Last Wednesday, Lux Claridge planned to speak out against a proposed 1,000 acre data center in their town of Emporia, Kansas. They left in handcuffs after a city commissioner ordered them arrested for clapping.

      • WizardOfFrobozz@lemmy.ca
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        4 days ago

        Fuck off. You spent a couple centuries belligerently shouting about how you don’t need us because you’re EXCEPTIONALLY good at dealing with this kind of thing- and armed yourself to the teeth to prove it.

        Put up or shut up, you absolute pants-pissing cowards.

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      5 days ago

      We’re going the route of Germany; I sincerely doubt we’re just going to snap out of it and return to normal on our own.

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      5 days ago

      I agree that this is ridiculous and hope the guy wins a hefy lawsuit over this. That said, you can’t seriously tell me that other parts of the world don’t also have corrupt, power hungry people who make it to local office here and there who do asinine stuff like this, can you? We have a lot to fix. I’m just not sure that this particular thing is what makes America ridiculous. There are so many more ridiculous things that impact so many more people.