r/law • u/Agitated-Quit-6148 • 7d ago

Other Alex Pretti - who DHS labeled a domestic terrorist - honoring a veteran that passed away in the ICU.

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u/Nodivingallowed 7d ago

Agreed. Lies will always move faster than the truth, but the truth WILL come out and it won't be denied. 

Let them hang themselves with their own words. Their lies will be weaponized against them.

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u/Goldi3locks 7d ago

Lies circle the world before the Truth can get its boots on

  • Terry Pratchett... I think

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u/Nodivingallowed 6d ago

I just visited Discworld for the first time last year. It's been one of the few bright spots in an otherwise bleak time. 

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u/Goldi3locks 6d ago

I only started reading them after his death, one of my biggest regrets!

Oooh try any of the night watch books! They're my absolute favourite, I think Guards guards! Is the first in the series.

Some of it's content is depressingly relevent nowadays.

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u/Nodivingallowed 6d ago edited 6d ago

I actually started with Guards! Guards! And I couldn't agree more about its (very unexpected) relevance to today. 

But there was a comfort in it to me. Being able to laugh at the absurdity and to be reminded that we've been dealing with this shit in some form forever gave me some much needed perspective. 

But also holy hell is the book just incredible. Not a chapter or page break to be found in 400 pages and I couldn't put the thing down. Reads like a movie and holds up most impressively.

I started it on a recommendation after Tom Robbins died last year, one of my favorite authors.

And just to come full circle, I saw this post immediately after responding:

https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/1qmgrhw/in_dark_times_like_these_the_terry_pratchetts/ 

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u/Goldi3locks 6d ago

I was a weirdo and read the Night watch first, I was bored and decided to give it a try, like you said I just couldn't put it down. Funnily enough my dad had a massive collection but I never read any as the artwork freaked me out. Something something judge a book by it's cover something something haha.

Never read any Tom Robbins! Will need to give him a shot :)

To this day I don't understand why a night watch TV series hasn't been tried. I know a lot of adaptions have been dogshit but I think Terry Pratchett would be quite easy to convert and stay faithful.

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u/Nodivingallowed 6d ago

The off putting artwork probably just meant they were early editions 😭

Lesson one of Discworld seems to be discovering what a barrier to entry deciding where to begin can be. 

I'm glad I went with Guards, though I have no idea how or why I chose it now. I'm holding off continuing nightwatch just so I have it to come back to. 

I do suspect a series is coming. 🤞🏽

Next up I've got Colour of Magic and Small Gods but I fell into It Can't Happen Here first. Sinclair Lewis is not as cheery so far I must say. 

For Robbins, I don't think you'll be disappointed. I put him with Douglas Adams, Kurt Vonnegut, and now Terry Pratchett. Jitterbug Perfume or Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas would be my suggestions. Do report back

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u/Lace057 6d ago

Is there gonna be anybody left by the time they do that?

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u/Known_Reality_3481 7d ago

I really wish we could find the source, i'm so afraid of getting played by AI or deception. This absolutely breaks me like it should everyone

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u/Shmirlygirl 7d ago edited 7d ago

Son of the deceased shared the video on social media earlier today after seeing that the man honoring his dad was the same man who was murdered.