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Judge Arthur Engoron and his staff received a barrage of death threats and antisemitic attacks after Donald Trump targeted them on social media.

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[-] Nougat@kbin.social 203 points 1 year ago

Somebody is going to have to die in order for nothing to continue happening.

[-] DeletesItLater@lemmy.world 93 points 1 year ago

"For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen." -Douglas Adams

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 8 points 1 year ago

I love Douglas Adams, I literally just posted another of his quotes in this thread lol

[-] clearedtoland@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Bold of you to assume any death would prompt action.

Related reading: US Gun Violence.

[-] Nougat@kbin.social 66 points 1 year ago
[-] clearedtoland@lemmy.world 94 points 1 year ago

I did now and I realize I’m an ass.

[-] Nougat@kbin.social 44 points 1 year ago
[-] lobut@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago

I'm a bystander but I had to re-read it a few times and didn't get it either ... think my brain filled in the gaps instead of reading it properly

[-] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago

Our brain is very focused on matching anticipated patterns that you sometimes have those mishaps. By the way, that's not a sign of stupidity, but a sign of relaxation: it means you are reading the comments as a form of stress relief.

[-] Zevlen@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I do that all the time 😅

[-] Wodge@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

To paraphrase all the words "Only country where this keeps happening, changes nothing, surprised that it keeps happening"

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