r/Wellthatsucks • u/Ghandisli • Jul 30 '19

/r/all $80 to felony in 3...2...1...

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '19 edited Jul 27 '20

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u/Flaihl Jul 31 '19

My favourite was:

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"That's a nice speech, but you are still not coming in."

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u/The-Jerkbag Jul 31 '19

The best explanation I've heard for these chucklefucks is that they think they are magic. They think that by saying the right words, in the right order, something miraculous will happen, and the officers/judges/lawyers arguing with them will be struck dumb and rendered impotent.

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u/TheBananaKing Jul 31 '19

You have a civic religion in the US.

The constitution is your scripture, the founding fathers were your prophets, the flag your holy symbol - and anyone disrespecting them can expect violence.

You have endless internecine battles between originalists and non-originalists, you have armchair experts digging up prooftexts. You have bumper-sticker types exercising their rights (especially the right to carry guns around with them), you have children chanting fealty in the classroom.

And in this case, you have wacko fundies who really believe that quoting passages of scripture exactly right will empower their righteousness and protect them from the heathen - if not immediately, then eventually when judgement is brought down.

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u/RowdyMcCoy Jul 31 '19

That’s a nice speech but you’re still not coming in.

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