"—nick—weird—happened twice—"

only posting this now because apparently nobody has posted this yet and I just found out

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[–] 69 points 5 months ago (2 children)

This entire saga has been so frustrating to watch unfold. Portions of the judiciary seem absolutely hellbent on denying court ordered financial restitution to the families. It’s not like Alex Jones has even put forward sound legal arguments. My tinfoil hat theory on this is the judges putting up roadblocks are doing it not because of alex jones or free speech, but because it has a connection to guns. They don’t want something even tangentially related to guns to get a win.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I haven't followed the case, are they Trump judges?

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago

    The lower court judges that have been involved in the cases have largely been fine and just, but once you get to the appellate level it has become evident how partisan our court system has become. I should note that the fifth circuit (one of if not the worst in terms of partisanship) has now denied standing in this latest appeal by Jones, so potentially this is all coming to an end.

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  • [–] 49 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    So the families of Sandy Hook can’t get paid because of reasons??

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  • [–] 29 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Because you can't get justice without having power.

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  • [–] 79 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    Why can’t we have cool things once in a while ?

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  • [–] 39 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    I just typed up a funny comedic reply. Then I read it back, and it came off wayyyyy too aggressive. It came off like I was just being an asshole for no reason. So I deleted it, and tried to workshop it. I wanted something that I could say mean spirited things, in a joking way, but it came off waaaaay more mean than it should have been.

    So instead, imagine I sent a reply, where I was mean, but you could tell I was joking about the fact that we can't have nice things because we're all plebs, and not the billionaire ruling class. And then we'd laugh while giving them the finger.

    Ok, all caught up? Cool. Back to work, dickhead!

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  • [–] 31 points 5 months ago (7 children)

    Given this all happening in Texas, I'm not surprised.

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  • [–] 18 points 5 months ago (6 children)

    Two places you don't accept holding court: London and Texas.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    London, Ohio? Or a different London?

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (4 children)

    Why, is there a second one somewhere?

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    Right but they just got that mostly overturned

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