Absolute shithole country

joker-amerikkklap

    • 7bicycles [he/him]
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      6 months ago

      Seems like a real low bar to clear, given what happened here

  • AntiOutsideAktion [he/him]
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    6 months ago

    To make the incident even stranger, the pair had five guns pointed at them, before they were arrested and taken to jail.

    agony-shivering woah so weird!

  • Rx_Hawk [he/him]
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    6 months ago

    I think Oklahoma is definitely in the running for the most backwards state. Not sure if you guys remember this one too:

    http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/hB/HB3133%20INT.PDF

    Any person who:

    1. Is of Hispanic descent living within the state of Oklahoma;
    2. Is a member of a criminal street gang as such term is defined in subsection...
    3. Has been convicted of a gang-related offense...

    shall be deemed to have committed an act of terrorism

    That bill is from January 2024...

    • 7bicycles [he/him]
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      6 months ago

      oh just straight up doing race laws again then are we

    • Abracadaniel [he/him]
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      6 months ago

      I think the issue was that they were naked. The article buries the lede but context really makes it seems like they sprayed each other off while changing out of their cycling gear. I'm not defending the response of the locals but this post is pretty misleading.

  • MF_COOM [he/him]
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    6 months ago

    Can you give a link for the quote on the title?

    • cricbuzz [he/him]
      hexagon
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      6 months ago

      This should be the original, which is in Dutch https://www.hln.be/wielrennen/klacht-dat-we-elkaar-met-waterflessen-besproeiden-als-twee-gay-cyclists-nederlandse-ex-profs-urenlang-in-amerikaanse-cel-na-trainingsritje~a57bea70/

    • FuckyWucky [none/use name]
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      6 months ago

      Its daily mail so idk

      https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-13501737/Tour-France-riders-arrested-spraying-water-bottles-like-two-gay-cyclists.html

      https://archive.is/wip/0gTfl

  • Comp4 [comrade/them]
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    6 months ago

    First they came for the gay cyclists... and they took me right away because I was one of them

  • Abracadaniel [he/him]
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    6 months ago

    Former road pros Laurens ten Dam and Thomas Dekker have explained how an emergency shower in the countdown to this year’s edition of Unbound Gravel led them to being arrested.

    According to Ten Dam, the bizarre series of events began the day after Dekker had flown in for the Unbound race when the two drove to their usual stopover point of a supermarket. However, they found that a recent tornado had destroyed both the supermarket building and a department store – which presumably they normally used to change out of cycling kit – next door.

    "We stood between the car doors, taking a shower. Suddenly I hear a man screaming very loudly. But we just wanted to freshen up for the Mexican."

    Seems like these guys mught've underestimated the backwardness of US attitudes on nudity. In which cas the arrest is less surprising, but still unjust imo.

  • DragonBallZinn [he/him]
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    6 months ago

    Every anglosphere country is in a bare-knuckled fight on who hates anything remotely fun the most.

    What’s next, are gyms going to be banned because any muscle mass is too risqué?