Fires set in drop boxes destroy hundreds of ballots in Washington and damage 3 in Oregon
apnews.com
Incendiary devices have been set off at two ballot drop boxes — one in Portland, Oregon, and another in nearby Vancouver, Washington — in what one official called a “direct attack on democracy."

The ballot drop boxes in Washington and Oregon both have fire suppression systems that are designed to activate when the temperature inside reaches a certain point, coating ballots inside with a fire-suppressing powder.

For unknown reasons, the system failed to prevent the destruction of hundreds of ballots in Vancouver, just across the Columbia River from Portland.

  • JaggedRobotPubes@lemmy.worldEnglish
    542·
    3 days ago

    With a sufficiently not-fucking-around response to the terrorists who did it, betcha won’t need guards.

    But America is gonna wrist slap nazis and say please.

    • InverseParallax@lemmy.worldEnglish
      134·
      3 days ago

      You can’t prosecute the meth out of a redneck, America has tried for decades.

      There are people who have the basic mammalian capability for aversion association, and people who don’t, these morons are no more capable of learning than ants.

      Don’t bother trying to set an example, just use enforced attrition.

        • Notyou@sopuli.xyz
          7·
          3 days ago

          If I were to run his statement through a different filter he’s stating “it’s in their genes and we need to kill them” but I don’t think he wants to use those words.

          • Maggoty@lemmy.world
            3·
            3 days ago

            Oh yeah, that’s my thoughts as well. Which is weird, it’s not usually something you run into in this context.

        • bitjunkie@lemmy.world
          11·
          2 days ago

          I think they’re referring to using punishment less as a deterrent to potential future offenders and more as a way of getting the people who prove themselves incapable of living in a civil society off of the streets. I don’t mean to speak for anyone, that was just my takeaway.

            • bitjunkie@lemmy.world
              22·
              2 days ago

              You got to Godwin’s Law territory in record time, there. I’m talking about throwing the book at literal fucking terrorists.

              • Maggoty@lemmy.world
                21·
                2 days ago

                See that’s setting an example, which Inverse Parallax specifically said they were done with. Do you see my problem here?

                Also concentration camps are not Godwin’s law territory, plenty of other countries have used them, including the US.

                • bitjunkie@lemmy.world
                  11·
                  20 hours ago

                  You know what image that kind of language invokes. It’s also not germane to the issue either way, because I’m not talking about politically persecuting people, I’m talking about judicial expediency dealing with people who are committing actual crimes and using their political views as justification for it.