropriate to say in a presidential campaign!
I created a Facebook page called "Fled Cruz", the profile picture was Rafael "Ted" Cruz and the only thing I posted was quotes of his tweets, Facebook shut it down for hate speech. They denied the appeal and deleted the entire page.
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As he should, absolutely his first amendment right was violated.
If the right can spout pure hatred and bullshit with impunity, so can everyone else.
It's not even hatred. It's a quote from the 'president' about a similar event, that had more and younger victims.
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This is the image they jailed him for.
This should be a slam dunk win for him. Blatant political retribution. The people who jailed him should be jailed, disbarred, fined, etc., the citizens shouldn’t have to pay the court award for their fascism.
May I say thanks for the pixelation. I'm serious, it's tiring looking at his ugly clueless face all the time.
It's amazing how expressive that face is, simultaneously conveying limitless malice and stupidity. The face of a child rapist? It's believable.
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Are you fucking kidding me? He simply quoted Trump and got jail time? What a fucking joke.
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Then they came for the retired law enforcement
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And I said nothing because ACAB
Okay, that's pretty funny.
I do wonder, if the roles were reversed, would he have refused orders to make the arrest?
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The US has lost their license to roast us (the rest of the world) for saying mean things on the internet and getting a vist from the police. Welcome to the club you fat bitch.
I assure you the United States has both people who will continue to try making that roast, and people who never felt like they had that freedom in the first place.
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At least he is American and can sue. Some immigrants were deported and had their lives destroyed just because they had their opinions
Was there ever a time that Republicans actually stayed true to their principles when it wasn’t to their advantage?
In my life experience I honestly can’t think of a time.
Almost 100% of the time actually. You gotta think, what are republican principles? The answer is hate and bigotry, and the vast majority have stuck to that in spades.
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Like 60+ years ago, before the Southern Strategy, yes.
They have been corrupt selfish assholes my entire life.
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Excited to be in the Supermax Prison built entirely for people who reposted illegal memes.
There will be an entire cell block for people that post this.
Turns out being a cop doesn't protect you from the regime.
Wish all the law enforcement officers who voted for a convicted felon and adjudicated rapist realized that before voting for a convicted felon and adjudicated rapist.
Cops often grew up under similar circumstances to many people who joined gangs. Being a cop is just being part of the biggest most untouchable gang of them all.
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Kirk hasn't said anything racist in a while.
Now that the emotion has died down and I can look at Charlie Kirk’s assassination as a whole and what came of it, i can confidently say that the world feels slightly better without Charlie Kirk in it. I don’t mourn him.
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The former police officer shared a meme on Facebook about a vigil being held in Tennessee for Kirk.
“This seems relevant today,” read the meme, which included a photo of Trump and a quote the then-candidate made in 2024 following a shooting at Perry High School in Des Moines, Iowa.
“We have to get over it,” Trump is quoted as saying in the meme.
Four officers came to Bushart’s home the next day, arrested him and took him to jail for “threatening mass violence at a school.” Authorities at the time said that the post was understood locally to be a threat to an area school that has a similar name to the one where the 2024 shooting occurred, according to court records.
“When Mr. Bushart posted the meme, he had no inkling or reason to think that anyone would take it as a threat of violence. And unsurprisingly, defendants … have produced no evidence that any person interpreted the meme as a threat,” the lawsuit states. “In fact, the Perry County School District has no records at all concerning Mr. Bushart or the meme.”
And there are people in this country who may still see nothing wrong with this, because it involves their dear blameless president.
And this guy was a retired cop. Nobody is safe.
Let's not use the opinionated word "tragedy."
The worst part is the sheriff literally not understanding what's wrong with his actions.
Oh he knew. He just doesn’t care. No repercussions and the municipality will pay the settlement. Just another day in freedumbville.
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This is the way.
If fucking Nazis are still permitted to go on marches (and that's the typical case discussed) then someone sure as FUCK can say whatever they want about some asshat like Kirk passing away...
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