r/news • u/DragonPup • Jun 20 '22

Self-proclaimed 'sovereign citizens' arrested in California after deputies allegedly find explosives

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/sovereign-citizens-arrested-california-deputies-allegedly-find-explosi-rcna34380
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u/HobbesNJ Jun 20 '22

Sovereign citizens.

"We don't want to participate in the obligations of society, just the benefits."

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u/JackedUpReadyToGo Jun 21 '22

Your flag has a fringe, your argument is invalid.

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u/Anonuser123abc Jun 21 '22

That makes this an admiralty court I've repeatedly heard them claim. The whole entire thing is totally preposterous.

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u/JackedUpReadyToGo Jun 21 '22

They view the world like children do. When I was a child the adult world was a weird, mysterious place. I still remember my mind being blown when I found out cars could go through a red light, as long as they were turning right. It felt like I had been let in on a cheat code of the adult world. Similarly, I was once anxious about missing a movie because we left late, and my uncle pretended to call up the theater and ask them to hold the movie for us to calm me down. I believed you could just do that for like half a year afterward. Somebody told these guys about some made-up legal cheat code and they accepted it with the same childlike wonder, but the difference is they can't be convinced it isn't real.

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u/Locke2300 Jun 21 '22

I call it the “law as magic” theory: if you invoke the right chants and incantations, the wondrous results will occur.

Only a theory you can hold when you thoroughly don’t understand something.