Straight Outta Yankton

@somehooplehead.bsky.social

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Formerly healthy person handling life's hurdles like a slalom skier. People tell me it is as if my face were dashed against rocks; Handsome-face-making rocks. My opinions should be made your own. Not related to Ozzie Smith in any way (regretfully).

Adam Horovitz carrying an 808 on the street.

danirodr0315
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11h ago

Is this a literal fight or flight response?
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makeybussines
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9h ago

No, this is a rare case of the "flight, flight or flight"-response where a person can choose flight (attempt to escape from the situation by rescinding control of the aircraft), flight (fly the airplane) or flight (try to see if you can descend safely using your own body).

And now comes the most nauseating part of this whole goddamn mess: the hypocrisy. The same loud-mouthed idiots who spent years screaming about tyranny are suddenly dead fucking silent, or worse, cheering, now that it’s their side doing it. “ThEy’Re cOmInG fOr OuR gUnS!” “GoVerNMenT oVerReAch!” “ShAll nOt bE inFrinGeD!” All that chest-thumping bullshit evaporated the second armed federal agents started terrorizing people they don’t like.

Let me get this straight: a civilian gets shot dead by federal agents, and the only thing you brainless cunts can muster is “well, DHS says he had a gun”? THAT’S your red line? Guns are sacred when they’re strapped to your waist, but magically become a death sentence when they’re used as a post-hoc excuse by the government? Either the Second Amendment applies to everyone, or you never believed in it at all. Fucking pick one and own it.

This is exactly what tyranny looks like, by the way. Not jackboots marching in formation, but armed agents roaming neighborhoods, stopping people, killing civilians, and then daring the public to question it. Tyranny is execution followed by a press release. Tyranny is labeling the dead a “threat” so the state doesn’t have to explain why someone’s life just ended in the street. Tyranny is demanding obedience while shredding due process and calling it order.

And all you so-called “freedom lovers” are fucking fine with it, as long as it’s brown people, immigrants, protesters, or anyone you’ve already dehumanized. Turns out “don’t tread on me” actually meant “tread on them.” You weren’t afraid of tyranny. You were afraid of losing dominance. There’s a difference, and this moment exposes it completely.

“Just comply” isn’t a principle. It’s cowardice dressed up as common sense. It’s the language of people who have already accepted that the state gets to decide who deserves rights and who doesn’t. And once you make that deal, don’t act shocked when the line moves, because it always fucking does.

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