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Schweet-T
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11 Jun 2020 21:33

The one that immediately comes to mind is removing people in prison for resisting arrest when there was no other charge with it.

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Schweet-T
(id: 325659559412891648)

11 Jun 2020 21:33

Another was removing people from prison with marijuana charges and having the charges wiped from their record.

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Schweet-T
(id: 325659559412891648)

11 Jun 2020 21:34

I think there were one or two other ones I could get behind.

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Schweet-T
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11 Jun 2020 21:34

But those will be lost because of the racially motivated demands of the others.

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Schweet-T
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11 Jun 2020 21:34

Which is a shame.

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Schweet-T
(id: 325659559412891648)

11 Jun 2020 21:35

I’m not against them taking Seattle in and of itself, except for the fact that they have no infrastructure of their own and will mooch off of the surrounding areas if they do, in fact become autonomous.

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Tessik
(id: 131720983282319360)

11 Jun 2020 21:36

Nah, if they want to claim autonomy they have to prove it lmao

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TacticalBeard
(id: 188364925398286336)

11 Jun 2020 21:36

The 90% absurd demands make the 10% that’s are actuallygood ideas impossible to obtain

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Schweet-T
(id: 325659559412891648)

11 Jun 2020 21:36

Indeed. To both points.

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Schweet-T
(id: 325659559412891648)

11 Jun 2020 21:37 edited: 2020-06-11T21:37:24.589+00:00

They can’t be self sufficient though because, well, Seattle is basically a third world country.

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TacticalBeard
(id: 188364925398286336)

11 Jun 2020 21:37

Like how can you be in jail for resisting an unlawful arrest

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Tessik
(id: 131720983282319360)

11 Jun 2020 21:37

"We demand that the City of Seattle make the names of officers involved in police brutality a matter of public record. Anonymity should not even be a privilege in public service."

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Schweet-T
(id: 325659559412891648)

11 Jun 2020 21:37

I mean, they got their supplies wiped because they couldn’t secure their stuff against homeless people.

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Schweet-T
(id: 325659559412891648)

11 Jun 2020 21:38

I agreed with that one. Along with body cam footage being publicly available.

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Schweet-T
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11 Jun 2020 21:40

I’m interested to see how this plays out. Either way, I’m thinking it’ll have a high body count.

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Tessik
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11 Jun 2020 21:40 edited: 2020-06-11T21:41:05.934+00:00

the case for defunding is far more reasonable than abolition though, it's too extreme to ever stick. more than half of it is just repeating "abolish police"

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Schweet-T
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11 Jun 2020 21:41

That and the heavy, heavy implication that POC can only have a jury made of...wait for it...POC.

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Tessik
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11 Jun 2020 21:44

2/3rds of my city's budget goes towards the police. I feel like that's pretty excessive.

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Tessik
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11 Jun 2020 21:44

a flat 66%

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Schweet-T
(id: 325659559412891648)

11 Jun 2020 21:45

I don’t disagree.

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Schweet-T
(id: 325659559412891648)

11 Jun 2020 21:45

All that money and they still can’t stop homeless people from randomly stabbing people downtown. Who’d have thunk it.

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Tessik
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11 Jun 2020 21:48

right. we need more effective prevention than state funded gangs addressing it after it's done. Pity that CHAZ will (likely) achieve nothing in that regard.

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Tessik
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11 Jun 2020 21:50

Nothing breaks my heart more than homeless vets

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Schweet-T
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11 Jun 2020 21:50

Considering that the best crime prevention seems to be an armed populace, you’re right. They’d never want that.

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Schweet-T
(id: 325659559412891648)

11 Jun 2020 21:51

I grew up in Florida, lived in Texas for a while. I used to feel bad for homeless people. I’ve lost a lot of that since moving up here about a year or so ago.

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Tessik
(id: 131720983282319360)

11 Jun 2020 21:51

Homeless people here are something else

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Schweet-T
(id: 325659559412891648)

11 Jun 2020 21:52

I feel bad for the people who legitimately fell in hard times. I’ve been close. But the rest? They can eat a satchel of Richards.

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Tessik
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11 Jun 2020 21:55

Not against programs that lead them towards employment and gives stability and resources to help lead them towards success, but if they're capable and refuse to work they deserve no sympathy

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Tessik
(id: 131720983282319360)

11 Jun 2020 21:56

HoUsInG iS a HuMaN rIgHt

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Schweet-T
(id: 325659559412891648)

11 Jun 2020 21:56

Agreed. And those programs should be private.

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Schweet-T
(id: 325659559412891648)

11 Jun 2020 21:56

Right? Excuse me while I give up the property I’ve worked for hard for to let someone who won’t do anything have it.

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Tessik
(id: 131720983282319360)

11 Jun 2020 21:56

Ideally, most things should be privatized

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Schweet-T
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11 Jun 2020 21:57

Which is the antithesis of commies.

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Tessik
(id: 131720983282319360)

11 Jun 2020 21:58

I feel like tax breaks to achieve those initiatives are a great solution. If a business can make that kind of program work, and it benefits the public, they should be rewarded for it to incentivize it.

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Tessik
(id: 131720983282319360)

11 Jun 2020 21:58

Especially until we achieve a system where taxes can be cut out from the equation entirely

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Schweet-T
(id: 325659559412891648)

11 Jun 2020 21:59

Indeed.

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Tessik
(id: 131720983282319360)

11 Jun 2020 22:00

It would take a *lot* for communism to ever be effective. And it surely won't hit that point in our lifetimes.

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Schweet-T
(id: 325659559412891648)

11 Jun 2020 22:03

The only way communism works is if there’s an indefinite amount of resources.

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Schweet-T
(id: 325659559412891648)

11 Jun 2020 22:04

It’s the whole “Automated gay space communism” thing.

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Tessik
(id: 131720983282319360)

11 Jun 2020 22:04

Yeah

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Schweet-T
(id: 325659559412891648)

11 Jun 2020 22:04

I’ve seen people who legit believe that that can be a thing.

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Schweet-T
(id: 325659559412891648)

11 Jun 2020 22:05

Which is think is funny because I see all these people say “$15 starting wage is livable!”

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Schweet-T
(id: 325659559412891648)

11 Jun 2020 22:05

Umm...you know what you need to live? A few pairs of clothes, a roof, somewhere to cook, running water, food and electricity.

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Tessik
(id: 131720983282319360)

11 Jun 2020 22:06

It might be possible. I can't say with certainty that it's not possible. But as it stands right now, it's nothing more than fantasy.

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Schweet-T
(id: 325659559412891648)

11 Jun 2020 22:06

You don’t need a phone. You don’t need a tv. You don’t need fancy meals. You can live on rice and beans. I’ve done it for months at a time when I was struggling.

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Schweet-T
(id: 325659559412891648)

11 Jun 2020 22:06

It’s not fun. It’s not comfortable. But it’s not supposed to be. Want more? Work for it.

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Tessik
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11 Jun 2020 22:06

Yeah

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Schweet-T
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11 Jun 2020 22:07

It could theoretically be possible if we stumbled on a fast, cheap method to harvest resources from somewhere not here.

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Schweet-T
(id: 325659559412891648)

11 Jun 2020 22:07

But then, as we’ve seen, any time there’s an abundance, populations boom.

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Schweet-T
(id: 325659559412891648)

11 Jun 2020 22:08

There’s no simple answer to the questions of resources. Well, there is, but not a nice one. Unless everyone suddenly embraces the Thanos method.

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Tessik
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11 Jun 2020 22:11

Advances in science and technology are bringing us one step closer every day, who knows what the future holds. Unprecedented times, quite honestly.

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Schweet-T
(id: 325659559412891648)

11 Jun 2020 22:11

I don’t disagree.

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Tessik
(id: 131720983282319360)

11 Jun 2020 22:12

In the meantime, we have to deal with what we have. I'm currently working closeish to minimum wage and in school and scraping by on rent. Some people's life decisions are just abysmal and I have so little sympathy for so many of my peers.

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Tessik
(id: 131720983282319360)

11 Jun 2020 22:13

Not a warlord in the barren streets of seattle :KEKWlaugh:

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Schweet-T
(id: 325659559412891648)

11 Jun 2020 22:15

Indeed. Life is hard. Make bad decisions and it gets harder. Be smart enough to jump on a good one and it gets better.

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Schweet-T
(id: 325659559412891648)

11 Jun 2020 22:16

That being said, I work for a staffing agency, so if you’re looking for warehouse work or wouldn’t mind working in a bakery, I might be able to help you out once I get brought back on. Still laid off atm because of the rona.

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Schweet-T
(id: 325659559412891648)

11 Jun 2020 22:17

Shoot me a message if you’re interested and we can talk details.

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Tessik
(id: 131720983282319360)

11 Jun 2020 22:20

will consider, currently making ends meet but moving in the next month, so the situation might change.

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Schweet-T
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11 Jun 2020 22:21

Sounds good. We have locations in a handful of places, so definitely keep it in mind. Hope things work out better for you.

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Tessik
(id: 131720983282319360)

12 Jun 2020 03:54

Looks like Durkan finally spoke out a little bit ago

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Tessik
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12 Jun 2020 03:54

https://twitter.com/MayorJenny/status/1271225850160009216?s=19

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Tessik
(id: 131720983282319360)

12 Jun 2020 03:55

On the surface, it seems like some of their reasonable demands are being met

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Tessik
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12 Jun 2020 03:55

At least acknowledged

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watchtower123
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12 Jun 2020 13:33

Fuck their demands

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watchtower123
(id: 706929926053298326)

12 Jun 2020 13:33

Shoukd shoot the fucks and call it a day

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Tessik
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12 Jun 2020 13:34

But what would that achieve?

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Tessik
(id: 131720983282319360)

12 Jun 2020 13:42

Enough Americans have died at the hands of our government. We don't need more.

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aballer271318
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12 Jun 2020 18:01

So, is this an anarchist shit show, or a communist utopia? I’m seeing conflicting reports.

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Tessik
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12 Jun 2020 18:06

I've seen it look more like a commie utopia, few setbacks. It's going to get real spicy when the police try and retake their precinct though.

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Tessik
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12 Jun 2020 18:10

Lots of media spinning a darker narrative than reality but who'd have expected that

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Schweet-T
(id: 325659559412891648)

12 Jun 2020 22:36

TheYankeeMarshal on YouTube was actually there and talks about it pretty extensively. One two hour video talking about his experience there during the day and another 30 minute video of him there at night. I might not agree with all of his opinions, but I trust the guy enough not to feed BS to people.

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Schweet-T
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12 Jun 2020 22:37

According to him, it’s mostly white college hippies selling art and painting sidewalks.

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Tessik
(id: 131720983282319360)

12 Jun 2020 22:39

Basically commies being commies

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Tessik
(id: 131720983282319360)

12 Jun 2020 22:40

Hard to believe this being worth the president threatening to send in the military for

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10Lives
(id: 245857081901580300)

13 Jun 2020 00:50

Do ranges out here check serials?

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10Lives
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13 Jun 2020 00:50

Asking for SWIM obviously

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headlessdr3
(id: 683037689620201478)

13 Jun 2020 03:10

so hippies or comies im confused cause if its hippies im going to be shocked

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10Lives
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13 Jun 2020 03:57

I'm honestly thinking hippies

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10Lives
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13 Jun 2020 03:57

There's some hippies that are commies though

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watchtower123
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14 Jun 2020 04:33

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watchtower123
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14 Jun 2020 04:33

Any assistance for keeping the peace would be a real blessing as I went by myself last time lolol

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goofy
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14 Jun 2020 04:35

I'm gonna be tied up at church tomorrow chief

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watchtower123
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14 Jun 2020 04:56

Dang

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Recapdrake
(id: 212248019377061896)

14 Jun 2020 23:16

So can we get confirmation on this?

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madanthony[western_WA]
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19 Jun 2020 04:19

Hot

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madanthony[western_WA]
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19 Jun 2020 04:19

And current

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