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maxrandb

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4. Let me fix the headline

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sun Jul 27, 2025, 12:15 PM

Jul 27

"The American people handcuffed a man and left him outside in the Everglades blazing sun. The man pleaded with the American people to bring him inside. As mosquitoes feasted on his exposed flesh, and despite his pleas, the American people left him shackled outside for hours."

Don't fucking look away America! This is what we've become.

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A person detained in the Everglades was handcuffed and left outdoors in the sun as punishment [View all] Swede Jul 27 OP

Cruel and unusual punishment underpants Jul 27 #1

S&M torture seems more like it. n/t Cloudhopper Jul 27 #2

This is not S&M TommyT139 Jul 27 #5

America!!! Cue Lee Greenwood! NM Grins Jul 27 #3

Let me fix the headline maxrandb Jul 27 #4

See that, the hateful rhetoric of the "other" opens the door to this kind of behavior. Passages Jul 27 #6