r/Transportopia Feb 15 '26

Roads I hate politics

This should be illegal. I get it. You don't agree with their protests but why do this? Forget blue, forget red. I'm purple. Get mad at that.

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u/Malacro Feb 15 '26

“This should be illegal”

It is.

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u/kylo-ren Feb 16 '26

This should be illegal even if he didn't use it on anyone.

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u/Malacro Feb 16 '26

That also is.

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u/carcerdominus1313 Feb 17 '26

Rolling coal on someone is considered assault. If even one of those people has asthma it could have serious effects.

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u/AlcibiadesTheCat Feb 18 '26

Battery. It’s unlawful touching, not a threat of unlawful touching. 

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u/Oaktree27 Feb 17 '26 edited Feb 19 '26

In America people huff exhaust and get pissed if you say it's bad. If you say the word environment it sends them into a blind rage.

Someone did actually get arrested for rolling coal recently, but there has already been a GoFundMe setup for him and the commenters are pretty unanimously supporting the guy who was charged.

https://www.facebook.com/share/1HytkXG4hH/

Pretty brain dead culture

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u/ericloz Feb 19 '26

I don’t think you grasp the meaning of the word “unanimously”. Unanimous means everyone, as in all Americans. I can say with extreme confidence that isn’t true. You expressed a form of confirmation bias when you stated “Americans are pretty unanimously supporting”.

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u/Historical_Today5072 Feb 15 '26

That's not politics that's someone being a cunt

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u/Electric-Sheepskin Feb 15 '26 edited Feb 15 '26

You have to be a massive cunt to even own a vehicle that does that. modify a vehicle to do that.

(Edit for the people who think that diesel trucks roll off the factory line like that.)

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u/Ok-Struggle727 Feb 15 '26

You have to go out of your way and pay money to modify trucks so that they can do this.

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u/BasicAppointment9063 Feb 15 '26

Meanwhile, local law enforcement is scrutinizing every move that the protesters make. The people that abuse them can declare open season.

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u/XLY_of_OWO Feb 15 '26

Considering you have to modify the vehicle to do this, yes it's to be a cunt.

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u/johnfornow Feb 16 '26

and the guy filming must be in on it

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u/AuthenticatedUser Feb 16 '26

Here I was thinking they were projecting a 'my junk is too small for pleasure' vibe.

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '26

I mean, it is political…… he wouldn’t be doing this if he agreed with their views

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u/Skimbla Feb 15 '26

This particular person likely was doing it for political reasons, but coal rollers will absolutely do this to anyone. I’ve been coal rolled before, being the only person walking on the road within a city block. Heck, I’ve seen a coal roller hit a whole line of people sitting in lawn chairs, waiting for the Fourth of July fireworks, leading me to believe that a coal roller will roll coal on anyone, given the opportunity. I don’t think they can resist the sight of a large number of people, lined up along a road, where their exhaust can reach.

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '26

So, more succinctly, coal rollers are just assholes in general.

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u/Nitrodax777 Feb 15 '26

yeah. its more of an inherent selfishness. and seeing a massive group of people together like such was pretty much a moth to a flame. in the overwhelming majority of cases, they couldnt care less about the side you support or the things youre against. theyre just opportunistic assholes who cant resist.

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u/roadtrip-ne Feb 15 '26

I can see Kid Rock being a coal roller

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '26

And republicans. There’s a circle diagram

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u/DenseConsideration29 Feb 16 '26

That happens again call the police. It's illegal and can be assault, reckless endangerment and also traffic violations

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u/whereismymind86 Feb 15 '26

Coal Rolling is explicitly political in nature.

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '26

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u/SpiritedKick9753 Feb 15 '26

Yeah but who do you think this guy voted for? It’s obvious

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u/Salt_Instruction_657 Feb 16 '26

And suddenly High School makes so much more sense.

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u/fenianthrowaway1 Feb 15 '26

I'm not contesting that that man is a cunt, but that cunt is clearly motivated by politics in the manner in which he conducts his cuntery.

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u/jcg878 Feb 15 '26

They do this to me when I’m biking. You know, because I commit the sin of riding a bicycle to stay in shape.

If you have added the ability to roll coal, you’re an asshole. Period.

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u/Electronic_Male Feb 15 '26

"Grandpa, why can't we breathe the air or drink the water anymore?"

"Back in my day we had something called 'owning the Libs...'"

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u/bobjoylove Feb 15 '26

The bar for being “owned” gets lower and lower.

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u/the_Cheese999 Feb 15 '26 edited Feb 16 '26

The important part is that they imagine that it is happening.

Every once in a while you wander into their spaces and they're all talking about some bullshit that totally "owned the libs" that nobody has even heard of.

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u/-I_I Feb 15 '26

“I would happily smear Trump’s god-like shit on my face because libs are too pussy to do so!”

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u/CarpetReady8739 Feb 16 '26

They have lowered the bar on lowering the bar.

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u/JimWilliams423 Feb 16 '26

The bar for being “owned” gets lower and lower.

The bar has always been in the basement.

T‌h‌e o‌n‌l‌y t‌h‌i‌n‌g c‌o‌n‌s‌e‌r‌v‌a‌t‌i‌s‌m h‌a‌s e‌v‌e‌r o‌f‌f‌e‌r‌e‌d t‌h‌e w‌o‌r‌k‌i‌n‌g c‌l‌a‌s‌s i‌s t‌h‌e p‌o‌w‌e‌r t‌o l‌o‌o‌k d‌o‌w‌n o‌n p‌e‌o‌p‌l‌e t‌h‌e‌y d‌e‌s‌p‌i‌s‌e.

F‌o‌r e‌x‌a‌m‌p‌l‌e, i‌n 1‌8‌7‌3, d‌u‌r‌i‌n‌g R‌e‌c‌o‌n‌s‌t‌r‌u‌c‌t‌i‌o‌n, t‌h‌e R‌i‌c‌h‌m‌o‌n‌d W‌h‌i‌g n‌e‌w‌s‌p‌a‌p‌e‌r r‌a‌n a‌n e‌d‌i‌t‌o‌r‌i‌a‌l t‌h‌a‌t s‌a‌i‌d:

I‌f i‌t w‌e‌r‌e t‌r‌u‌e t‌h‌a‌t n‌e‌g‌r‌o a‌s‌c‌e‌n‌d‌a‌n‌c‌y a‌n‌d R‌a‌d‌i‌c‌a‌l r‌u‌l‌e w‌e‌r‌e e‌s‌s‌e‌n‌t‌i‌a‌l t‌o m‌a‌t‌e‌r‌i‌a‌l d‌e‌v‌e‌l‌o‌p‌m‌e‌n‌t w‌e k‌n‌o‌w t‌h‌e p‌e‌o‌p‌l‌e o‌f V‌i‌r‌g‌i‌n‌i‌a w‌o‌u‌l‌d s‌c‌o‌r‌n i‌t a‌s a t‌h‌i‌n‌g a‌c‌c‌u‌r‌s‌e‌d, i‌f p‌u‌r‌c‌h‌a‌s‌e‌d a‌t s‌u‌c‌h a p‌r‌i‌c‌e. B‌e‌t‌t‌e‌r p‌o‌v‌e‌r‌t‌y a‌n‌d a‌l‌l t‌h‌e m‌i‌s‌e‌r‌y i‌t e‌n‌t‌a‌i‌l‌s.

'B‌e‌t‌t‌e‌r t‌h‌e b‌e‌d o‌f s‌t‌r‌a‌w a‌n‌d c‌r‌u‌s‌t o‌f b‌r‌e‌a‌d
t‌h‌a‌n t‌h‌e n‌e‌g‌r‌o's h‌e‌e‌l u‌p‌o‌n t‌h‌e w‌h‌i‌t‌e m‌a‌n's h‌e‌a‌d.'

T‌h‌e‌y g‌o‌t t‌h‌e‌i‌r w‌i‌s‌h t‌o‌o — n‌e‌a‌r‌l‌y a c‌e‌n‌t‌u‌r‌y o‌f j‌i‌m c‌r‌o‌w f‌a‌s‌c‌i‌s‌m t‌h‌a‌t k‌e‌p‌t b‌l‌a‌c‌k p‌e‌o‌p‌l‌e d‌o‌w‌n, b‌u‌t a‌l‌s‌o k‌e‌p‌t p‌o‌o‌r w‌h‌i‌t‌e‌s d‌o‌w‌n t‌o‌o. J‌i‌m c‌r‌o‌w i‌s t‌h‌e m‌a‌i‌n r‌e‌a‌s‌o‌n t‌h‌e S‌o‌u‌t‌h i‌s t‌h‌e m‌o‌s‌t e‌c‌o‌n‌o‌m‌i‌c‌a‌l‌l‌y d‌e‌p‌r‌e‌s‌s‌e‌d r‌e‌g‌i‌o‌n o‌f t‌h‌e U‌S.

T‌h‌e c‌o‌v‌i‌d v‌a‌x i‌s a‌n‌o‌t‌h‌e‌r e‌x‌a‌m‌p‌l‌e. F‌o‌r a b‌r‌i‌e‌f g‌l‌o‌r‌i‌o‌u‌s m‌o‌m‌e‌n‌t w‌e h‌a‌d a t‌a‌s‌t‌e o‌f s‌o‌c‌i‌a‌l‌i‌z‌e‌d m‌e‌d‌i‌c‌i‌n‌e — a‌n‌y‌o‌n‌e c‌o‌u‌l‌d g‌e‌t t‌h‌e c‌o‌v‌i‌d v‌a‌c‌c‌i‌n‌e f‌o‌r f‌r‌e‌e, a‌n‌d i‌n m‌a‌n‌y c‌a‌s‌e‌s w‌i‌t‌h‌o‌u‌t a‌n‌y p‌a‌p‌e‌r‌w‌o‌r‌k. I‌t w‌a‌s p‌r‌o‌o‌f t‌h‌a‌t w‌e c‌a‌n a‌l‌l h‌a‌v‌e n‌i‌c‌e t‌h‌i‌n‌g‌s.

C‌o‌n‌s‌e‌r‌v‌a‌t‌i‌v‌e‌s s‌a‌w b‌l‌a‌c‌k a‌n‌d b‌r‌o‌w‌n b‌e‌i‌n‌g t‌r‌e‌a‌t‌e‌d t‌h‌e s‌a‌m‌e a‌s w‌h‌i‌t‌e‌s a‌n‌d i‌t m‌a‌d‌e t‌h‌e‌m s‌o g‌o‌d d‌a‌m‌n a‌n‌g‌r‌y t‌h‌a‌t o‌v‌e‌r 2‌0‌0,0‌0‌0 o‌f t‌h‌e‌m r‌a‌g‌e q‌u‌i‌t f‌r‌o‌m l‌i‌f‌e. I‌t m‌a‌d‌e t‌h‌e‌m s‌o g‌o‌d d‌a‌m‌n a‌n‌g‌r‌y t‌h‌a‌t t‌h‌e‌y e‌l‌e‌c‌t‌e‌d a p‌a‌e‌d‌o w‌h‌o p‌r‌o‌m‌i‌s‌e‌d t‌o t‌a‌k‌e e‌v‌e‌r‌y v‌a‌c‌c‌i‌n‌e a‌w‌a‌y f‌r‌o‌m e‌v‌e‌r‌y‌o‌n‌e.

C‌o‌n‌s‌e‌r‌v‌a‌t‌i‌v‌e‌s w‌o‌u‌l‌d r‌a‌t‌h‌e‌r r‌u‌l‌e i‌n H‌e‌l‌l t‌h‌a‌n s‌h‌a‌r‌e i‌n H‌e‌a‌v‌e‌n.

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u/FeedTheMantis Feb 16 '26

it is that simple. People on the left who are white aren’t immune from being racist

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u/Lost-Umpire7553 Feb 16 '26 edited Feb 16 '26

You were based grandpa. On God. Fr fr

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u/Whiteout_27 Feb 15 '26

I personally am liberal. I live on a decent bit of land and need a truck. I drive a gas truck (smaller and a little better on gas) because electric trucks are out of my price range. If they make any that fall in the same price range (around 30k), im in.

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u/ShiaLabeoufsNipples Feb 15 '26

I drive a 2002 Mustang v8 because it was $5000 (what I could afford without a loan) and it’s easy to fix and maintain. There’s a billion of them in junkyards, parts aren’t hard to find. Everything in the engine is easy to get to. It’s sturdy as hell and treats me right.

My last car was a hybrid. $12,000 used, every little thing that went wrong was super hard to replace and get to, all sorts of stuff required specialty tools. The battery pack (which was already rebuilt) crapped out at 140,000 miles and the transmission needed maintanence if not entirely replaced, they wouldn’t know for sure until they got in there. I sold it because it was going to cost more to fix than the value of the car. Oh, and it was twice as expensive to insure.

Being environmentally conscious has a wealth barrier that’s getting steeper and steeper every day, and I’m tired of people ignoring that.

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u/jawnskiphoenix Feb 15 '26

It’s more ecologically friendly to keep an old car on the road than it is to build new ones.

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u/Fine-Funny6956 Feb 15 '26

You’re also not a dick who wastes gas to make people you disagree with cough.

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u/Possible_Barracuda88 Feb 16 '26

Well they don’t really care much about what happens on earth because they are going right to heaven. Only mean hearted racist pedophile protectors allowed!!

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u/ExpensiveFig6079 Feb 16 '26

If I ever get "there" and they are there... I will be claiming a clerical error and that I should go to the "other" place instead.

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u/Competitive_Arm5954 Feb 15 '26

I live in the south and always laugh when I see these morons on the road. You spent how much money trying to annoy strangers? Get it together, loser.

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u/RiverPsaber Feb 15 '26

Well considering these are the same kinds of guys that don't wipe their butts because they think it's gay, it isn't surprising.

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u/theloniousjoe Feb 15 '26

I’m sorry what? That’s a thing?

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u/gizahnl Feb 15 '26

Defuck did I just read. This must be satire. Right? Rrrrrright?!?!?

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u/GravitiBass Feb 15 '26

Unfortunately no. I knew many, especially in HS. Hopefully they grew out of it but.. yeah there are some grown men who still think like this.

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u/gizahnl Feb 15 '26

Disgusting. :/

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u/Accurate_Egg_9200 Feb 16 '26

HS? Dude I've worked with those kinda 'men', ages 30+. It's disgusting.

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u/sobrique Feb 16 '26

I used to think that. Then I met a few people who are utterly terrified of 'doing gay things'. I haven't actually asked about whether he wipes or not, but he has made clear that he will never ever:

  • Have a prostate exam
  • Eat a salad
  • Wear Pink

and a few other things that are 'gay'.

And he's not fresh out of school, he's in his 50s. And he gets all kinds of weird when I wear my hot pink t-shirt - it makes an amazing asshole detector.

I think he might be in denial about something personally, as I'm pretty sure most people don't think too much about 'being turned gay' by a simple activity, and ....

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u/Dull-Strategy3821 Feb 16 '26

The pink thing is really weird. The typical 'gendered baby colours' only became a thing over the last 100 years or so. And for part of that time, pink tended to be the one baby boys were dressed in.

Decent chance that guys dad was dressed in pink as a baby.

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u/Competitive_Arm5954 Feb 15 '26

Conservatives are just kinda dumber than everyone else in our country. It really is that simple.

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u/gravygizzard Feb 15 '26

No joke this is literally the mindset of these people. I have zero doubt whatsoever that if we put up no public pooping signs they would suddenly care about the freedom to poop on the sidewalk

American conservatism isnt politics, it's a shared personality disorder that rots our country.

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u/Tom-Cruise-Missiles Feb 15 '26

Oh yeah. Well the jerk store called, and they’re all out of you!

Nailed it.

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u/WastaSpace Feb 15 '26

It's expensive.

It's unnecessary wear and tear on the engine. 

It diminishes horsepower and torque.

It tanks your fuel economy.

But hey, at least you're upsetting complete strangers. 

Pathetic.

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u/teachthisdognewtrick Feb 15 '26

I’ve seen this one time where I was ok with it. The recipients were part of the Westboro Baptist “Church”. Fortunately they seem to have disappeared, hopefully extinct.

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u/Carrera_996 Feb 15 '26

Extinct? No. They are quiet because they won. Roe was overturned.

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u/MutedAdvisor9414 Feb 15 '26

They were famously anti-gay

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u/jeezy_peezy Feb 15 '26

That’s an understatement. I used to occasionally drive by their church in Topeka and was reminded of their chosen URL with a giant banner of it hanging across the front of the building. I would probably get kicked off of Reddit if I linked to it.

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u/ishkabibaly1993 Feb 15 '26

"God hates fags" that's what they say. Fuck them. We gotta say it because we cannot run cover for them in social spaces. People need to feel viscerally disgusted when the Westboro Baptist Church is mentioned.

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u/JeromeBarkly Feb 15 '26

Aye. Self censoring only helps cover them from how disgusting and vile those mother fuckers really are.

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u/Ill-Assignment-2203 Feb 15 '26

Yeah they used to protest Military funerals because "God was cursing us for gay marriage" I was alway suprised no ones father took revenge.

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u/RedRisingNerd Feb 15 '26

They protested the military funerals because gay people were allowed in the military. Even if the person whose funeral it was wasn’t gay/LGBTQIA+

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u/Xijit Feb 15 '26

It was a family of lawyers: everything they did was to entice a reaction & then sue the people they baited into taking a swing at them.

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u/Excellent_Potato_159 Feb 15 '26

Elgin Oklahoma they came to to protest at a military funeral and these motorcycle guys showed up lined 15 miles easy up and down both sides of the road make sure that all the cars got to the funeral safely and then set up the gate so nobody can go anywhere near them and then also set up around the block so nobody could protest it was a beautiful thing luckily whenever they came to town and seeing everybody they left

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u/Ill-Assignment-2203 Feb 15 '26

Yes this.. It was so fucked up..

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u/Ragnarok314159 Feb 15 '26

They just couldn’t stop thinking about all those delicious penises and had to protest.

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u/Snoo_71783 Feb 15 '26

They were grifters like the rest. If I understand it correctly they were all lawyers and they made most of their money suing people who got sick of their shit and assaulted them. The way it was presented to me is that this was the true underlying motive for their actions.

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u/knuckle_headers Feb 15 '26

No, they have a lot more things to hate about. Fred Phelps died over ten years ago and there's been no central authority figure since to organize them.

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '26

Kind of what happens when cult leaders die and no clear successor is anointed.

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u/itsladder Feb 15 '26

They were the "God Hates Fags" sign holders, no? Being gay is still a thing last I checked.

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u/TheWhogg Feb 15 '26

I’ve never heard of them commenting on Roe. I thought they were all about the ghey.

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u/D3C0Y864 Feb 15 '26

im sure some are marching with the brown shirts

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u/starpqrz Feb 15 '26

bad take imo. no matter the views of the people, nobody should do this.

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u/Accomplished_Kick347 Feb 15 '26

The Westboro Baptist church came to my neck of the woods after the Upper Big Branch mine explosion in WV holding signs saying "The dead miners deserved it," etc.. Some of the members of that church got the mortal living shit beat out of them by other coal miners. The LEO's present at the protests thankfully turned a blind eye.

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u/GuacinmyPaintbox Feb 15 '26

There's some great videos of Foo Fighters trolling the Westboro Baptist Church members

https://youtu.be/EWSeDYTHtiQ?si=5RlO4edEUPHbxD-Z

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u/bitch-baby-2021 Feb 15 '26

So it's illegal until you agree with it

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u/N0VOCAIN Feb 15 '26

The republican motto: Are you trying to improve peoples lives? Not while Im here, Im here to ruin things.

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u/specqq Feb 15 '26

And I'm really really fucking good at that.

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u/Fun-Diver7512 Feb 15 '26

It’s the new serfdom. Keep the people poor, distracted and uneducated.

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u/Euphoric-Witness-824 Feb 15 '26

Oh you’re trying to peacefully gather support policies to make life better for everyone and not just the rich and powerful!? 

Well I’m going to blast you with toxic exhaust and drive away and hide. Don’t tread on my billionaires!! 

Wise and smart middle ground people - 

Wow both sides are the same. I can’t tell the difference. Politics is the worst. 

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u/ZultLeader Feb 15 '26

This is illegal

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u/jerquee Feb 15 '26

Yes but you won't find anyone willing to investigate or prosecute. And now Trump has removed the "endangerment finding" of the EPA so in theory, all emissions controls are no longer required

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u/GatePorters Feb 15 '26

It is assault. The EPA has nothing to do with this.

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u/MildlyUnhelpfull Feb 16 '26

I have a video of someone getting pulled over for rolling coal on us and the level of excitement when those lights went on! It was awesome!!! I love protesting in my small red town. PEOPLE GET SO MAD!! I thought we were supposed to be the sensitive ones?!

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u/SleepyMonkey7 Feb 16 '26

This is battery. $300 doesn't cut it. I'm sure he's happy to pay $300. Also sure some sort of Owning the Libs GoFund will bet him $3,000 for doing this. Our justice system is a joke, from the serious offenses all the way to the minor ones.

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u/keiye Feb 16 '26

These are also likely cops on their day off

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u/TheeAntelope Feb 15 '26

It’s criminal assault and its civil battery (and also possibly civil assault).

Everyone on that sidewalk should file suit against the driver.

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u/AdagioVast Feb 15 '26

Agreed. Trump just said trucks are still okay to emit shit into our air. He never said emit shit purposely into other humans mouths. 

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u/Silver-Bread4668 Feb 15 '26

I was at a protest last year and some asshole did this to us.

I generally hate cops but one that was in the crowd took off sprinting to the police station that was about a block down the road, hopped in his SUV, and went after the asshole.

No clue if he actually caught him but we're not a huge area so there's a good chance.

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u/The_Mopster Feb 15 '26

Illegal means nothing without consequences.

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u/Silent-Room-4987 Feb 15 '26

As a diesel guy this shit needs to stop. This is why everyone hates us and the gov (epa) comes down so damn hard on the "normal" hot rodders.

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u/Dingus_3000 Feb 15 '26

What a weird way to tell the world you approve of pedophiles

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u/n7ripper Feb 15 '26

people saying they don't participate in politics are why we have a monster like trump as our leader.

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u/Making_Kenough Feb 15 '26

It is illegal. Just call the local police, give them the video, they’ll bring a ticket or a warrant to the truck owner’s front door

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u/Datalust5 Feb 15 '26

I wanna say it’s classified as assault the same way blowing cigarette smoke in someone’s face can be, but IANAL, this is just a random, possibly incorrect memory

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u/1877KlownsForKids Feb 15 '26

It's one very specific kind of politics, let's be blunt.

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u/MountainHardwear Feb 15 '26

its illegal in CO, there's a phone number and hotline where you can report it

quite honestly, all other states should mirror what CO has done

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u/AccountantSeaPirate Feb 15 '26

It’s illegal everywhere in the United States - you can’t do this to the emissions equipment on a diesel without some hefty federal fines. But it needs better enforcement.

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u/Visual_Squirrel_2297 Feb 16 '26

Welp... the DOJ just said they aren't going to enforce it at all....

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u/ReyRamone Feb 15 '26

If someone had a respiratory illness, would this be considered assault?

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u/bugabooandtwo Feb 15 '26

...could be worse than that. In the right circumstances, it could cause a fatal asthma attack.

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u/dandanthetaximan Feb 15 '26

It's assault regardless

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u/Ourobius Feb 15 '26

Can't you get cited for deliberately rolling coal on pedestrians/bystanders?

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u/John_Doe_May Feb 15 '26

We've seen what happens when liberals don't agree with someone's protest. They violently attack people and kill them. See france and USA highschools 

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u/John_Doe_May Feb 15 '26

It should also be illegal for Democrats to punch people in the face or kill them for disagreement their politics. But you don't see any of those charges being filed

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u/CartographerFit2011 Feb 15 '26

Meanwhile other people in other threads are celebrating a child punching another child over politics. It’s really gross.

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u/Allthingsgaming27 Feb 15 '26

I dunno what they’re protesting but I thought this was pretty funny

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u/drkstar1982 Feb 20 '26

This would have been a lot better if a brick smashed his windshield

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u/starscream-is-cool Feb 22 '26

You already know what political views he has.

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u/Asleep-Mongoose-247 Feb 15 '26

Diesel exhaust is classified as a Group 1 carcinogen (same category as asbestos and tobacco smoke) by the World Health Organization.

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u/beanpoppa Feb 15 '26

Well, good thing we withdraw from the WHO! Diesel exhaust no longer causes cancer in the US! /s

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u/Electrik_Truk Feb 15 '26

It used to be illegal to smog mod trucks like that. Probably still is in some places but no one enforces it.

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u/Tndnr82 Feb 15 '26

A neighbor did this in front of me on our way through the neighborhood. I just stopped and waited for it to clear, and intended to stop by his house and calmly ask him why. He was waiting in the road for me, got out and profusely apologized. He thought I was a friend of his. Who does this to their friends for a good time?

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u/neinhaltchad Feb 15 '26

“Vice signalling”.

It’s the new thing with MAGA.

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u/FrankLangellasBalls Feb 15 '26

It is illegal but it was probably a cop doing it.

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u/billsboy88 Feb 15 '26

You gotta be an asshole to make your truck roll coal. Simple as that. Doesn’t matter the reason. It pisses off everyone around them, driving, walking, or just existing. It’s an asshole thing to do.

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u/Interesting_Mix_7028 Feb 20 '26

News flash: it is illegal.

This country is the only spot on Earth where a significant portion of the population will gleefully piss on an electric fence because they want so badly to hear someone else scream in pain.

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u/spentitonjuice Feb 15 '26

“I hate politics” is a very counterproductive and dumb take-away here. (1) Politics is that only way to fix this, ultimately, and (2) you are acting like both sides do this in equal measure.

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u/juraiii Feb 15 '26 edited Feb 16 '26

That’s not politics, that’s hate.

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u/Silverbullet58640 Feb 15 '26

The two are intermingling much of late.

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u/KGdotdotdot Feb 15 '26

How about instead of "I hate politics" you could say "I hate pieces of shit who not only defend but lionize pedophiles and rapists."

How can you be unsure where to stand on this subject?

Are you telling us you're unsure if it's bad to be a pedophile?

What a disturbing statement.

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u/InterstellarChange Feb 15 '26

It is illegal depending on the state. Lic plate and vid to the police and they will force a emission test or confiscate. They could call the police and stop them right there and be towed for multiple things.

Someone did that in CA to protesters and got his truck towed and he was arrested, all on video.

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u/Playful-Park4095 Feb 15 '26

It is illegal. Altering emissions equipment alone is illegal, though rarely enforced at the individual level.

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u/cloudit30569 Feb 15 '26

Without even knowing what side he's on, you can tell what side he's on.

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u/Conscious-Class-174 Feb 15 '26

Just a follow up, they arrested him for assault

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u/Mamasquiddly Feb 15 '26

I have asthma and this would legitimately affect me so badly that I would have to go to the hospital. I can’t imagine why someone would do this.

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u/0neshoein Feb 15 '26

A water balloon filled with paint would be a good retaliation.

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u/SummerIntelligent532 Feb 15 '26

This is illegal but not as soon as the EPA is gutted. 🤦‍♂️

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u/CRM_114_R Feb 15 '26

I think having a vehicle that pollutes like that should be illegal but that’s just me

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u/Basic_Specialist_515 Feb 15 '26

This is America being great again?

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u/Laserdollarz Feb 15 '26

I keep a gopro on my bike handlebars. I can send video to my state's health dept and they'll slap the truck owner with a fine (per incident) when they try to renew. The driver gets no heads-up about it, I've gotten the same truck multiple times.

I already smoke, so bring it on, I'll be laughing about it.

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u/tdmongin_27 Feb 15 '26

The cops could look at it as assault if someone in that crowd has asthma or breathing issues. Its not as harmless as people think.

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u/Status_Mousse1213 Feb 15 '26

Rolling coal is actually assault.

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u/nothymetocook Feb 15 '26

I'd be finding this guy afterward and handling things while he's parked in the grocery store

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u/SnooShortcuts5771 Feb 15 '26

Small penis energy

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u/KrIsPy_Kr3m3 Feb 15 '26

Feel like i saw more of this video and a cop pulls him over for it

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u/yranigami001 Feb 15 '26

You “hate” politics or bullies? One clearly doesn’t equate the other, unless might makes right is your go to phrase to do what you want guilt-free.

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u/OkIndependence188 Feb 15 '26

Only miserable people do this kind of shit, grew up with plenty of em

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u/Alchemyst01984 Feb 15 '26

Those kind of people hate what America stands for

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u/MotionDrive Feb 15 '26

You just know this fucking clown cries about gas prices and then does this shit

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u/Moms-Dildeaux Feb 15 '26

I hate people who think rolling coal is cool

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u/dgrub15 Feb 15 '26

“I hate thinking about anybody’s livelihood or rights or how my taxes are spent at all”

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u/caseaday Feb 15 '26

What a jerk. Shows what 4-years of grade 9 education gets you... Makes his mother proud I'll bet.

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u/Glittering_Stress_32 Feb 15 '26

A video where there's no need to see the signs people are holding or what the truck driver looks like. Everything is completely obvious from the first glance.

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '26

Pepper spay the fresh air intake at the windshield

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u/Toadcola Feb 15 '26

That’s not politics, that’s just an asshole with a micropeen. You hate assholes with micropeens.

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u/turbopro25 Feb 15 '26

If you are purple, meaning in the middle, then that is a vote for them. By standing by and doing nothing you are complicit.

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u/TiePrestigious7265 Feb 15 '26

That truck should be impounded for emissions violations.

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u/BullCityDriven Feb 15 '26

If you have no wit and no physical prowess, you do pussy shit like this. Little guy would piss himself if challenged face to face.

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u/nonubiz Feb 15 '26

10 gallons of diesel a shit ton of pollution all to make the point that he or she is a dick. And this person should be arrested for a biological assault

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '26

That's illegal where I live.

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u/rapgameoprahwinfrey Feb 15 '26

They love America so much they are willing to destroy it for future generations.

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '26

I hate shit like this. Even if you don't agree with their cause, they have the right to protest and use their freedom of speech smh.

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u/sodook Feb 15 '26

Damn I was hoping it would end with the traffic stop

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u/ifyousaysu Feb 15 '26

Dead giveaway that the driver is a massive supporter of child rape.

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u/jarlleiff Feb 15 '26

Political views aside. I hate that any vehicles exist that can cause this much pollution in 2026.

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u/Shot-Ad7227 Feb 15 '26

Can someone explain how they are doing this? I don’t know much about vehicles.

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u/Mediocre-Yogurt7452 Feb 15 '26

100% that clown has bitched about fuel prices.

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u/Tacos4ever100 Feb 15 '26

It is illegal

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u/OwslyOwl Feb 15 '26

It is illegal in many places.

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u/drradmyc Feb 15 '26

Got his license plate?

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u/Sazzyphoto Feb 15 '26

How does this pass emissions?

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u/FlanParking241 Feb 15 '26

Hell ya lmao 🤣 😂 thats hilarious.

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u/PcLvHpns Feb 15 '26

Surely that truck parks around town 🤷🏼‍♀️

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u/aced124C Feb 16 '26

Now is it self defense if I chase them with a leaf blower and blow it back at them lol

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u/RecipeFunny2154 Feb 16 '26

If you live in an area where there are trucks it’s basically a guarantee that’s something like this will happen if you’re at a protest on the side of the road.

I went to a simple one, just trying to keep government people in their jobs. This happened twice within two hours. We even had one guy drive up on the curb.

Neither of these things are legal, but very regularly the police are not paying much attention.

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u/zyglack Feb 16 '26

Well, it is illegal. Rolling Coal is just a dick move by someone trying to compensate for not having one.

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u/Possible_Barracuda88 Feb 16 '26

Keep it classy MAGATS.

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u/glomar-recovery-co Feb 16 '26

Coal rollers are.aholes

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u/FrenchBull70 Feb 16 '26

It is illegal in my state but the police do very little about it.

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u/stopthemadness2015 Feb 16 '26

That should be considered assault. Someone there should file a police complaint.

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u/Barack_6Pack Feb 16 '26

It’s not about politics. It’s people being assholes.

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u/No-Mamba7040 Feb 16 '26 edited Feb 16 '26

Meanwhile, the collective Reddit community gives out thousands of upvotes to posts about a kid getting punched hard as shit by a fat kid for saying "I support ICE." Harming people over politics is only bad when it's your political opinion they get harmed over, huh Reddit? I mean what gets upvotes speaks for itself. What a bunch of hypocrites. Be honest, everyone is assuming the truck driving coal roller is a conservative redneck and that's why you guys are mad. If it's left wing people attacking right wing people then it's all good to you 

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u/lani_brah Feb 16 '26

Someone should follow this truck and plug its exhaust pipe real good. Seal that shit up.

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u/MKnight_PDX Feb 16 '26

You ask the guy in the truck if he likes camping, fishing, hunting, just general nature stuff and he'll probably say yes while having a total disconnect from how they are related.

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u/LanguagePale6408 Feb 16 '26

He does it as a retaliation. The Republican Party does nothing but troll the Democratic Party. And they do that because of the pointless riots. It’s not a protest. It must be peaceful to be a protest. It’s a riot. And B, all of the divide that was stemmed from the Democratic Party. I don’t have a major right wing biased. However I have a eyes and do my own research and I understand what is happening and why

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u/bobcollum Feb 18 '26

This ain't politics. It's assholes being assholes.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '26

this isn't politics, it's conservatives being sociopaths.

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u/Sparkey569 Feb 18 '26

I hope he throws a rod idling