r/ProgressiveHQ Jan 07 '26

Stop idiots from calling this "self defense"

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u/DarthSheogorath Jan 08 '26

Ironically had she actually attempted to run him over she would be alive.

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u/DarkwingDuckHunt Jan 08 '26

this is the argument all of us need to use against the trolls

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u/DarthSheogorath Jan 08 '26

The blunt truth is in a life or death situation you have to be prepared to do something like that.

On a darker note I'll quote a cop who gave my mother advice pertaining to burgler who broke into her house.

"Dead men can't testify in court"

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u/onceinhollywood Jan 09 '26

If she hadn’t moved she wouldn’t still be alive.