• granolabar@kbin.melroy.org
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    10 days ago

    I was being cheeky mostly but i do think if we as society re asses what self defense means, whoever killed the parasite was defending america from social murder.

    The ruling class would never accept such narrative but every American can decide for himself.

    When cop murders a civilian for no reason, aint it always also defense? So clearly they misuse the term here. I think newer argument has more legs to stand on.

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      The term is “justifiable homicide”.

      If the Joker is about to blow up a bus of 30 people and Batman shoots him dead with a gun then the jury acquits because it was justifiable homicide

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      I think the difference with cops is that they don’t need the self-defense argument, because the “oopsie” argument gets them out of jail too

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        well they always say “feared for their life” so i think you have a point but that argument is root in idea that they always have a right to defend themselves and be given deference on their decision making, ie they only need to feel that way subjectively.