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Actions speak louder than words... especially when a SUV is accelerating toward you... as her wife yells "drive baby drive."
There will not be a trial, because there will be no charges.

It's not known where the "memorial" was, but it really looks like it was the entrance to an ICE/DHS facility.

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"He feared for his life...he detected the odor of onions and mustard, all the makings of a sandwich.."

Syne Wrote:Actions speak louder than words...

Repeating a lie while knowing it to be false makes you a liar.

Syne Wrote:especially when a SUV is accelerating toward you.

Great story but is that what you actually see here?
New York Times 0.09
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/1000000...video.html
Edit.. Same clip at 2:48 shows the same thing.
It may well have been entirely 'legal' to shoot the driver .. without making up the 'in fear of his life story' .. so why lie? That it makes a better story is probably enough justification in this day and age.

Question: If you think this is murder, what was the death of Ashli Babbitt on Jan 6th? Was that legal self-defense?

(Jan 11, 2026 12:02 AM)Syne Wrote: [ -> ]Question: If you think this is murder, what was the death of Ashli Babbitt on Jan 6th? Was that legal self-defense?

Whataboutism fallacy. A sure sign of having no argument left.

No, it's a question of what you define as self-defense... and if it's a consistent definition.
But if you can't answer, you can't answer. Very telling.

Since whataboutism is a deflection tactic, after I've already answered every argument, here, the accusation of whataboutism is, itself, the deflection. Hence not answering the question.

Accusing someone of "whataboutism" as a red herring means using the fallacy itself—deflecting a criticism by pointing to someone else's similar (or worse) behavior—to distract from the original, valid point, essentially using the label "whataboutism" to avoid addressing the substance of the counter-accusation, creating a smokescreen to dodge accountability and derail the conversation. It's a diversionary tactic where the accuser claims the other person is using a fallacy, when the goal is to shift focus from their own failings.
- Google AI

Quote:Since whataboutism is a deflection tactic,

Just as I said. And a logical fallacy as well. Tks for confirming that.

Accusation of a fallacy, used as a fallacy, is just dishonest deflection.
You obviously can't answer the simple question.

You just admitted to using a deflection fallacy. Moving on.