• Diddlydee
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    3 days ago

    How do these morons not cotton on to the fact that not once has any of their nonsense ever worked?

    • BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      Every once in awhile some official somewhere is just like… fuck, I don’t get paid enough for this and just moves on. The 1% with a singular success story holds up the entire community.

    • shalafi@lemmy.world
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      It’s because the law is wildly complex to a layman. They see magic happening when a lawyer cleverly applies the law and think they can be clever as well. A word or a phrase can make or break a case.

      Recent example; NY State charging Luigi with terrorism. People thought the state was tacking on a bullshit charge. Well, kinda. A terrorism charge is the only way state law allows a charge of first-degree murder (in this case).

      tl;dr; People see technicalities applied, think they can learn this without going to law school.