I suppose I was lucky that I managed to go through Thanksgiving Dinner without getting absurdly mad at certain people in my family. Last three times before this that I was with them, my father treated me like I was crazy (for the record, he's a conservative without balls; gets his info from "the news"). It got to a point that I stopped communicating with him altogether, and I literally told my mother that "unless my grandfather (93, in nursing home, and weakening fast) is able to attend, I will not," as that was actually up in the air due to nursing home policy on "quarantine after an outing." A chance to see my grandfather in an actual family dinner setting was the ONLY reason I had for being there.
Honestly, I really am thankful that this community is around.
I'm fairly certain "looking to commit vandalism/assault/etc" does not fall under the definition of vigilantism. Technically, it is near-accurate to put that label on Kyle. And I'm fine with that. Because law enforcement refuses to do their job, so someone else has to. As I said in the other post I made in this thread- that negative stigma will vanish soon, as we see more police departments stand down during imminent destruction of their communities.
"Vigilante" is going to lose its negative stigma in the coming days. Because more and more its becoming clear that many areas have law enforcement entities that:
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Will refuse to police highly volatile situations that will SEVERELY damage communities
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Will commit constantly worsening acts of corruption with absolutely no oversight unless it hurts the "wrong crowd."
Armed citizens are going to end up policing their own communities because NO ONE ELSE WILL FUCKING DO IT. If you stand down during a riot, you don't get to complain when someone else does the job with less restraint!
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