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Leopards Ate My Face

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[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 114 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

It'd be easy to remove this post for a violation of Rule 3's requirement on high-quality sources, but this is textbook leopards, so we'll work around it.

Pinning this comment so everyone has easy access to the ACLU's press release about this lawsuit which is likely to be a much better source. Here's a Charlotte Observer article about the attack. And here's the Newsweek article quoting MS NOW about the regret.

Maybe I should have a canned explanation for how trash the IBT is as a source, but as a proxy for that: we don't use it as much as we reasonably can on Wikipedia (a source which, funnily, I've seen the IBT cite for claims not about Wikipedia).

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 73 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Your comment is more work than merely removing the submission, but I, for one, highly appreciate it. I get to see the story and better sources. <3

[–] nulluser@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Tangent: I would love to see a Lemmy feature that allows community mods to unilaterally block links to specific domains within their community. So, in this case, the poster would get an immediate notification that their post was not allowed due to the link being to a low quality source, and a suggestion to find the same story on a more reputable site.

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Seems like a generalized automoderator tool might be handy that would allow a wide variety of actions :)

[–] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The irony that Newsweek is among the list seems to be lost on everyone. Fuck Newsweek.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

agreed, but when verifying, a broad consensus among shitty sources works when you can't find good sources.

we found the charlotte observer tho so like, why newsweek.

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[–] jamesrandysghost@lemmy.zip 24 points 1 month ago

Mods taking the time to vet and source? Hell yeah, thank you for this!

[–] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 75 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I CANT believe what Trump just DID to me! It's going to make it SO MUCH HARDER when I vote for Him AGAIN!

[–] matlag@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

That's the spirit! Trump will love him! He loves the poorly educated and the dumb!

[–] cevn@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Love seeing these lol. I am your fediverse follower

[–] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

It's the one constant you can rely on

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

People keep saying this.

It's like you've slept through every election since 2024, you know, the ones where overwhelmingly Donald's candidates are losing by double digits despite the fact that he won said districts by double digits in 2024.

Hell, voters have abandoned Donald to such a degree that they quit with the gerrymandering push, as they can't accurately predict where they will have support now.

[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They haven't abandoned him at all.
Benito Mussolini hangings

[–] turboSnail@piefed.europe.pub 3 points 1 month ago

Interestingly, Mussolini stayed in power for 22 years. That’s how long it took Italians to realise they’ve had enough, and decided to fix the problem.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

I mean yes, leopards and faces, but, goddamn.

US Police will break your window... but they typically won't drag you through the now broken window, they'll open the door, unbuckle you or cut the straps.

Fucking hell.

What's underneath Hell?

How low can the bar be?

[–] tburkhol@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago (3 children)

ICE recruits people the police rejected. It's what happens when your political ideology is more important than any morality. IOW: when the ends justify the means.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I've heard ICE described as a militia of the unemployable created to persecuted the working class.

[–] tburkhol@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

If you've ever read Sinclair Lewis's It can't happen here, the parallel between his "marching clubs" and our Proud Boys/ICE are hard to miss.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

True... I'm just awed by the unprofessionalism of it.

These peoples means are going to justify their own end... they will forever be pariahs, at best.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

i dunno. what happened to the SS and SA after 1945 in germany? did they get to go back among the populace as normal or were they shunned into exile? because i seem to remember only a few were tried and the rest just became regular germans.

[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Several things occured:

¹ The reason 🇩🇪 has a far right.
² Reason why 🇺🇲 stayed far right.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

my racist uncle with cerebral palsy just married an even more racist "italian princess" from argentina. who speaks less spanish than me. whose family was third generation argentine. i went to their wedding to try to welcome her into the family, she saw my mobility device, sneered, and i literally have not been able to get a single word out of her. good job, uncle!

my mother loves her for some reason.

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ask Barack Obama. He could have put a stop to all this by passing a few laws when he had a supermajority.

Instead, he doubled down.

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Good, it couldn't have happened to a more deserving dickhead. I hope it happens to him many more times before this is over.

Most likely, he'll still end up deported eventually. They don't respect Birthright Citizenship, and that's in the Constitution. They certainly don't respect Naturalized Citizenship.

Bottom line: If you weren't born in America, of American parents, then they want you OUT.

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Bottom line: If you weren't born in America, of THE RIGHT American parents, then they want you OUT.

[–] PointyFluff@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Have the day you voted for.

[–] joe@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago
[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 13 points 1 month ago

Only voted for fascism, didn't expect the fascism at his doorsteps. Won't be the last fool

[–] FrostyTheDoo@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (8 children)

"this is exactly what I voted for, but please stop doing it to me 😖"

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[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Boo Hoo! So sad! turns out voting for Nazis is a bad idea, if only absolutely everyone had warned you.........

[–] Ceruleum@lemmy.wtf 7 points 1 month ago

Poor window.

[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 7 points 1 month ago

∗Clears throat to imitate MAGA voice∗:
HE SHOULD HAVE OBEYED THE LAW!
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE YOUR PAPERS ON YOU AT ALL TIMES RETARD! WOKE RETARD DESERVES THIS!!

/sI know they read this /c/. So we have to remind them who they are.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago
[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Suing? He already got what he wanted.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Keep the lawsuits coming. That's a great lever against ICE, make it costly to keep behaving as they are.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They don't care about money.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They have more money than the people they abuse and the organizations willing to represent them.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

True, and they are rich because they are cheapskates willing to sell their souls to save a few pennies. I think there is a tug of war in their minds that will make the expensive lawsuits just a bit irritating every time another couple million goes out to those people they look down on. It's a small effect that has the possibility of building over time.

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[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

On November 15, 2025, Aceituno was […]

Ima stop you there and ask: On November 14, 2025, if you had asked him who he supported, would he have said Trump? Because I bet the answer is "yes", and if so, fuck everyone like him. They support Trump until something happens to them. They can't be bothered to understand how any of this affects anyone but themselves.

Of course I'll be glad if he votes blue from here on out, but I bet he won't.

[–] BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And even after it happens to them, they'll still vote Republican. Because they are incapable of learning.

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[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Willy has a vacuum between his ears and the ACLU should drop his case. $1.25 million for the trauma he voted for, fuck him and zero sympathy.

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