Notices by Hasani Hunter (hasani@my-spaces.social)

@tropicalchaos One can make the argument that invading your home without a proper warrant means that action is not protected by qualified immunity and their special protections under the law no longer apply.

Generally "stand your ground" or "castle doctrine" laws don't have specific carveouts for government agents. (not that I'm aware of).

The more this stuff happens, the likelihood of someone putting this to the test rises.

2/ That interpretation implies that it is your *right* to defend yourself against the tyrannical government agents.

If the court rules that the 2A does not apply in that case, then the implication is that the 2A doesn't apply at all and your ability to own guns is just a privilege and not a *right*

#2A #uspol

1/ I wonder how the courts will square the circle when someone shoots an ICE or Border Patrol agent stating they had the right to do so under the 2A against the backdrop of laws and consequences of shooting federal agents.

Since the 2A advocates will argue the entire point of having the right to bear arms is to protect oneself from government tyranny.

What happens when someone actually does that?

#2A #uspol

@LevZadov @inthehands I do wonder if someone has challenged willful misidentification in court. I’m not talking about undercover, but straight up impersonation.

It’s one of common sense, everyone knows the roles and authority by visual identification.

We know a judge is a judge based on the black robe in the courtroom. On the street, if you have ICE, Border Patrol, Bounty Hunters and National Guard all wearing the same or similar uniform, then what?

@LevZadov @inthehands Having distinct differences between clothing is so basic and yet ICE is getting people to pause by associating themselves visually as “police”.

There was a podcast with a former army general that hinted at the possibility of DHS and National Guard shooting at each other because you can’t tell friend from foe (they have the same gear but act completely differently).

And he was concerned that the taint of ICE would come down to the military since they all look the same

@inthehands wow

@inthehands that sounds something an independent journalist outfit should be looking at.

This whole thing runs on cash, so follow the money

@inthehands basically modern day slave patrols

@inthehands I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if there is an actual bounty on brown people.

I wouldn’t put it past Trump or Miller to institute bonuses for each person snatched off the streets.

There is a reason that ICE’s budget is so large

1/ Reading @Jaden3 post about racist National Guardsmen harassing him and his cousins made me think about a racist member of my platoon that almost lost his life over some bullshit.

https://mastodon.social/@Jaden3/115407298915034548

#BlackMastodon #usdb #usarmy

@inthehands I’m not convinced that Kirk was shot for his beliefs or his speech. From the behavior of his wife and the Trump rally at his memorial, his death is being used as a cover for suppressing speech of their political enemies.

Turner Classic Movies just causally dropping the dictators speech by Charlie Chaplin (The Great Dictator - 1940) I’m sure for no reason at all.

This iconic speech is as relevant today as it was 85 years ago.

“Machine men with machine minds and machine hearts” has to be the most accurate depiction of the US regime I’ve ever heard.

https://youtu.be/k0CzXi9e66M?si=okwsyF41SpHDh6jz

#charliechaplin #uspol #fascism

Anecdotally, every single person I have seen online talking about #charliekirk being killed for “a difference of opinion” has been white AND cis.

To them I want to say: “Bitch, he was never talking about you or your existence being a threat to him or his way of life so miss me with that difference of opinion bullshit”

So the indifference being shown to him is the same he’d show to any marginalized group. So no, it’s not “a difference of opinion”.

#uspol

@elebertus my argument is that reduction comes from a place of privilege as they aren’t the target of his or his supporters ire. So to say it’s a difference of opinion does a whole lot of whitewashing of his record.

What I’m referring to is a difference of values and how we see each other’s humanity.

The 1943 film “Don’t be a sucker” illustrates this point pretty well

https://youtu.be/vGAqYNFQdZ4?si=R1GeYhY4nmyMpp4Q

Shift of the Overton window to the right over decades has been a classic case of Karl Popper’s “Paradox of Tolerance”.

#charliekirk wasn’t the first nor will he be the last to use a tolerant society to promote intolerance and bigotry.

In short, not all ideas should be given the same weight or attention if you want to keep a tolerant society.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance

#uspol

I keep seeing takes that political violence has no place in the US. The entire history of the US has been nothing but political violence.

Political violence *shouldn’t* have any place in the US, but it DOES and the far right uses that fact to great effect.

As long as one side claims the sole right to use political violence, shit isn’t going to change. Shit only changes when those who perpetuate the violence start to recalibrate their risk that violence may come to them

#uspol #charliekirk

These fucking tech bros are the kinda guys that would play Horizon Zero Dawn, think it’s cool and not have the self awareness to realize that the game’s main villain Ted Faro (who destroys the world) was modeled after *them*

https://youtu.be/bWEXnph1ElI?si=neaJNnn3pnyOC2B9

https://horizon.fandom.com/wiki/Ted_Faro

#militaryindustrialcomplex #war

@inthehands What’s crazy to me is how few people really see “A.I” for what it truly is: *An excuse not to pay for labor*.

AI only exists because a human put in the time that they will never get back into making something.

Taking AI to its logical conclusion, much like capitalism, it is doomed to destroy itself and everyone else along with it.

Once humans stop producing the things that fuels AI, AI will implode because while it is Artificial, it isn’t *Intelligent*

@inthehands There is a reason why the only ones really clamoring for AI are CEOs or billionaires

More than likely #abregogarcia is dead and both Bukele and Trump are panicking. The fact that a sitting US senator flew down there and still couldn’t get “proof of life” is damning https://mstdn.social/@Holberg/114349773057702125