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renate

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1. America must look like a literal dystopia to the rest of the world

Reply to KG (Original post)

Tue Aug 25, 2020, 07:11 PM

Aug 2020

Not only would this drill be unnecessary in just about any civilized country, the idea that this kind of drill could even be remotely acceptable would be mindboggling anywhere else.

What on earth has happened to us?

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WTAF - Teachers 'executed' in shooter drill sue Indiana sheriff's office for trauma, injury [View all] KG Aug 2020 OP

America must look like a literal dystopia to the rest of the world renate Aug 2020 #1

I'm sad that I must agree. Laha Aug 2020 #15

Enforcers cruelty knows no bounds MagickMuffin Aug 2020 #2

Stanford Prison Experiment? Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2020 #3

Easy cure Enterstageleft Aug 2020 #4

Macho meatheads making a Fascist Police State day,... magicarpet Aug 2020 #5

When the FUCK does this "so-called" law enforcement shit stop? Ferrets are Cool Aug 2020 #6

When WE make it stop. 2naSalit Aug 2020 #9

It sounds as if the drill was originally meant to incorporate actual teachers Hav Aug 2020 #7

This was no real drill. It was just a sick excuse to brutally bully a group of captive teachers. crickets Aug 2020 #8

I'm pretty sure any teacher could have told you that it hurts to get shot... world wide wally Aug 2020 #10

Why did this not become a major story a year and a half ago? PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2020 #11

It was a story at the time AwakeAtLast Aug 2020 #12

I'm glad to hear that it was a story at the time. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2020 #13

Considering everything that has happened in the last six months AwakeAtLast Aug 2020 #14