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Lemmy's have you ever been "profiled" or judged preemptively? What is your story ?
  • I'm Hispanic, used to live in a red part of NY. Have been profiled by cops many, many, many times.

    One time the cops gave me FIVE tickets for driving without insurance, while they held my active insurance in their hands. I lost sooo many days of work and almost lost my license fighting that shit.

    Another time they pulled me over and spent 20 minutes on the side of the road trying to interrogate me to give me a DUI. I was perfectly sober and was coming home from a long trip with my dog. They also insinuated that my dog was dangerous over the radio (shiba inu, she was curled up asleep)

  • Letters to the Editor: Your 'protest vote' for Jill Stein is really a vote for Donald Trump
  • For industryStandard and whoever else may not understand FPTP: a vote for Kamala is a vote against Trump

    A vote for Jill Stein is not a vote against Trump, and in fact hurts Kamala's chances the same way a Republican voting for RFK hurts Trump's chances

    Would you rather have someone vote to stop Trump or throw away their vote?

  • Letters to the Editor: Your 'protest vote' for Jill Stein is really a vote for Donald Trump
  • For industryStandard and whoever else may not understand FPTP: a vote for Kamala is a vote against Trump

    A vote for Jill Stein is not a vote against Trump, and in fact hurts Kamala

    Would you rather have someone vote to stop Trump or throw away their vote?

  • TIL Costa Rica has had no military since 1949
  • I'm more proud to be Costa Rican than to be American at this point. Something like 95+% of our electricity comes from green energy, and we have a goal to achieve 100% in a short timeline. We also have fantastic food and produce.

    Another fun fact is that the government owns an alcohol distillery that was set up in an attempt to curb illicit distilling in the 50s. It's now a point of national pride. The distillery is FANAL, they make Cacique

  • Trump vows to prosecute Google for showing 'bad' stories on him
  • The terrifying thing is that thanks to the electoral college and FPTP, he has as good a chance as Kamala despite being grossly unpopular

    We need reform but as long as we keep pretending that the Republican party is a legitimate political party, that's not gonna happen

  • Those of you who don't vote, why?

    Assuming there's nothing stopping you from legally voting

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