“We’re gonna need a bigger jail” 🤦

  • lntl@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    how do jurisdictions work again? can’t Seattle just say go fuck yourself Texas and be done with it?

    • VikingHippie@lemmy.wtfOP
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      1 year ago

      They could, but it’s a pretty progressive city, so there’s nothing to lose and everything to gain for anyone public-facing in Seattle to be seen telling Paxton to fuck off.

      Also, on a much less cynical note, making a bigot with grotesque demands look thoroughly foolish this time could create a precedent that could save lives in less clear-cut cases.

      Tl;Dr: Telling Paxton off as loudly as possible (figuratively speaking) is both the opportune thing to do AND the right thing to do.