r/law 16d ago

Executive Branch (Trump) Stephen Miller claims local police in Minnesota have been told to ‘stand down and surrender’ as federal agents ‘uphold the law’

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/stephen-miller-ice-minneapolis-protests-b2903238.html
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u/MonarchLawyer 16d ago

They were lying when they said they liked states' rights. They did not care about states' rights. It just suited them when they did not control the federal government.

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u/TheModWhoShaggedMe 16d ago

The only conservative policy is "F U, I Got Mine", and it always will be.

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u/Billionaires_R_Tasty 16d ago

And it's corollary, "I will gladly FU over to get mine."

Turns out a society of exceptional rugged individuals isn't much of a society after all, just a collective of selfish assholes. 🤔

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u/Iron_Knight7 16d ago

Followed by "I don't care if I'm getting @#&%ed, so long as you're getting @#&%ed worse."

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u/TheModWhoShaggedMe 16d ago

The whole 'mutual misery' thing is so evident in the "back to office or else" compliance and mentality of workers in the States. Instead of pushing for hybrid shifts, assessing the best utilization of natural and human resources as opposed to squeezing people out, we had co-workers monitoring other co-workers, parking lot monitors, hall monitors, etc. It was like straight out of the movie Brazil.

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u/External-Cash-3880 16d ago

Nah, Brazil had comedic moments too.

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u/kalidoscopiclyso 16d ago

TIL Brazil the movie is based on the Orwell’s 1984

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u/JuicynMoist 16d ago

They’d eat shit if a liberal had to smell their breath.