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> Murder is always wrong. Vigilante justice is wrong.

Plenty of problems with tyrants, dictators and flat out murderers themselves have been resolved by murder.

> Trump won the popular vote after all

The fact that he wasn't punished for a laundry list of offenses that would have put a normal person in prison for life has been a pretty clear indication that the rule of law is, in fact, dead, and that it is a popularity contest.

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I wouldn’t call shooting a man from behind on the street equivalent to shooting a man raping your child. Murder is not equivalent to homicide

Flamewar comments will get you banned here, as will attacks on other users. Please don't do this, regardless of how right you are or you feel you are.

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Sorry. Mea culpa entirely. “Rough day” doesn’t even begin to cover yesterday and the past week, and I am apparently acting more like an asshole than usual.

No excuse, all the same.

Appreciated! It happens. I hope things have started to get better.