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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 54 points 1 year ago

SovCits in courts and at traffic stops are an unending source of entertainment. "The flag has a fringe on it, therefore this court is being run on maritime law and something something anyway this is all illegitimate and you must find me not guilty!"

I also like it when they make their own license plates and try to argue that's their right.

[-] MuThyme@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

If there was actually some technicality that meant they were trying them in the wrong type of court or whatever, wouldn't they just end that trial and go and do it properly?

I swear I've heard this sort of nonsense strategy before...

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

Would it surprise you to know that most SovCits are also Trump supporters?

[-] MuThyme@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I fully expect most of them in my country are too...

[-] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 3 points 1 year ago

I think some of them believe that the government has been replaced by some sort of fake organization that pretends to be a government, like a corporation or something, and as such that the proper court doesn't exist and so they can't legally be tried.

[-] Kid_Thunder@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

It is more that they believe they didn't choose to be governed by their government and therefore they are a citizen within their own separate nation. In their eyes, the court exists but has no jurisdiction over them.

[-] milkjug@lemmy.wildfyre.dev 2 points 1 year ago

Ahh the wonders of long-term lead poisoning.

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