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Ye Power Trippin' Bastards

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Sometimes one just wants to be able to challenge the arguments some mod made and this could be the place for that.


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DISCLAIMER: this is not my content that was removed, I just came across it in the modlog and found it to be absurd. If it’s not allowed, I totally understand.

Reason removed was because it’s unrelated.

Unrelated…..

The guy was illegally deported without due process. And yet for some reason, suggesting so is somehow “unrelated” to a meme that is trying to say that because he is affiliated (no charges were ever filed against him for gang-related activity) with a gang, he is by default, guilty.

What’s ironic, is that the entire point of the meme is that the bullshit about him being in MS-13 is unrelated to the fact that people want accountability for this administration illegally deporting a man without due process.

This mod has definitely chosen the correct name.

And even taken into consideration that the instance is essentially a troll haven for wayward 4Chan refugees, they should still have to adhere to the rules of common sense.

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[–] EpeeGnome@lemm.ee 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Seriously, read the actual fucking legal documents linked in that biased-ass article. They denied him bond while waiting for the real hearing due to the gang allegations. Nothing more, nothing less. The judges themselves refer to them as allegations in their findings. The traffic court thing is unrelated to him being a gang member, it is relevant to if he should be released while waiting, which is the only thing they were finding on. I read the orders myself, they clearly make no finding on if he's in a gang and no findings on deportation.

[–] flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

This person isn't arguing in good faith. They straight up ignored my reply to try and argue with you. I linked the same documents that came from that same bullshit article they linked to me and they refuse to look at them, they just keep parroting, "proven in court twice! Proven in court twice!"

They're going to argue with anything they see, and they can't be swayed by facts.

[–] EpeeGnome@lemm.ee 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, I saw. To be fair to them, I did respond after your last response, so perhaps that's why they jumped to responding to me instead. Who knows? And yeah, I was planning to give up on them if they did anything other than make a coherent response actually addressing my argument with something from the court docs, which I think is highly unlikely.

[–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone -4 points 2 days ago

so perhaps that’s why they jumped to responding to me instead

Bingo. Just going through notifications from top to bottom, but I’ll get to them all eventually.

I have a few questions for you:

  1. in the court docs was it determined that he is a MS-13 gang member, yes or no?
  2. why was the “do not deport to El Salvador” order given? Was it because he was going to be deported for being in the country illegally and a gang member?
  3. should he have been allowed to stay in the united states illegally forever? Say he wasn’t deported to El Salvador the other week - what should be done with him?
[–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone -3 points 2 days ago

I’m sorry I haven’t “straight up ignored” your reply, I’m working backwards through notifications when I can. Don’t worry, I’ll get to yours. I don’t ignore people trying to have a conversation with me, I thought that would be obvious to you since you seem to be following my replies.

I “keep parroting” that it was determined in court twice because - get this - it was. The gang member allegations were determined to be true by the immigration court, and then by the next court after that finding was appealed. Do you disagree with those statements?

I will gladly be proven wrong and happily admit when I am wrong, because I value learning over pretty much all else in my life. If you can show me that it has been determined in a court that he ISN’T an MS-13 gang member, go ahead.