m just ashamed that this bill even came into fruition,” a Lexington council member said.

“I’m just ashamed that this bill even came into fruition,” a Lexington council member said.

  • @[email protected]
    29•8 months ago

    Not that the unhoused deserve this–it’s vile, violent, and fascist.

    Not that this bill will pass, even in Kentucky, or be upheld by the courts, even in Kentucky.

    But the fact that this decriminalizes shooting homeless people for anyone means that 100% someone would use it to shoot their neighbor, probably on purpose, while claiming they thought he was homeless.

    • @[email protected]
      13•8 months ago

      The cynic in me sees this as a clear play to jostle the Overton Window. Sure this won’t pass, but will the people who suggested it face consequences? How much heat actually comes their way?

      Now they’ve checked the temperature and got away with it, they can try some other reprehensible thing and see if the backlash is manageable.

      Repeat until hell on earth.

      • AutistoMephisto
        -7•8 months ago

        Here’s how I see it. Dems want WW3, GOP wants 2nd Civil War. I’m backing Dems because, as much as it sucks to admit it, we as Americans need an external threat or we will rip each other’s throats out. I cannot recall a time of relative peace since the 90’s.

        • @[email protected]
          3•8 months ago

          we as Americans need an external threat or we will rip each other’s throats out.

          This is directly out of Leo Strauss, who was a major influence on neoconservative thought. It’s also fundamentally fascist, following the “life is permanent warfare” point in Umberto Eco’s Ur-Fascisim.

    • @[email protected]
      3•8 months ago

      True. There are quite a few people who are actively looking for a legal loophole to kill someone. Preferably a minority, but they might not be that picky. You can find lots of these people on gun forums.