• myfunnyaccountname@lemmy.zip
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    21 hours ago

    True. But Rico sounds scary since it’s always used against gangs and the mob. So they will keep saying it to make it sound scary

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      19 hours ago

      And it gives their followers something to latch onto, and repeat over and over. It gets traction with their own people. If you were to ask them how their protesting is a RICO issue, they’ll go blank.

      It’s like back when a few podcasters talked about FISA warrants for a few minutes, and suddenly every MAGA thought they had doctorate level expertise on FISA warrants. Now they like to randomly toss that buzzword into a discussion, and get all arrogant when you don’t instantly understand the connection to FISA warrants, because it isn’t relevant at all.