Summary

Donald Trump condemned a vandalism attack at his Scottish golf course by activists, calling the perpetrators “terrorists” and demanding they be “treated harshly.”

The March 8 incident at Trump Turnberry included red paint, anti-Trump graffiti, and messages like “Gaza is not 4 sale.”

Police charged a 33-year-old man and arrested two others. Palestine Action claimed responsibility, citing U.S. complicity in Gaza’s destruction.

Activists criticized the leaders for focusing on property damage while Gaza faces ongoing bombardment.

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    I dont give a rat’s ass about his stupid golf courses. Waste of good land, they should be turned into public parks. I’m more concerned with harsh punishment for the vandals that are destroying our country.

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    All golf courses except those for public use should be appropriated by the state and converted to public housing

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      Public housing, natural forests, community gardens. Abolish golf.

      Golf courses take up more land than is used for sustainable energy. They take up huge amounts of water, poison the land with pesticides, reduce biodiversity, and are used by rich parasites only.

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    Scotland should ban the 34 count felon from entering the country, seize that worthless golf course and return the land to nature.

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      That golf course existed before Trump, since 1906 and should exist after him. But while he owns it, Scotland should put the priority its own citizens ahead of this whiny ass bitch - build wind farms, impose conservation orders, reject planning applications, deny US private / military flights to any airport anywhere close, And audit the ever living fuck out of the course. After all, it is owned by a convicted fraudster so who knows how the books are being cooked.

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    oh, so everything a leftist does is terrorism now, but when right wingers break into the capital building by force its “freedom of speech”

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      Using the label “terrorism” does two things for Telsa dealerships and Trump properties:

      1. They impose unreasonably harsh penalties for the crimes.
      2. Any damages are paid for by … taxpayers.
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        People charged as terrorists don’t have the same right to counsel or speech a as any other criminal defendant. It’s pretty fucked.

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        It’s my understanding that most insurance doesn’t cover “acts of terror.” So wouldn’t this mean Herr Trump and Musk will need to cover these costs out of pocket, based on their own words?

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          Trump ignores the Constitution, what makes you think he cares (or even knows) what’s in the terms and conditions of his insurance contract?

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          They will need to cover these costs out of our pockets. Remember, they’ve backdoored the treasury department. This is one of the fun things they’ll probably use that for.

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      Yes, always has been. That’s partly why the FBI got MLK 360 no-scoped while the KKK are special little boys who get no consequences ever.

    • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”

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      Yes? I mean its not a hard concept. You are a terrorist for diagreeing with the god emperor. The only way back is to do 5 Hail Trumps, 3 Trump Prayers, and 1 apology to Elon Musk.

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    Member when nobody wanted to call the terrorists who engaged in an actual terror attack on the Capitol building to prevent the peaceful transition of power on Jan 6 “terrorists” because they were worried that it was inflammatory language?

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      I’m surprised the people who vandalized his golf course haven’t been accused of associating with ISIS.

      That is, after all, the real accusation. Illegally doing Brown Person Crimes.

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      I remember. And I’ve been calling them terrorists since day one, since the term is appropriate. Also, I’ve been pointing out, when the right cries about the term “insurrectionist”, that that term is being far too nice.

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          That, too, but they got especially butthurt over the term “insurrectionists” when The Media used it. I would not be surprised if donvict gets around to “investigating” the Very Nasty Liberal Media for using such terminology, TBH.

          In my view, calling them insurrectionists was downplaying it. And calling them “rioters” - fuck that noise. Riots are not planned.

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    You know, if you just want to help the environment of Trump’s golf courses, and also not be arrested for trespassing, seeds are really cheap. Especially hearty grasses.

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      Drones definitely seems like a viable attack vector especially on a golf course. I wonder how they could even mitigate unless they had people constantly patrolling with jamming devices

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    The Scottish Newburg council should release a statement:

    “We need Trump International Golf for national security and international security. We need it. We have to have it. We never take military force off the table.”

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      It really upset him when we built a wind farm within sight of his other one here, we should just blanket them in turbines

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      He’s not a terrible golfer, but nothing about his game is pretty. He plays like what he is. Somebody who plays a ton of golf but has always thought he was too good for lessons and won’t listen to advice.

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        nothing about his game is pretty.

        Is that why he looks like he’s about to hack the tee out of the ground? Or is this just an awkward picture?

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    The GOP version of “Everybody I don’t like is a nazi!” It’s “Everybody I don’t like is a terrorist!” Pathetic