• [OT] Sovereign citizen traffic stops

    From Rhino@no_offline_contact@example.com to rec.arts.tv on Tue Jun 30 19:43:08 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    I've heard of this "sovereign citizen" idea before and understand it to
    be a claim that self-styled sovereign citizens don't need drivers
    licences, insurance, and all of that stuff required of the rest of us.
    I'd never known that these people were treated as potential powderkegs
    by police officers until I watched a few videos, including this one, in
    which someone FA's and then FO's for the very last time.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRNKoMmTBJ0 [12 minutes]

    My question for Adam, BTR1701, or anyone else with knowledge of this
    matter is just how solidly have the courts dismissed the arguments made
    by the "sovereign citizens"? In other words, have the courts ruled
    against all their arguments? Or are some of the issues not yet settled?
    --
    Rhino

    --- Synchronet 3.22a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Adam H. Kerman@ahk@chinet.com to rec.arts.tv on Wed Jul 1 00:31:52 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

    I've heard of this "sovereign citizen" idea before and understand it to
    be a claim that self-styled sovereign citizens don't need drivers
    licences, insurance, and all of that stuff required of the rest of us.
    I'd never known that these people were treated as potential powderkegs
    by police officers until I watched a few videos, including this one, in >which someone FA's and then FO's for the very last time.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRNKoMmTBJ0 [12 minutes]

    My question for Adam, BTR1701, or anyone else with knowledge of this
    matter is just how solidly have the courts dismissed the arguments made
    by the "sovereign citizens"? In other words, have the courts ruled
    against all their arguments? Or are some of the issues not yet settled?

    I don't understand how it can work as none of them has made an argument
    any judge would accept. Usually the judge gets pissed, tells them to
    shut up, and threatens them with contempt of court.
    --- Synchronet 3.22a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From BTR1701@atropos@mac.com to rec.arts.tv on Wed Jul 1 00:35:06 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    On Jun 30, 2026 at 4:43:08 PM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

    I've heard of this "sovereign citizen" idea before and understand it to
    be a claim that self-styled sovereign citizens don't need drivers
    licences, insurance, and all of that stuff required of the rest of us.
    I'd never known that these people were treated as potential powderkegs
    by police officers until I watched a few videos, including this one, in which someone FA's and then FO's for the very last time.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRNKoMmTBJ0 [12 minutes]

    This time it was the SovCit that found out, but there have been no shortage of incidents where the cop ends up shot on the side of the road by these
    nutbags.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzEfWqEGZgM

    (Apparently YouTube's latest absurd censorship demand is that content creators cannot have audible gunfire in their videos so all of these bodycams suddenly go silent the moment a firearm is discharged.)

    My question for Adam, BTR1701, or anyone else with knowledge of this
    matter is just how solidly have the courts dismissed the arguments made
    by the "sovereign citizens"? In other words, have the courts ruled
    against all their arguments? Or are some of the issues not yet settled?

    SovCits have never won in court. Not once. Ever.

    It staggers the imagination why they keep at it.


    --- Synchronet 3.22a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Rhino@no_offline_contact@example.com to rec.arts.tv on Tue Jun 30 21:46:58 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    On 2026-06-30 8:35 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 30, 2026 at 4:43:08 PM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

    I've heard of this "sovereign citizen" idea before and understand it to
    be a claim that self-styled sovereign citizens don't need drivers
    licences, insurance, and all of that stuff required of the rest of us.
    I'd never known that these people were treated as potential powderkegs
    by police officers until I watched a few videos, including this one, in
    which someone FA's and then FO's for the very last time.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRNKoMmTBJ0 [12 minutes]

    This time it was the SovCit that found out, but there have been no shortage of
    incidents where the cop ends up shot on the side of the road by these nutbags.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzEfWqEGZgM

    (Apparently YouTube's latest absurd censorship demand is that content creators
    cannot have audible gunfire in their videos so all of these bodycams suddenly go silent the moment a firearm is discharged.)

    I am truly annoyed by YouTube's ludicrous rules. They censor speech,
    including any subtitles, they make you blur so much of the video that it
    is nearly ALL blurs and by the time the editing is complete, the video
    has only the briefest interludes that aren't blurred, censored or
    silent. If the content creator can't be bothered to do a voiceover to
    explain what's going on, you can find that you have no idea what the
    point of the video even was.

    If I was running things, I would give viewers advanced warning of harsh language, violence or whatever, and then show the video uncensored. I'd
    assume the audience could decide for itself what its tolerance was once
    they'd received the warning.

    Of course someone is bound to raise the issue of children being
    attracted to such material and not being deterred by warnings. I don't
    find that very compelling. Kids have been seeing things they shouldn't
    see as long as there have been kids; that seems less bad than
    infantilizing EVERYONE.

    My question for Adam, BTR1701, or anyone else with knowledge of this
    matter is just how solidly have the courts dismissed the arguments made
    by the "sovereign citizens"? In other words, have the courts ruled
    against all their arguments? Or are some of the issues not yet settled?

    SovCits have never won in court. Not once. Ever.

    It staggers the imagination why they keep at it.


    Interesting. I had assumed they'd won some court decisions and that's
    what kept them using these arguments. If they've lost every decision,
    I'm inclined to think that this movement is just a con where a few unscrupulous types sell them these documents and promise them that the
    courts will find in their favour if push comes to shove. This would
    appeal to some people who don't think of the rules as being for them.
    --
    Rhino
    --- Synchronet 3.22a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From BTR1701@atropos@mac.com to rec.arts.tv on Wed Jul 1 02:35:24 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    On Jun 30, 2026 at 6:46:58 PM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

    On 2026-06-30 8:35 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 30, 2026 at 4:43:08 PM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com> >> wrote:

    I've heard of this "sovereign citizen" idea before and understand it to >>> be a claim that self-styled sovereign citizens don't need drivers
    licences, insurance, and all of that stuff required of the rest of us.
    I'd never known that these people were treated as potential powderkegs
    by police officers until I watched a few videos, including this one, in >>> which someone FA's and then FO's for the very last time.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRNKoMmTBJ0 [12 minutes]

    This time it was the SovCit that found out, but there have been no shortage >> of
    incidents where the cop ends up shot on the side of the road by these
    nutbags.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzEfWqEGZgM

    (Apparently YouTube's latest absurd censorship demand is that content
    creators
    cannot have audible gunfire in their videos so all of these bodycams
    suddenly
    go silent the moment a firearm is discharged.)

    I am truly annoyed by YouTube's ludicrous rules. They censor speech, including any subtitles, they make you blur so much of the video that it
    is nearly ALL blurs and by the time the editing is complete, the video
    has only the briefest interludes that aren't blurred, censored or
    silent. If the content creator can't be bothered to do a voiceover to explain what's going on, you can find that you have no idea what the
    point of the video even was.

    If I was running things, I would give viewers advanced warning of harsh language, violence or whatever, and then show the video uncensored. I'd assume the audience could decide for itself what its tolerance was once they'd received the warning.

    Of course someone is bound to raise the issue of children being
    attracted to such material and not being deterred by warnings. I don't
    find that very compelling. Kids have been seeing things they shouldn't
    see as long as there have been kids; that seems less bad than
    infantilizing EVERYONE.

    It's crazy that you can't watch stuff on YouTube that anyone can see just by tuning in to the nightly news. If it's okay for the broadcast airwaves with
    all the FCC rules that apply, then it shouldn't be a problem for YouTube.


    --- Synchronet 3.22a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From anim8rfsk@anim8rfsk@cox.net to rec.arts.tv on Tue Jun 30 19:50:52 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
    On 2026-06-30 8:35 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 30, 2026 at 4:43:08 PM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com> >> wrote:

    I've heard of this "sovereign citizen" idea before and understand it to
    be a claim that self-styled sovereign citizens don't need drivers
    licences, insurance, and all of that stuff required of the rest of us.
    I'd never known that these people were treated as potential powderkegs
    by police officers until I watched a few videos, including this one, in
    which someone FA's and then FO's for the very last time.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRNKoMmTBJ0 [12 minutes]

    This time it was the SovCit that found out, but there have been no shortage of
    incidents where the cop ends up shot on the side of the road by these
    nutbags.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzEfWqEGZgM

    (Apparently YouTube's latest absurd censorship demand is that content creators
    cannot have audible gunfire in their videos so all of these bodycams suddenly
    go silent the moment a firearm is discharged.)

    I am truly annoyed by YouTube's ludicrous rules. They censor speech, including any subtitles, they make you blur so much of the video that it
    is nearly ALL blurs and by the time the editing is complete, the video
    has only the briefest interludes that aren't blurred, censored or
    silent. If the content creator can't be bothered to do a voiceover to explain what's going on, you can find that you have no idea what the
    point of the video even was.

    If I was running things, I would give viewers advanced warning of harsh language, violence or whatever, and then show the video uncensored. I'd assume the audience could decide for itself what its tolerance was once they'd received the warning.

    Of course someone is bound to raise the issue of children being
    attracted to such material and not being deterred by warnings. I don't
    find that very compelling. Kids have been seeing things they shouldn't
    see as long as there have been kids; that seems less bad than
    infantilizing EVERYONE.

    My question for Adam, BTR1701, or anyone else with knowledge of this
    matter is just how solidly have the courts dismissed the arguments made
    by the "sovereign citizens"? In other words, have the courts ruled
    against all their arguments? Or are some of the issues not yet settled?

    SovCits have never won in court. Not once. Ever.

    It staggers the imagination why they keep at it.


    Interesting. I had assumed they'd won some court decisions and that's
    what kept them using these arguments. If they've lost every decision,
    I'm inclined to think that this movement is just a con where a few unscrupulous types sell them these documents and promise them that the courts will find in their favour if push comes to shove. This would
    appeal to some people who don't think of the rules as being for them.


    My Facebook feed gets flurries of these videos. If they have a resolution, itrCOs always just dismissed or a tiny fine.
    --
    The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.
    --- Synchronet 3.22a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Rhino@no_offline_contact@example.com to rec.arts.tv on Tue Jun 30 23:39:58 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    On 2026-06-30 10:50 p.m., anim8rfsk wrote:
    Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
    On 2026-06-30 8:35 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 30, 2026 at 4:43:08 PM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com> >>> wrote:

    I've heard of this "sovereign citizen" idea before and understand it to >>>> be a claim that self-styled sovereign citizens don't need drivers
    licences, insurance, and all of that stuff required of the rest of us. >>>> I'd never known that these people were treated as potential powderkegs >>>> by police officers until I watched a few videos, including this one, in >>>> which someone FA's and then FO's for the very last time.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRNKoMmTBJ0 [12 minutes]

    This time it was the SovCit that found out, but there have been no shortage of
    incidents where the cop ends up shot on the side of the road by these
    nutbags.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzEfWqEGZgM

    (Apparently YouTube's latest absurd censorship demand is that content creators
    cannot have audible gunfire in their videos so all of these bodycams suddenly
    go silent the moment a firearm is discharged.)

    I am truly annoyed by YouTube's ludicrous rules. They censor speech,
    including any subtitles, they make you blur so much of the video that it
    is nearly ALL blurs and by the time the editing is complete, the video
    has only the briefest interludes that aren't blurred, censored or
    silent. If the content creator can't be bothered to do a voiceover to
    explain what's going on, you can find that you have no idea what the
    point of the video even was.

    If I was running things, I would give viewers advanced warning of harsh
    language, violence or whatever, and then show the video uncensored. I'd
    assume the audience could decide for itself what its tolerance was once
    they'd received the warning.

    Of course someone is bound to raise the issue of children being
    attracted to such material and not being deterred by warnings. I don't
    find that very compelling. Kids have been seeing things they shouldn't
    see as long as there have been kids; that seems less bad than
    infantilizing EVERYONE.

    My question for Adam, BTR1701, or anyone else with knowledge of this
    matter is just how solidly have the courts dismissed the arguments made >>>> by the "sovereign citizens"? In other words, have the courts ruled
    against all their arguments? Or are some of the issues not yet settled? >>>
    SovCits have never won in court. Not once. Ever.

    It staggers the imagination why they keep at it.


    Interesting. I had assumed they'd won some court decisions and that's
    what kept them using these arguments. If they've lost every decision,
    I'm inclined to think that this movement is just a con where a few
    unscrupulous types sell them these documents and promise them that the
    courts will find in their favour if push comes to shove. This would
    appeal to some people who don't think of the rules as being for them.


    My Facebook feed gets flurries of these videos. If they have a resolution, itrCOs always just dismissed or a tiny fine.

    The video I linked showed the "sovereign citizen" pulling a gun and
    getting several hot lead injections for his trouble. He won't be pulling
    that crap again. Meanwhile, the snake oil salesman who sold him the fake get-out-of-jail-free paperwork is probably enjoying a comfortable life
    with all the money he's fleeced off the fools who bought his papers.

    Obviously, these "sovereign citizens" should be trying their arguments
    in court, not wasting the time of several officers with "roadside
    lawyering".
    --
    Rhino
    --- Synchronet 3.22a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Rhino@no_offline_contact@example.com to rec.arts.tv on Tue Jun 30 23:45:11 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    On 2026-06-30 10:35 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 30, 2026 at 6:46:58 PM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

    On 2026-06-30 8:35 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 30, 2026 at 4:43:08 PM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com>
    wrote:

    I've heard of this "sovereign citizen" idea before and understand it to >>>> be a claim that self-styled sovereign citizens don't need drivers
    licences, insurance, and all of that stuff required of the rest of us. >>>> I'd never known that these people were treated as potential powderkegs >>>> by police officers until I watched a few videos, including this one, in >>>> which someone FA's and then FO's for the very last time.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRNKoMmTBJ0 [12 minutes]

    This time it was the SovCit that found out, but there have been no shortage
    of
    incidents where the cop ends up shot on the side of the road by these
    nutbags.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzEfWqEGZgM

    (Apparently YouTube's latest absurd censorship demand is that content
    creators
    cannot have audible gunfire in their videos so all of these bodycams
    suddenly
    go silent the moment a firearm is discharged.)

    I am truly annoyed by YouTube's ludicrous rules. They censor speech,
    including any subtitles, they make you blur so much of the video that it
    is nearly ALL blurs and by the time the editing is complete, the video
    has only the briefest interludes that aren't blurred, censored or
    silent. If the content creator can't be bothered to do a voiceover to
    explain what's going on, you can find that you have no idea what the
    point of the video even was.

    If I was running things, I would give viewers advanced warning of harsh
    language, violence or whatever, and then show the video uncensored. I'd
    assume the audience could decide for itself what its tolerance was once
    they'd received the warning.

    Of course someone is bound to raise the issue of children being
    attracted to such material and not being deterred by warnings. I don't
    find that very compelling. Kids have been seeing things they shouldn't
    see as long as there have been kids; that seems less bad than
    infantilizing EVERYONE.

    It's crazy that you can't watch stuff on YouTube that anyone can see just by tuning in to the nightly news. If it's okay for the broadcast airwaves with all the FCC rules that apply, then it shouldn't be a problem for YouTube.


    Have the YouTube owners looked at a calendar lately? It isn't the 1950s
    any more when you couldn't show violence or have cursing in dialogue.

    I remember an episode of Gunsmoke from its first season, which I found
    on YouTube, and Matt Dillon shot a guy from close range with his rifle
    and he just clutched his chest and fell over dead. There was not a
    single drop of blood, let alone a rather large hole in his chest; that's because you couldn't show that sort of thing then. The rules are a lot
    looser now.
    --
    Rhino
    --- Synchronet 3.22a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From BTR1701@atropos@mac.com to rec.arts.tv on Wed Jul 1 04:06:32 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    On Jun 30, 2026 at 8:45:11 PM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

    On 2026-06-30 10:35 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 30, 2026 at 6:46:58 PM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com> >> wrote:

    On 2026-06-30 8:35 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 30, 2026 at 4:43:08 PM PDT, "Rhino"
    <no_offline_contact@example.com>
    wrote:

    I've heard of this "sovereign citizen" idea before and understand it to
    be a claim that self-styled sovereign citizens don't need drivers >>>>> licences, insurance, and all of that stuff required of the rest of us. >>>>> I'd never known that these people were treated as potential powderkegs >>>>> by police officers until I watched a few videos, including this one, in
    which someone FA's and then FO's for the very last time.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRNKoMmTBJ0 [12 minutes]

    This time it was the SovCit that found out, but there have been no
    shortage
    of
    incidents where the cop ends up shot on the side of the road by these >>>> nutbags.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzEfWqEGZgM

    (Apparently YouTube's latest absurd censorship demand is that content >>>> creators
    cannot have audible gunfire in their videos so all of these bodycams >>>> suddenly
    go silent the moment a firearm is discharged.)

    I am truly annoyed by YouTube's ludicrous rules. They censor speech,
    including any subtitles, they make you blur so much of the video that it >>> is nearly ALL blurs and by the time the editing is complete, the video
    has only the briefest interludes that aren't blurred, censored or
    silent. If the content creator can't be bothered to do a voiceover to
    explain what's going on, you can find that you have no idea what the
    point of the video even was.

    If I was running things, I would give viewers advanced warning of harsh >>> language, violence or whatever, and then show the video uncensored. I'd >>> assume the audience could decide for itself what its tolerance was once >>> they'd received the warning.

    Of course someone is bound to raise the issue of children being
    attracted to such material and not being deterred by warnings. I don't
    find that very compelling. Kids have been seeing things they shouldn't
    see as long as there have been kids; that seems less bad than
    infantilizing EVERYONE.

    It's crazy that you can't watch stuff on YouTube that anyone can see just by
    tuning in to the nightly news. If it's okay for the broadcast airwaves with >> all the FCC rules that apply, then it shouldn't be a problem for YouTube. >>

    Have the YouTube owners looked at a calendar lately? It isn't the 1950s
    any more when you couldn't show violence or have cursing in dialogue.

    Oh, they don't mind cursing or any kind of degenerate moral content, like graphic descriptions of gay sex or transformer sex practices. That's all a-okay.

    But if you have a channel about gun enthusiasts talking about different makes and models or demonstrating them on a firing range, or even just talking about legal issues around guns, they'll harass you endlessly about it.

    The goal of their censorship isn't to make the platform child-friendly. It's
    to make it leftist-friendly.


    --- Synchronet 3.22a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From anim8rfsk@anim8rfsk@cox.net to rec.arts.tv on Tue Jun 30 23:37:40 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
    On 2026-06-30 10:50 p.m., anim8rfsk wrote:
    Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
    On 2026-06-30 8:35 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 30, 2026 at 4:43:08 PM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com>
    wrote:

    I've heard of this "sovereign citizen" idea before and understand it to >>>>> be a claim that self-styled sovereign citizens don't need drivers
    licences, insurance, and all of that stuff required of the rest of us. >>>>> I'd never known that these people were treated as potential powderkegs >>>>> by police officers until I watched a few videos, including this one, in >>>>> which someone FA's and then FO's for the very last time.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRNKoMmTBJ0 [12 minutes]

    This time it was the SovCit that found out, but there have been no shortage of
    incidents where the cop ends up shot on the side of the road by these
    nutbags.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzEfWqEGZgM

    (Apparently YouTube's latest absurd censorship demand is that content creators
    cannot have audible gunfire in their videos so all of these bodycams suddenly
    go silent the moment a firearm is discharged.)

    I am truly annoyed by YouTube's ludicrous rules. They censor speech,
    including any subtitles, they make you blur so much of the video that it >>> is nearly ALL blurs and by the time the editing is complete, the video
    has only the briefest interludes that aren't blurred, censored or
    silent. If the content creator can't be bothered to do a voiceover to
    explain what's going on, you can find that you have no idea what the
    point of the video even was.

    If I was running things, I would give viewers advanced warning of harsh
    language, violence or whatever, and then show the video uncensored. I'd
    assume the audience could decide for itself what its tolerance was once
    they'd received the warning.

    Of course someone is bound to raise the issue of children being
    attracted to such material and not being deterred by warnings. I don't
    find that very compelling. Kids have been seeing things they shouldn't
    see as long as there have been kids; that seems less bad than
    infantilizing EVERYONE.

    My question for Adam, BTR1701, or anyone else with knowledge of this >>>>> matter is just how solidly have the courts dismissed the arguments made >>>>> by the "sovereign citizens"? In other words, have the courts ruled
    against all their arguments? Or are some of the issues not yet settled? >>>>
    SovCits have never won in court. Not once. Ever.

    It staggers the imagination why they keep at it.


    Interesting. I had assumed they'd won some court decisions and that's
    what kept them using these arguments. If they've lost every decision,
    I'm inclined to think that this movement is just a con where a few
    unscrupulous types sell them these documents and promise them that the
    courts will find in their favour if push comes to shove. This would
    appeal to some people who don't think of the rules as being for them.


    My Facebook feed gets flurries of these videos. If they have a resolution, >> itrCOs always just dismissed or a tiny fine.

    The video I linked showed the "sovereign citizen" pulling a gun and
    getting several hot lead injections for his trouble. He won't be pulling that crap again. Meanwhile, the snake oil salesman who sold him the fake get-out-of-jail-free paperwork is probably enjoying a comfortable life
    with all the money he's fleeced off the fools who bought his papers.

    Obviously, these "sovereign citizens" should be trying their arguments
    in court, not wasting the time of several officers with "roadside lawyering".


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_citizen_movement?wprov=sfti1#

    IrCOd love to know if thererCOs a website where you send away for a kit or something. They all have a folder of forms and for instance, one of them is
    a bill of charges they want the police to pay them for the inconvenience of being stopped for breaking the law and they wonrCOt roll down the window
    until the cop accepts it.
    --
    The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.
    --- Synchronet 3.22a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Rhino@no_offline_contact@example.com to rec.arts.tv on Wed Jul 1 09:09:15 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    On 2026-07-01 12:06 a.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 30, 2026 at 8:45:11 PM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

    On 2026-06-30 10:35 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 30, 2026 at 6:46:58 PM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com>
    wrote:

    On 2026-06-30 8:35 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 30, 2026 at 4:43:08 PM PDT, "Rhino"
    <no_offline_contact@example.com>
    wrote:

    I've heard of this "sovereign citizen" idea before and understand it to
    be a claim that self-styled sovereign citizens don't need drivers >>>>>> licences, insurance, and all of that stuff required of the rest of us.
    I'd never known that these people were treated as potential powderkegs
    by police officers until I watched a few videos, including this one, in
    which someone FA's and then FO's for the very last time.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRNKoMmTBJ0 [12 minutes]

    This time it was the SovCit that found out, but there have been no >>>>> shortage
    of
    incidents where the cop ends up shot on the side of the road by these >>>>> nutbags.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzEfWqEGZgM

    (Apparently YouTube's latest absurd censorship demand is that content >>>>> creators
    cannot have audible gunfire in their videos so all of these bodycams >>>>> suddenly
    go silent the moment a firearm is discharged.)

    I am truly annoyed by YouTube's ludicrous rules. They censor speech, >>>> including any subtitles, they make you blur so much of the video that it >>>> is nearly ALL blurs and by the time the editing is complete, the video >>>> has only the briefest interludes that aren't blurred, censored or
    silent. If the content creator can't be bothered to do a voiceover to >>>> explain what's going on, you can find that you have no idea what the >>>> point of the video even was.

    If I was running things, I would give viewers advanced warning of harsh >>>> language, violence or whatever, and then show the video uncensored. I'd >>>> assume the audience could decide for itself what its tolerance was once >>>> they'd received the warning.

    Of course someone is bound to raise the issue of children being
    attracted to such material and not being deterred by warnings. I don't >>>> find that very compelling. Kids have been seeing things they shouldn't >>>> see as long as there have been kids; that seems less bad than
    infantilizing EVERYONE.

    It's crazy that you can't watch stuff on YouTube that anyone can see just by
    tuning in to the nightly news. If it's okay for the broadcast airwaves with
    all the FCC rules that apply, then it shouldn't be a problem for YouTube. >>>

    Have the YouTube owners looked at a calendar lately? It isn't the 1950s
    any more when you couldn't show violence or have cursing in dialogue.

    Oh, they don't mind cursing or any kind of degenerate moral content, like graphic descriptions of gay sex or transformer sex practices. That's all a-okay.

    But if you have a channel about gun enthusiasts talking about different makes and models or demonstrating them on a firing range, or even just talking about
    legal issues around guns, they'll harass you endlessly about it.

    There seem to be quite a few channels that are very positive towards
    guns and even feature good ol' boys shooting things that follow every
    round with ultra-highspeed cameras to see the flight paths and damage inflicted by the weapons. I've seen a number of those and none of the presenters ever claimed to have been harassed or to have self-censored
    due to YouTube's restrictions.

    The goal of their censorship isn't to make the platform child-friendly. It's to make it leftist-friendly.



    Leftists have never shown themselves to be timid when it comes to
    cursing so I fail to understand why they are so prissy about cursing in videos. As for violence, their hypocrisy in advocating and committing
    violence against their enemies while claiming to be all about peace,
    love, and tolerance is legendary yet they refuse to admit it and ban
    words like "killed" or "murdered" forcing people to use workarounds like "unalived". It's all a bit surreal.
    --
    Rhino
    --- Synchronet 3.22a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Rhino@no_offline_contact@example.com to rec.arts.tv on Wed Jul 1 09:53:57 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    On 2026-07-01 2:37 a.m., anim8rfsk wrote:
    Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
    On 2026-06-30 10:50 p.m., anim8rfsk wrote:
    Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
    On 2026-06-30 8:35 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 30, 2026 at 4:43:08 PM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com>
    wrote:

    I've heard of this "sovereign citizen" idea before and understand it to >>>>>> be a claim that self-styled sovereign citizens don't need drivers
    licences, insurance, and all of that stuff required of the rest of us. >>>>>> I'd never known that these people were treated as potential powderkegs >>>>>> by police officers until I watched a few videos, including this one, in >>>>>> which someone FA's and then FO's for the very last time.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRNKoMmTBJ0 [12 minutes]

    This time it was the SovCit that found out, but there have been no shortage of
    incidents where the cop ends up shot on the side of the road by these >>>>> nutbags.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzEfWqEGZgM

    (Apparently YouTube's latest absurd censorship demand is that content creators
    cannot have audible gunfire in their videos so all of these bodycams suddenly
    go silent the moment a firearm is discharged.)

    I am truly annoyed by YouTube's ludicrous rules. They censor speech,
    including any subtitles, they make you blur so much of the video that it >>>> is nearly ALL blurs and by the time the editing is complete, the video >>>> has only the briefest interludes that aren't blurred, censored or
    silent. If the content creator can't be bothered to do a voiceover to
    explain what's going on, you can find that you have no idea what the
    point of the video even was.

    If I was running things, I would give viewers advanced warning of harsh >>>> language, violence or whatever, and then show the video uncensored. I'd >>>> assume the audience could decide for itself what its tolerance was once >>>> they'd received the warning.

    Of course someone is bound to raise the issue of children being
    attracted to such material and not being deterred by warnings. I don't >>>> find that very compelling. Kids have been seeing things they shouldn't >>>> see as long as there have been kids; that seems less bad than
    infantilizing EVERYONE.

    My question for Adam, BTR1701, or anyone else with knowledge of this >>>>>> matter is just how solidly have the courts dismissed the arguments made >>>>>> by the "sovereign citizens"? In other words, have the courts ruled >>>>>> against all their arguments? Or are some of the issues not yet settled? >>>>>
    SovCits have never won in court. Not once. Ever.

    It staggers the imagination why they keep at it.


    Interesting. I had assumed they'd won some court decisions and that's
    what kept them using these arguments. If they've lost every decision,
    I'm inclined to think that this movement is just a con where a few
    unscrupulous types sell them these documents and promise them that the >>>> courts will find in their favour if push comes to shove. This would
    appeal to some people who don't think of the rules as being for them.


    My Facebook feed gets flurries of these videos. If they have a resolution, >>> itrCOs always just dismissed or a tiny fine.

    The video I linked showed the "sovereign citizen" pulling a gun and
    getting several hot lead injections for his trouble. He won't be pulling
    that crap again. Meanwhile, the snake oil salesman who sold him the fake
    get-out-of-jail-free paperwork is probably enjoying a comfortable life
    with all the money he's fleeced off the fools who bought his papers.

    Obviously, these "sovereign citizens" should be trying their arguments
    in court, not wasting the time of several officers with "roadside
    lawyering".


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_citizen_movement?wprov=sfti1#

    IrCOd love to know if thererCOs a website where you send away for a kit or something. They all have a folder of forms and for instance, one of them is
    a bill of charges they want the police to pay them for the inconvenience of being stopped for breaking the law and they wonrCOt roll down the window until the cop accepts it.

    I think there MUST be such a website (or maybe a bunch of them) because several of the "sovereign citizens" stopped in the videos have the
    papers with them and some of them read from those papers verbatim.

    Maybe, just maybe, these sites display full documents that you can just
    print off with your own printer and don't even charge for it but I
    suspect that one or more con artists have decided that this could be a
    cash cow and charge people for nicely printed documents.

    Just to see for myself, I just did a search for "sovereign citizen
    license plate" and got this result: https://search.brave.com/search?q=sovereign+citizen+licence+plate&summary=1&conversation=09458471b972d1f82c7ffad1e45ed660c242

    Then I clicked on the first hit and got: https://search.brave.com/images?q=sovereign+citizen+licence+plate&context=W3sic3JjIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9pbWdzLnNlYXJjaC5icmF2ZS5jb20vZ2RYcHRValJtNGVodkFWd3VBRjd2S0tWcUJLMFRoQkE4dTlHZW51Z1E5NC9yczpmaXQ6NTAwOjA6MDowL2c6Y2UvYUhSMGNITTZMeTl0TG0xbC9aR2xoTFdGdFlYcHZiaTVqL2IyMHZhVzFoWjJWekwwa3YvTmpGdlMwZzJNSGhITWt3dS9hbkJuIiwidGV4dCI6IlNvdmVyZWlnbiBDaXRpemVuIFBob3RvIExpY2Vuc2UgUGxhdGUiLCJwYWdlX3VybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmFtYXpvbi5jYS9Tb3ZlcmVpZ24tQ2l0aXplbi1QaG90by1MaWNlbnNlLVBsYXRlL2RwL0IwOEpNQ0hOMzIifV0%3D&sig=35b8b4485ecc5ff3a400973ec4ad66930201abc8a6664070be53730198f12cb6&nonce=8aba9d0863558399a057c58bbc2cf462

    Many, many pictures of fake license plates, along with information that
    you can buy these at sites like Amazon.

    I also found this passage in a document that confirms my suspicion about
    being able to find and buy sovereign citizen documents online:

    ========================================================================== Individuals may access sovereign citizen theory and documents easily
    through the internet. And not surprisingly there are any number of
    vendors of driverrCOs licenses, license tags, pleadings and other papers
    who are glad to sell their wares to anyone who sees in them a means to
    be free from traffic tickets, debts, taxes and other government
    obligations.

    Source: https://www.sog.unc.edu/sites/www.sog.unc.edu/files/Sov%20citizens%20quick%20guide%20Nov%2013.pdf
    (Page 4) ==========================================================================

    And here is an item on Amazon that apparently includes documents you can
    CUT OUT to show the police that you are a "sovereign citizen".

    My suspicions are confirmed! There are apparently a substantial number
    of organizations that have some version of the "sovereign citizen" idea
    and they DO make the documentation that supports the idea available to
    those that believe they are speaking the truth (or are willing to
    pretend that they believe it to evade fees like those for drivers
    licenses).
    --
    Rhino
    --- Synchronet 3.22a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From anim8rfsk@anim8rfsk@cox.net to rec.arts.tv on Wed Jul 1 09:07:15 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
    On 2026-07-01 2:37 a.m., anim8rfsk wrote:
    Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
    On 2026-06-30 10:50 p.m., anim8rfsk wrote:
    Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
    On 2026-06-30 8:35 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 30, 2026 at 4:43:08 PM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com>
    wrote:

    I've heard of this "sovereign citizen" idea before and understand it to >>>>>>> be a claim that self-styled sovereign citizens don't need drivers >>>>>>> licences, insurance, and all of that stuff required of the rest of us. >>>>>>> I'd never known that these people were treated as potential powderkegs >>>>>>> by police officers until I watched a few videos, including this one, in >>>>>>> which someone FA's and then FO's for the very last time.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRNKoMmTBJ0 [12 minutes]

    This time it was the SovCit that found out, but there have been no shortage of
    incidents where the cop ends up shot on the side of the road by these >>>>>> nutbags.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzEfWqEGZgM

    (Apparently YouTube's latest absurd censorship demand is that content creators
    cannot have audible gunfire in their videos so all of these bodycams suddenly
    go silent the moment a firearm is discharged.)

    I am truly annoyed by YouTube's ludicrous rules. They censor speech, >>>>> including any subtitles, they make you blur so much of the video that it >>>>> is nearly ALL blurs and by the time the editing is complete, the video >>>>> has only the briefest interludes that aren't blurred, censored or
    silent. If the content creator can't be bothered to do a voiceover to >>>>> explain what's going on, you can find that you have no idea what the >>>>> point of the video even was.

    If I was running things, I would give viewers advanced warning of harsh >>>>> language, violence or whatever, and then show the video uncensored. I'd >>>>> assume the audience could decide for itself what its tolerance was once >>>>> they'd received the warning.

    Of course someone is bound to raise the issue of children being
    attracted to such material and not being deterred by warnings. I don't >>>>> find that very compelling. Kids have been seeing things they shouldn't >>>>> see as long as there have been kids; that seems less bad than
    infantilizing EVERYONE.

    My question for Adam, BTR1701, or anyone else with knowledge of this >>>>>>> matter is just how solidly have the courts dismissed the arguments made >>>>>>> by the "sovereign citizens"? In other words, have the courts ruled >>>>>>> against all their arguments? Or are some of the issues not yet settled? >>>>>>
    SovCits have never won in court. Not once. Ever.

    It staggers the imagination why they keep at it.


    Interesting. I had assumed they'd won some court decisions and that's >>>>> what kept them using these arguments. If they've lost every decision, >>>>> I'm inclined to think that this movement is just a con where a few
    unscrupulous types sell them these documents and promise them that the >>>>> courts will find in their favour if push comes to shove. This would
    appeal to some people who don't think of the rules as being for them. >>>>>

    My Facebook feed gets flurries of these videos. If they have a resolution, >>>> itrCOs always just dismissed or a tiny fine.

    The video I linked showed the "sovereign citizen" pulling a gun and
    getting several hot lead injections for his trouble. He won't be pulling >>> that crap again. Meanwhile, the snake oil salesman who sold him the fake >>> get-out-of-jail-free paperwork is probably enjoying a comfortable life
    with all the money he's fleeced off the fools who bought his papers.

    Obviously, these "sovereign citizens" should be trying their arguments
    in court, not wasting the time of several officers with "roadside
    lawyering".


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_citizen_movement?wprov=sfti1#

    IrCOd love to know if thererCOs a website where you send away for a kit or >> something. They all have a folder of forms and for instance, one of them is >> a bill of charges they want the police to pay them for the inconvenience of >> being stopped for breaking the law and they wonrCOt roll down the window
    until the cop accepts it.

    I think there MUST be such a website (or maybe a bunch of them) because several of the "sovereign citizens" stopped in the videos have the
    papers with them and some of them read from those papers verbatim.

    Maybe, just maybe, these sites display full documents that you can just print off with your own printer and don't even charge for it but I
    suspect that one or more con artists have decided that this could be a
    cash cow and charge people for nicely printed documents.

    Just to see for myself, I just did a search for "sovereign citizen
    license plate" and got this result: https://search.brave.com/search?q=sovereign+citizen+licence+plate&summary=1&conversation=09458471b972d1f82c7ffad1e45ed660c242

    Then I clicked on the first hit and got: https://search.brave.com/images?q=sovereign+citizen+licence+plate&context=W3sic3JjIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9pbWdzLnNlYXJjaC5icmF2ZS5jb20vZ2RYcHRValJtNGVodkFWd3VBRjd2S0tWcUJLMFRoQkE4dTlHZW51Z1E5NC9yczpmaXQ6NTAwOjA6MDowL2c6Y2UvYUhSMGNITTZMeTl0TG0xbC9aR2xoTFdGdFlYcHZiaTVqL2IyMHZhVzFoWjJWekwwa3YvTmpGdlMwZzJNSGhITWt3dS9hbkJuIiwidGV4dCI6IlNvdmVyZWlnbiBDaXRpemVuIFBob3RvIExpY2Vuc2UgUGxhdGUiLCJwYWdlX3VybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmFtYXpvbi5jYS9Tb3ZlcmVpZ24tQ2l0aXplbi1QaG90by1MaWNlbnNlLVBsYXRlL2RwL0IwOEpNQ0hOMzIifV0%3D&sig=35b8b4485ecc5ff3a400973ec4ad66930201abc8a6664070be53730198f12cb6&nonce=8aba9d0863558399a057c58bbc2cf462

    Many, many pictures of fake license plates, along with information that
    you can buy these at sites like Amazon.

    I also found this passage in a document that confirms my suspicion about being able to find and buy sovereign citizen documents online:

    ========================================================================== Individuals may access sovereign citizen theory and documents easily
    through the internet. And not surprisingly there are any number of
    vendors of driverrCOs licenses, license tags, pleadings and other papers
    who are glad to sell their wares to anyone who sees in them a means to
    be free from traffic tickets, debts, taxes and other government
    obligations.

    Source: https://www.sog.unc.edu/sites/www.sog.unc.edu/files/Sov%20citizens%20quick%20guide%20Nov%2013.pdf

    (Page 4) ==========================================================================

    And here is an item on Amazon that apparently includes documents you can
    CUT OUT to show the police that you are a "sovereign citizen".

    My suspicions are confirmed! There are apparently a substantial number
    of organizations that have some version of the "sovereign citizen" idea
    and they DO make the documentation that supports the idea available to
    those that believe they are speaking the truth (or are willing to
    pretend that they believe it to evade fees like those for drivers
    licenses).



    As I feared. And these people just believe everything they find on the web.
    --
    The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.
    --- Synchronet 3.22a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From shawn@nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com to rec.arts.tv on Wed Jul 1 12:32:18 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    On Wed, 1 Jul 2026 09:07:15 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
    wrote:

    Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
    On 2026-07-01 2:37 a.m., anim8rfsk wrote:
    Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
    On 2026-06-30 10:50 p.m., anim8rfsk wrote:
    Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
    On 2026-06-30 8:35 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 30, 2026 at 4:43:08 PM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com>
    wrote:

    I've heard of this "sovereign citizen" idea before and understand it to
    be a claim that self-styled sovereign citizens don't need drivers >>>>>>>> licences, insurance, and all of that stuff required of the rest of us. >>>>>>>> I'd never known that these people were treated as potential powderkegs >>>>>>>> by police officers until I watched a few videos, including this one, in
    which someone FA's and then FO's for the very last time.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRNKoMmTBJ0 [12 minutes]

    This time it was the SovCit that found out, but there have been no shortage of
    incidents where the cop ends up shot on the side of the road by these >>>>>>> nutbags.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzEfWqEGZgM

    (Apparently YouTube's latest absurd censorship demand is that content creators
    cannot have audible gunfire in their videos so all of these bodycams suddenly
    go silent the moment a firearm is discharged.)

    I am truly annoyed by YouTube's ludicrous rules. They censor speech, >>>>>> including any subtitles, they make you blur so much of the video that it >>>>>> is nearly ALL blurs and by the time the editing is complete, the video >>>>>> has only the briefest interludes that aren't blurred, censored or
    silent. If the content creator can't be bothered to do a voiceover to >>>>>> explain what's going on, you can find that you have no idea what the >>>>>> point of the video even was.

    If I was running things, I would give viewers advanced warning of harsh >>>>>> language, violence or whatever, and then show the video uncensored. I'd >>>>>> assume the audience could decide for itself what its tolerance was once >>>>>> they'd received the warning.

    Of course someone is bound to raise the issue of children being
    attracted to such material and not being deterred by warnings. I don't >>>>>> find that very compelling. Kids have been seeing things they shouldn't >>>>>> see as long as there have been kids; that seems less bad than
    infantilizing EVERYONE.

    My question for Adam, BTR1701, or anyone else with knowledge of this >>>>>>>> matter is just how solidly have the courts dismissed the arguments made
    by the "sovereign citizens"? In other words, have the courts ruled >>>>>>>> against all their arguments? Or are some of the issues not yet settled?

    SovCits have never won in court. Not once. Ever.

    It staggers the imagination why they keep at it.


    Interesting. I had assumed they'd won some court decisions and that's >>>>>> what kept them using these arguments. If they've lost every decision, >>>>>> I'm inclined to think that this movement is just a con where a few >>>>>> unscrupulous types sell them these documents and promise them that the >>>>>> courts will find in their favour if push comes to shove. This would >>>>>> appeal to some people who don't think of the rules as being for them. >>>>>>

    My Facebook feed gets flurries of these videos. If they have a resolution,
    itrCOs always just dismissed or a tiny fine.

    The video I linked showed the "sovereign citizen" pulling a gun and
    getting several hot lead injections for his trouble. He won't be pulling >>>> that crap again. Meanwhile, the snake oil salesman who sold him the fake >>>> get-out-of-jail-free paperwork is probably enjoying a comfortable life >>>> with all the money he's fleeced off the fools who bought his papers.

    Obviously, these "sovereign citizens" should be trying their arguments >>>> in court, not wasting the time of several officers with "roadside
    lawyering".


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_citizen_movement?wprov=sfti1#

    IrCOd love to know if thererCOs a website where you send away for a kit or >>> something. They all have a folder of forms and for instance, one of them is >>> a bill of charges they want the police to pay them for the inconvenience of >>> being stopped for breaking the law and they wonrCOt roll down the window >>> until the cop accepts it.

    I think there MUST be such a website (or maybe a bunch of them) because
    several of the "sovereign citizens" stopped in the videos have the
    papers with them and some of them read from those papers verbatim.

    Maybe, just maybe, these sites display full documents that you can just
    print off with your own printer and don't even charge for it but I
    suspect that one or more con artists have decided that this could be a
    cash cow and charge people for nicely printed documents.

    Just to see for myself, I just did a search for "sovereign citizen
    license plate" and got this result:
    https://search.brave.com/search?q=sovereign+citizen+licence+plate&summary=1&conversation=09458471b972d1f82c7ffad1e45ed660c242

    Then I clicked on the first hit and got:
    https://search.brave.com/images?q=sovereign+citizen+licence+plate&context=W3sic3JjIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9pbWdzLnNlYXJjaC5icmF2ZS5jb20vZ2RYcHRValJtNGVodkFWd3VBRjd2S0tWcUJLMFRoQkE4dTlHZW51Z1E5NC9yczpmaXQ6NTAwOjA6MDowL2c6Y2UvYUhSMGNITTZMeTl0TG0xbC9aR2xoTFdGdFlYcHZiaTVqL2IyMHZhVzFoWjJWekwwa3YvTmpGdlMwZzJNSGhITWt3dS9hbkJuIiwidGV4dCI6IlNvdmVyZWlnbiBDaXRpemVuIFBob3RvIExpY2Vuc2UgUGxhdGUiLCJwYWdlX3VybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmFtYXpvbi5jYS9Tb3ZlcmVpZ24tQ2l0aXplbi1QaG90by1MaWNlbnNlLVBsYXRlL2RwL0IwOEpNQ0hOMzIifV0%3D&sig=35b8b4485ecc5ff3a400973ec4ad66930201abc8a6664070be53730198f12cb6&nonce=8aba9d0863558399a057c58bbc2cf462

    Many, many pictures of fake license plates, along with information that
    you can buy these at sites like Amazon.

    I also found this passage in a document that confirms my suspicion about
    being able to find and buy sovereign citizen documents online:

    ========================================================================== >> Individuals may access sovereign citizen theory and documents easily
    through the internet. And not surprisingly there are any number of
    vendors of driverrCOs licenses, license tags, pleadings and other papers
    who are glad to sell their wares to anyone who sees in them a means to
    be free from traffic tickets, debts, taxes and other government
    obligations.

    Source:
    https://www.sog.unc.edu/sites/www.sog.unc.edu/files/Sov%20citizens%20quick%20guide%20Nov%2013.pdf

    (Page 4)
    ========================================================================== >>
    And here is an item on Amazon that apparently includes documents you can
    CUT OUT to show the police that you are a "sovereign citizen".

    My suspicions are confirmed! There are apparently a substantial number
    of organizations that have some version of the "sovereign citizen" idea
    and they DO make the documentation that supports the idea available to
    those that believe they are speaking the truth (or are willing to
    pretend that they believe it to evade fees like those for drivers
    licenses).



    As I feared. And these people just believe everything they find on the web.

    I love when they get stopped by the police and refuse every request
    because they are a sovereign citizen. What makes me laugh is that this
    is the same thing they've been doing for many years and the outcome is
    always the same. Which makes you wonder why they think they can pull
    the same stunt as someone else did years ago that failed and yet it
    will work now.
    --- Synchronet 3.22a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From BTR1701@atropos@mac.com to rec.arts.tv on Wed Jul 1 17:01:54 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    On Jul 1, 2026 at 6:09:15 AM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

    On 2026-07-01 12:06 a.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 30, 2026 at 8:45:11 PM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com> >> wrote:

    On 2026-06-30 10:35 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 30, 2026 at 6:46:58 PM PDT, "Rhino"
    <no_offline_contact@example.com>
    wrote:

    On 2026-06-30 8:35 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 30, 2026 at 4:43:08 PM PDT, "Rhino"
    <no_offline_contact@example.com>
    wrote:

    I've heard of this "sovereign citizen" idea before and understand it to
    be a claim that self-styled sovereign citizens don't need drivers >>>>>>> licences, insurance, and all of that stuff required of the rest of us.
    I'd never known that these people were treated as potential powderkegs
    by police officers until I watched a few videos, including this one, in
    which someone FA's and then FO's for the very last time.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRNKoMmTBJ0 [12 minutes]

    This time it was the SovCit that found out, but there have been no >>>>>> shortage
    of
    incidents where the cop ends up shot on the side of the road by these
    nutbags.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzEfWqEGZgM

    (Apparently YouTube's latest absurd censorship demand is that content
    creators
    cannot have audible gunfire in their videos so all of these bodycams
    suddenly
    go silent the moment a firearm is discharged.)

    I am truly annoyed by YouTube's ludicrous rules. They censor speech, >>>>> including any subtitles, they make you blur so much of the video that it
    is nearly ALL blurs and by the time the editing is complete, the video >>>>> has only the briefest interludes that aren't blurred, censored or >>>>> silent. If the content creator can't be bothered to do a voiceover to >>>>> explain what's going on, you can find that you have no idea what the >>>>> point of the video even was.

    If I was running things, I would give viewers advanced warning of harsh
    language, violence or whatever, and then show the video uncensored. I'd
    assume the audience could decide for itself what its tolerance was once
    they'd received the warning.

    Of course someone is bound to raise the issue of children being
    attracted to such material and not being deterred by warnings. I don't >>>>> find that very compelling. Kids have been seeing things they shouldn't >>>>> see as long as there have been kids; that seems less bad than
    infantilizing EVERYONE.

    It's crazy that you can't watch stuff on YouTube that anyone can see >>>> just by
    tuning in to the nightly news. If it's okay for the broadcast airwaves >>>> with
    all the FCC rules that apply, then it shouldn't be a problem for YouTube.


    Have the YouTube owners looked at a calendar lately? It isn't the 1950s >>> any more when you couldn't show violence or have cursing in dialogue.

    Oh, they don't mind cursing or any kind of degenerate moral content, like >> graphic descriptions of gay sex or transformer sex practices. That's all
    a-okay.

    But if you have a channel about gun enthusiasts talking about different
    makes
    and models or demonstrating them on a firing range, or even just talking
    about
    legal issues around guns, they'll harass you endlessly about it.

    There seem to be quite a few channels that are very positive towards
    guns and even feature good ol' boys shooting things that follow every
    round with ultra-highspeed cameras to see the flight paths and damage inflicted by the weapons. I've seen a number of those and none of the presenters ever claimed to have been harassed or to have self-censored
    due to YouTube's restrictions.

    YouTube censorship is like Fight Club: The first rule of YouTube censorship is that you don't talk about YouTube censorship.

    Seriously. You can get a strike in your channel if you talk too much or in too much detail about the censorship regime on YouTube.

    One immutable characteristic of censors throughout history is they *really* don't like people publicizing their censorship. On the NextDoor platform, you're not allowed to publicly mention any of the 'disciplinary' actions taken against you. If they delete a comment, you can't go back in that thread and tell everyone that your comment was deleted or publicly complain about the censorship rules. That will just escalate your punishments.

    The goal of their censorship isn't to make the platform child-friendly. It's
    to make it leftist-friendly.

    Leftists have never shown themselves to be timid when it comes to
    cursing so I fail to understand why they are so prissy about cursing in videos.

    As I said, they don't care about that. I just watched ShoeOnHead's latest
    video about the Karmelo Anthony case and she was dropping f-bombs right and left. But if she started talking negatively about the 'joys' of mass migration and enforced cultural enrichment, she'd be flirting with demonetization almost immediately.

    As for violence, their hypocrisy in advocating and committing
    violence against their enemies while claiming to be all about peace,
    love, and tolerance is legendary yet they refuse to admit it and ban
    words like "killed" or "murdered" forcing people to use workarounds like "unalived". It's all a bit surreal.

    They won't allow you to say 'rape' or 'sexual assault', either. People have been using 'grape' and 'SA' to get around the AI censorship bot, but I think they programmed it to hit those words, too, because a few weeks ago I watched
    a video exposing Ilhan Omar's fake California winery and it was bizarrely muting them whenever they referenced grapes in regard to winemaking.


    --- Synchronet 3.22a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From BTR1701@atropos@mac.com to rec.arts.tv on Wed Jul 1 17:09:52 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    On Jun 30, 2026 at 11:37:40 PM PDT, "anim8rfsk" <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:

    Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
    On 2026-06-30 10:50 p.m., anim8rfsk wrote:
    Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
    On 2026-06-30 8:35 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 30, 2026 at 4:43:08 PM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com>
    wrote:

    I've heard of this "sovereign citizen" idea before and understand it to >>>>>> be a claim that self-styled sovereign citizens don't need drivers >>>>>> licences, insurance, and all of that stuff required of the rest of us. >>>>>> I'd never known that these people were treated as potential powderkegs >>>>>> by police officers until I watched a few videos, including this one, in >>>>>> which someone FA's and then FO's for the very last time.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRNKoMmTBJ0 [12 minutes]

    This time it was the SovCit that found out, but there have been no
    shortage of
    incidents where the cop ends up shot on the side of the road by these >>>>> nutbags.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzEfWqEGZgM

    (Apparently YouTube's latest absurd censorship demand is that content >>>>> creators
    cannot have audible gunfire in their videos so all of these bodycams >>>>> suddenly
    go silent the moment a firearm is discharged.)

    I am truly annoyed by YouTube's ludicrous rules. They censor speech,
    including any subtitles, they make you blur so much of the video that it >>>> is nearly ALL blurs and by the time the editing is complete, the video >>>> has only the briefest interludes that aren't blurred, censored or
    silent. If the content creator can't be bothered to do a voiceover to >>>> explain what's going on, you can find that you have no idea what the
    point of the video even was.

    If I was running things, I would give viewers advanced warning of harsh >>>> language, violence or whatever, and then show the video uncensored. I'd >>>> assume the audience could decide for itself what its tolerance was once >>>> they'd received the warning.

    Of course someone is bound to raise the issue of children being
    attracted to such material and not being deterred by warnings. I don't >>>> find that very compelling. Kids have been seeing things they shouldn't >>>> see as long as there have been kids; that seems less bad than
    infantilizing EVERYONE.

    My question for Adam, BTR1701, or anyone else with knowledge of this >>>>>> matter is just how solidly have the courts dismissed the arguments made >>>>>> by the "sovereign citizens"? In other words, have the courts ruled >>>>>> against all their arguments? Or are some of the issues not yet settled? >>>>>
    SovCits have never won in court. Not once. Ever.

    It staggers the imagination why they keep at it.


    Interesting. I had assumed they'd won some court decisions and that's >>>> what kept them using these arguments. If they've lost every decision, >>>> I'm inclined to think that this movement is just a con where a few
    unscrupulous types sell them these documents and promise them that the >>>> courts will find in their favour if push comes to shove. This would
    appeal to some people who don't think of the rules as being for them. >>>>

    My Facebook feed gets flurries of these videos. If they have a resolution, >>> itrCOs always just dismissed or a tiny fine.

    The video I linked showed the "sovereign citizen" pulling a gun and
    getting several hot lead injections for his trouble. He won't be pulling >> that crap again. Meanwhile, the snake oil salesman who sold him the fake >> get-out-of-jail-free paperwork is probably enjoying a comfortable life
    with all the money he's fleeced off the fools who bought his papers.

    Obviously, these "sovereign citizens" should be trying their arguments
    in court, not wasting the time of several officers with "roadside
    lawyering".

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_citizen_movement?wprov=sfti1#

    IrCOd love to know if thererCOs a website where you send away for a kit or something. They all have a folder of forms and for instance, one of them is
    a bill of charges they want the police to pay them for the inconvenience of being stopped for breaking the law and they wonrCOt roll down the window until the cop accepts it.

    Years ago, I arrested a SovCit for counterfeiting and seized his car as part
    of the case. He had special license plates on it that, among other things, described his 'fee schedule'. I took the tag as a souvenir before we auctioned off his car:

    https://ibb.co/S4LdSsGm

    You'd think if you're a counterfeiter and committing multiple federal
    felonies, the last thing you'd do is put made-up license plates on your car which are virtually guaranteed to catch the notice of the cops. I guess we're lucky that most criminals are morons.


    --- Synchronet 3.22a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Rhino@no_offline_contact@example.com to rec.arts.tv on Wed Jul 1 15:44:45 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    On 2026-07-01 1:01 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jul 1, 2026 at 6:09:15 AM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

    On 2026-07-01 12:06 a.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 30, 2026 at 8:45:11 PM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com>
    wrote:

    On 2026-06-30 10:35 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 30, 2026 at 6:46:58 PM PDT, "Rhino"
    <no_offline_contact@example.com>
    wrote:

    On 2026-06-30 8:35 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 30, 2026 at 4:43:08 PM PDT, "Rhino"
    <no_offline_contact@example.com>
    wrote:

    I've heard of this "sovereign citizen" idea before and understand it to
    be a claim that self-styled sovereign citizens don't need drivers
    licences, insurance, and all of that stuff required of the rest of us.
    I'd never known that these people were treated as potential powderkegs
    by police officers until I watched a few videos, including this one, in
    which someone FA's and then FO's for the very last time. >>>>>>>>
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRNKoMmTBJ0 [12 minutes]

    This time it was the SovCit that found out, but there have been no
    shortage
    of
    incidents where the cop ends up shot on the side of the road by these
    nutbags.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzEfWqEGZgM

    (Apparently YouTube's latest absurd censorship demand is that content
    creators
    cannot have audible gunfire in their videos so all of these bodycams
    suddenly
    go silent the moment a firearm is discharged.)

    I am truly annoyed by YouTube's ludicrous rules. They censor speech, >>>>>> including any subtitles, they make you blur so much of the video that it
    is nearly ALL blurs and by the time the editing is complete, the video
    has only the briefest interludes that aren't blurred, censored or >>>>>> silent. If the content creator can't be bothered to do a voiceover to
    explain what's going on, you can find that you have no idea what the >>>>>> point of the video even was.

    If I was running things, I would give viewers advanced warning of harsh
    language, violence or whatever, and then show the video uncensored. I'd
    assume the audience could decide for itself what its tolerance was once
    they'd received the warning.

    Of course someone is bound to raise the issue of children being >>>>>> attracted to such material and not being deterred by warnings. I don't
    find that very compelling. Kids have been seeing things they shouldn't
    see as long as there have been kids; that seems less bad than
    infantilizing EVERYONE.

    It's crazy that you can't watch stuff on YouTube that anyone can see >>>>> just by
    tuning in to the nightly news. If it's okay for the broadcast airwaves
    with
    all the FCC rules that apply, then it shouldn't be a problem for YouTube.


    Have the YouTube owners looked at a calendar lately? It isn't the 1950s >>>> any more when you couldn't show violence or have cursing in dialogue. >>>
    Oh, they don't mind cursing or any kind of degenerate moral content, like >>> graphic descriptions of gay sex or transformer sex practices. That's all >>> a-okay.

    But if you have a channel about gun enthusiasts talking about different >>> makes
    and models or demonstrating them on a firing range, or even just talking >>> about
    legal issues around guns, they'll harass you endlessly about it.

    There seem to be quite a few channels that are very positive towards
    guns and even feature good ol' boys shooting things that follow every
    round with ultra-highspeed cameras to see the flight paths and damage
    inflicted by the weapons. I've seen a number of those and none of the
    presenters ever claimed to have been harassed or to have self-censored
    due to YouTube's restrictions.

    YouTube censorship is like Fight Club: The first rule of YouTube censorship is
    that you don't talk about YouTube censorship.

    Seriously. You can get a strike in your channel if you talk too much or in too
    much detail about the censorship regime on YouTube.

    One immutable characteristic of censors throughout history is they *really* don't like people publicizing their censorship. On the NextDoor platform, you're not allowed to publicly mention any of the 'disciplinary' actions taken
    against you. If they delete a comment, you can't go back in that thread and tell everyone that your comment was deleted or publicly complain about the censorship rules. That will just escalate your punishments.

    You're certainly right about the fact that regimes - all regimes - don't
    like their censorship mentioned. They like to pretend that they don't
    censor and it embarrasses them to hear that contradicted.
    >>> The goal of their censorship isn't to make the platform child-friendly. It's
    to make it leftist-friendly.

    Leftists have never shown themselves to be timid when it comes to
    cursing so I fail to understand why they are so prissy about cursing in
    videos.

    As I said, they don't care about that. I just watched ShoeOnHead's latest video about the Karmelo Anthony case and she was dropping f-bombs right and left. But if she started talking negatively about the 'joys' of mass migration
    and enforced cultural enrichment, she'd be flirting with demonetization almost
    immediately.

    As for violence, their hypocrisy in advocating and committing
    violence against their enemies while claiming to be all about peace,
    love, and tolerance is legendary yet they refuse to admit it and ban
    words like "killed" or "murdered" forcing people to use workarounds like
    "unalived". It's all a bit surreal.

    They won't allow you to say 'rape' or 'sexual assault', either. People have been using 'grape' and 'SA' to get around the AI censorship bot, but I think they programmed it to hit those words, too, because a few weeks ago I watched a video exposing Ilhan Omar's fake California winery and it was bizarrely muting them whenever they referenced grapes in regard to winemaking.


    I've long noticed their obsession with phrasing and framing things in a particular way and their efforts to suppress some words entirely as if
    the word is the problem rather than the action described by the word:
    they think the word "murdered" is "problematic" when it is the ACT of
    murder that is the issue so they insist it not be used without even
    bothering to say WHY the word is a problem. I truly don't understand why "murdered" is an issue. Murder is not a new thing and has been going on
    since time immemorial so why is it suddenly unacceptable to use the
    word? It's as they believe forbidding the word is going to preclude the
    act. This makes no sense to me.

    They also frequently re-define which words are acceptable for a given
    thing. The most obvious is the evolution from "nigger" to "coloured" to "black" to "African-American" to "person of colour" to "BIPOC" to
    whatever this week's acceptable term is. Remarkably, this evolution
    doesn't even seem to involve a signoff from the people being described
    so much as some "activist" taking offense on behalf of the people being described and arrogantly demanding that a different word be used, right
    up until some OTHER "activist" declares the new word problematic and
    mandates another.

    These flights of fancy often hide sinister things. I'm thinking of the
    term "gender-affirming care". The use of "care" in that phrase implies
    only moral support for the notion that the individual is a different sex
    that their genitalia suggests and moral support for a troubled
    individual seems only kind and decent. But the term hides use of
    powerful drugs that will permanently alter the chemistry of a body,
    often irreversibly, and ultimately chopping off of breasts or penises,
    which are also irreversible, for people that are too young and immature
    to give informed consent and contrary to the wishes of their parents and caregivers in many cases. And THAT seems truly evil to me.
    --
    Rhino
    --- Synchronet 3.22a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Rhino@no_offline_contact@example.com to rec.arts.tv on Wed Jul 1 15:52:25 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    On 2026-07-01 12:32 p.m., shawn wrote:
    On Wed, 1 Jul 2026 09:07:15 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
    wrote:

    Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
    On 2026-07-01 2:37 a.m., anim8rfsk wrote:
    Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
    On 2026-06-30 10:50 p.m., anim8rfsk wrote:
    Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
    On 2026-06-30 8:35 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 30, 2026 at 4:43:08 PM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com>
    wrote:

    I've heard of this "sovereign citizen" idea before and understand it to
    be a claim that self-styled sovereign citizens don't need drivers >>>>>>>>> licences, insurance, and all of that stuff required of the rest of us.
    I'd never known that these people were treated as potential powderkegs
    by police officers until I watched a few videos, including this one, in
    which someone FA's and then FO's for the very last time.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRNKoMmTBJ0 [12 minutes]

    This time it was the SovCit that found out, but there have been no shortage of
    incidents where the cop ends up shot on the side of the road by these >>>>>>>> nutbags.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzEfWqEGZgM

    (Apparently YouTube's latest absurd censorship demand is that content creators
    cannot have audible gunfire in their videos so all of these bodycams suddenly
    go silent the moment a firearm is discharged.)

    I am truly annoyed by YouTube's ludicrous rules. They censor speech, >>>>>>> including any subtitles, they make you blur so much of the video that it
    is nearly ALL blurs and by the time the editing is complete, the video >>>>>>> has only the briefest interludes that aren't blurred, censored or >>>>>>> silent. If the content creator can't be bothered to do a voiceover to >>>>>>> explain what's going on, you can find that you have no idea what the >>>>>>> point of the video even was.

    If I was running things, I would give viewers advanced warning of harsh >>>>>>> language, violence or whatever, and then show the video uncensored. I'd >>>>>>> assume the audience could decide for itself what its tolerance was once >>>>>>> they'd received the warning.

    Of course someone is bound to raise the issue of children being
    attracted to such material and not being deterred by warnings. I don't >>>>>>> find that very compelling. Kids have been seeing things they shouldn't >>>>>>> see as long as there have been kids; that seems less bad than
    infantilizing EVERYONE.

    My question for Adam, BTR1701, or anyone else with knowledge of this >>>>>>>>> matter is just how solidly have the courts dismissed the arguments made
    by the "sovereign citizens"? In other words, have the courts ruled >>>>>>>>> against all their arguments? Or are some of the issues not yet settled?

    SovCits have never won in court. Not once. Ever.

    It staggers the imagination why they keep at it.


    Interesting. I had assumed they'd won some court decisions and that's >>>>>>> what kept them using these arguments. If they've lost every decision, >>>>>>> I'm inclined to think that this movement is just a con where a few >>>>>>> unscrupulous types sell them these documents and promise them that the >>>>>>> courts will find in their favour if push comes to shove. This would >>>>>>> appeal to some people who don't think of the rules as being for them. >>>>>>>

    My Facebook feed gets flurries of these videos. If they have a resolution,
    itrCOs always just dismissed or a tiny fine.

    The video I linked showed the "sovereign citizen" pulling a gun and
    getting several hot lead injections for his trouble. He won't be pulling >>>>> that crap again. Meanwhile, the snake oil salesman who sold him the fake >>>>> get-out-of-jail-free paperwork is probably enjoying a comfortable life >>>>> with all the money he's fleeced off the fools who bought his papers. >>>>>
    Obviously, these "sovereign citizens" should be trying their arguments >>>>> in court, not wasting the time of several officers with "roadside
    lawyering".


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_citizen_movement?wprov=sfti1#

    IrCOd love to know if thererCOs a website where you send away for a kit or >>>> something. They all have a folder of forms and for instance, one of them is
    a bill of charges they want the police to pay them for the inconvenience of
    being stopped for breaking the law and they wonrCOt roll down the window >>>> until the cop accepts it.

    I think there MUST be such a website (or maybe a bunch of them) because
    several of the "sovereign citizens" stopped in the videos have the
    papers with them and some of them read from those papers verbatim.

    Maybe, just maybe, these sites display full documents that you can just
    print off with your own printer and don't even charge for it but I
    suspect that one or more con artists have decided that this could be a
    cash cow and charge people for nicely printed documents.

    Just to see for myself, I just did a search for "sovereign citizen
    license plate" and got this result:
    https://search.brave.com/search?q=sovereign+citizen+licence+plate&summary=1&conversation=09458471b972d1f82c7ffad1e45ed660c242

    Then I clicked on the first hit and got:
    https://search.brave.com/images?q=sovereign+citizen+licence+plate&context=W3sic3JjIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9pbWdzLnNlYXJjaC5icmF2ZS5jb20vZ2RYcHRValJtNGVodkFWd3VBRjd2S0tWcUJLMFRoQkE4dTlHZW51Z1E5NC9yczpmaXQ6NTAwOjA6MDowL2c6Y2UvYUhSMGNITTZMeTl0TG0xbC9aR2xoTFdGdFlYcHZiaTVqL2IyMHZhVzFoWjJWekwwa3YvTmpGdlMwZzJNSGhITWt3dS9hbkJuIiwidGV4dCI6IlNvdmVyZWlnbiBDaXRpemVuIFBob3RvIExpY2Vuc2UgUGxhdGUiLCJwYWdlX3VybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmFtYXpvbi5jYS9Tb3ZlcmVpZ24tQ2l0aXplbi1QaG90by1MaWNlbnNlLVBsYXRlL2RwL0IwOEpNQ0hOMzIifV0%3D&sig=35b8b4485ecc5ff3a400973ec4ad66930201abc8a6664070be53730198f12cb6&nonce=8aba9d0863558399a057c58bbc2cf462

    Many, many pictures of fake license plates, along with information that
    you can buy these at sites like Amazon.

    I also found this passage in a document that confirms my suspicion about >>> being able to find and buy sovereign citizen documents online:

    ========================================================================== >>> Individuals may access sovereign citizen theory and documents easily
    through the internet. And not surprisingly there are any number of
    vendors of driverrCOs licenses, license tags, pleadings and other papers >>> who are glad to sell their wares to anyone who sees in them a means to
    be free from traffic tickets, debts, taxes and other government
    obligations.

    Source:
    https://www.sog.unc.edu/sites/www.sog.unc.edu/files/Sov%20citizens%20quick%20guide%20Nov%2013.pdf

    (Page 4)
    ========================================================================== >>>
    And here is an item on Amazon that apparently includes documents you can >>> CUT OUT to show the police that you are a "sovereign citizen".

    My suspicions are confirmed! There are apparently a substantial number
    of organizations that have some version of the "sovereign citizen" idea
    and they DO make the documentation that supports the idea available to
    those that believe they are speaking the truth (or are willing to
    pretend that they believe it to evade fees like those for drivers
    licenses).



    As I feared. And these people just believe everything they find on the web.

    I love when they get stopped by the police and refuse every request
    because they are a sovereign citizen. What makes me laugh is that this
    is the same thing they've been doing for many years and the outcome is
    always the same. Which makes you wonder why they think they can pull
    the same stunt as someone else did years ago that failed and yet it
    will work now.

    I've had that same concern about communism as long as I've known much
    about its real world consequences but we regularly see resurgences of
    the idea that it's a wonderful notion that really deserves another try.

    The only excuse I can conceive for the sovereign citizen claimants is
    that they don't know these ideas have been tested in courts and found
    invalid. I don't imagine the people selling these items actually tell
    their clients that the courts have uniformly rejected these notions
    because that would undercut their sales. I further assume that the
    families of those who have died as a result of stupid interactions with
    the police, like in the video I linked, have been too embarrassed to do
    some kind of expose on the problem to warn other gullible people away.
    --
    Rhino
    --- Synchronet 3.22a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From anim8rfsk@anim8rfsk@cox.net to rec.arts.tv on Wed Jul 1 14:19:32 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    On Jul 1, 2026 at 6:09:15 AM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

    On 2026-07-01 12:06 a.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 30, 2026 at 8:45:11 PM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com> >>> wrote:

    On 2026-06-30 10:35 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 30, 2026 at 6:46:58 PM PDT, "Rhino"
    <no_offline_contact@example.com>
    wrote:

    On 2026-06-30 8:35 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 30, 2026 at 4:43:08 PM PDT, "Rhino"
    <no_offline_contact@example.com>
    wrote:

    I've heard of this "sovereign citizen" idea before and understand it to
    be a claim that self-styled sovereign citizens don't need drivers >>>>>>>> licences, insurance, and all of that stuff required of the rest of us. >>>>>>>> I'd never known that these people were treated as potential powderkegs >>>>>>>> by police officers until I watched a few videos, including this one, in
    which someone FA's and then FO's for the very last time.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRNKoMmTBJ0 [12 minutes]

    This time it was the SovCit that found out, but there have been no >>>>>>> shortage
    of
    incidents where the cop ends up shot on the side of the road by these >>>>>>> nutbags.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzEfWqEGZgM

    (Apparently YouTube's latest absurd censorship demand is that content >>>>>>> creators
    cannot have audible gunfire in their videos so all of these bodycams >>>>>>> suddenly
    go silent the moment a firearm is discharged.)

    I am truly annoyed by YouTube's ludicrous rules. They censor speech, >>>>>> including any subtitles, they make you blur so much of the video that it >>>>>> is nearly ALL blurs and by the time the editing is complete, the video >>>>>> has only the briefest interludes that aren't blurred, censored or
    silent. If the content creator can't be bothered to do a voiceover to >>>>>> explain what's going on, you can find that you have no idea what the >>>>>> point of the video even was.

    If I was running things, I would give viewers advanced warning of harsh >>>>>> language, violence or whatever, and then show the video uncensored. I'd >>>>>> assume the audience could decide for itself what its tolerance was once >>>>>> they'd received the warning.

    Of course someone is bound to raise the issue of children being
    attracted to such material and not being deterred by warnings. I don't >>>>>> find that very compelling. Kids have been seeing things they shouldn't >>>>>> see as long as there have been kids; that seems less bad than
    infantilizing EVERYONE.

    It's crazy that you can't watch stuff on YouTube that anyone can see >>>>> just by
    tuning in to the nightly news. If it's okay for the broadcast airwaves >>>>> with
    all the FCC rules that apply, then it shouldn't be a problem for YouTube. >>>>>

    Have the YouTube owners looked at a calendar lately? It isn't the 1950s >>>> any more when you couldn't show violence or have cursing in dialogue.

    Oh, they don't mind cursing or any kind of degenerate moral content, like >>> graphic descriptions of gay sex or transformer sex practices. That's all >>> a-okay.

    But if you have a channel about gun enthusiasts talking about different
    makes
    and models or demonstrating them on a firing range, or even just talking >>> about
    legal issues around guns, they'll harass you endlessly about it.

    There seem to be quite a few channels that are very positive towards
    guns and even feature good ol' boys shooting things that follow every
    round with ultra-highspeed cameras to see the flight paths and damage
    inflicted by the weapons. I've seen a number of those and none of the
    presenters ever claimed to have been harassed or to have self-censored
    due to YouTube's restrictions.

    YouTube censorship is like Fight Club: The first rule of YouTube censorship is
    that you don't talk about YouTube censorship.

    Seriously. You can get a strike in your channel if you talk too much or in too
    much detail about the censorship regime on YouTube.

    One immutable characteristic of censors throughout history is they *really* don't like people publicizing their censorship. On the NextDoor platform, you're not allowed to publicly mention any of the 'disciplinary' actions taken
    against you. If they delete a comment, you can't go back in that thread and tell everyone that your comment was deleted or publicly complain about the censorship rules. That will just escalate your punishments.

    The goal of their censorship isn't to make the platform child-friendly. It's
    to make it leftist-friendly.

    Leftists have never shown themselves to be timid when it comes to
    cursing so I fail to understand why they are so prissy about cursing in
    videos.

    As I said, they don't care about that. I just watched ShoeOnHead's latest video about the Karmelo Anthony case and she was dropping f-bombs right and left. But if she started talking negatively about the 'joys' of mass migration
    and enforced cultural enrichment, she'd be flirting with demonetization almost
    immediately.

    As for violence, their hypocrisy in advocating and committing
    violence against their enemies while claiming to be all about peace,
    love, and tolerance is legendary yet they refuse to admit it and ban
    words like "killed" or "murdered" forcing people to use workarounds like
    "unalived". It's all a bit surreal.

    They won't allow you to say 'rape' or 'sexual assault', either. People have been using 'grape' and 'SA' to get around the AI censorship bot, but I think they programmed it to hit those words, too, because a few weeks ago I watched a video exposing Ilhan Omar's fake California winery and it was bizarrely muting them whenever they referenced grapes in regard to winemaking.




    IrCOve told the story before, but I got busted off Facebook for a week for posting a picture of the poster for the Clint Eastwood movie HANG rCyEM HIGH. Apparently images of a noose are forbidden.
    --
    The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.
    --- Synchronet 3.22a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Nyssa@Nyssa@LogicalInsight.net to rec.arts.tv on Thu Jul 2 08:52:40 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    Rhino wrote:

    On 2026-07-01 1:01 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jul 1, 2026 at 6:09:15 AM PDT, "Rhino"
    <no_offline_contact@example.com>
    wrote:

    On 2026-07-01 12:06 a.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 30, 2026 at 8:45:11 PM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com>
    wrote:

    On 2026-06-30 10:35 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 30, 2026 at 6:46:58 PM PDT, "Rhino"
    <no_offline_contact@example.com>
    wrote:

    On 2026-06-30 8:35 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    On Jun 30, 2026 at 4:43:08 PM PDT, "Rhino"
    <no_offline_contact@example.com>
    wrote:

    I've heard of this "sovereign citizen" idea before and understand it to
    be a claim that self-styled sovereign citizens don't
    need drivers
    licences, insurance, and all of that stuff required of
    the rest of us.
    I'd never known that these people were treated as
    potential powderkegs
    by police officers until I watched a few videos,
    including this one, in
    which someone FA's and then FO's for the very last
    time.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRNKoMmTBJ0 [12
    minutes]

    This time it was the SovCit that found out, but there
    have been no
    shortage
    of
    incidents where the cop ends up shot on the side of the
    road by these
    nutbags.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzEfWqEGZgM

    (Apparently YouTube's latest absurd censorship demand is
    that content
    creators
    cannot have audible gunfire in their videos so all of
    these bodycams
    suddenly
    go silent the moment a firearm is discharged.)

    I am truly annoyed by YouTube's ludicrous rules. They
    censor speech,
    including any subtitles, they make you blur so much of the
    video that it
    is nearly ALL blurs and by the time the editing is
    complete, the video
    has only the briefest interludes that aren't blurred,
    censored or
    silent. If the content creator can't be bothered to do a
    voiceover to
    explain what's going on, you can find that you have no idea
    what the
    point of the video even was.

    If I was running things, I would give viewers advanced
    warning of harsh
    language, violence or whatever, and then show the video uncensored. I'd
    assume the audience could decide for itself what its
    tolerance was once
    they'd received the warning.

    Of course someone is bound to raise the issue of children
    being
    attracted to such material and not being deterred by
    warnings. I don't
    find that very compelling. Kids have been seeing things
    they shouldn't
    see as long as there have been kids; that seems less bad
    than
    infantilizing EVERYONE.

    It's crazy that you can't watch stuff on YouTube that anyone
    can see
    just by
    tuning in to the nightly news. If it's okay for the
    broadcast airwaves
    with
    all the FCC rules that apply, then it shouldn't be a problem
    for YouTube.


    Have the YouTube owners looked at a calendar lately? It isn't
    the 1950s
    any more when you couldn't show violence or have cursing in
    dialogue.

    Oh, they don't mind cursing or any kind of degenerate moral
    content, like
    graphic descriptions of gay sex or transformer sex practices.
    That's all
    a-okay.

    But if you have a channel about gun enthusiasts talking about
    different
    makes
    and models or demonstrating them on a firing range, or even just talking
    about
    legal issues around guns, they'll harass you endlessly about it.

    There seem to be quite a few channels that are very positive
    towards
    guns and even feature good ol' boys shooting things that follow
    every
    round with ultra-highspeed cameras to see the flight paths and
    damage
    inflicted by the weapons. I've seen a number of those and none of
    the
    presenters ever claimed to have been harassed or to have self-
    censored
    due to YouTube's restrictions.

    YouTube censorship is like Fight Club: The first rule of YouTube
    censorship is
    that you don't talk about YouTube censorship.

    Seriously. You can get a strike in your channel if you talk too much
    or in too
    much detail about the censorship regime on YouTube.

    One immutable characteristic of censors throughout history is they
    *really*
    don't like people publicizing their censorship. On the NextDoor
    platform,
    you're not allowed to publicly mention any of the 'disciplinary'
    actions taken
    against you. If they delete a comment, you can't go back in that
    thread and
    tell everyone that your comment was deleted or publicly complain
    about the
    censorship rules. That will just escalate your punishments.

    You're certainly right about the fact that regimes - all regimes -
    don't
    like their censorship mentioned. They like to pretend that they don't
    censor and it embarrasses them to hear that contradicted.
    >>> The goal of their censorship isn't to make the platform child-friendly. It's
    to make it leftist-friendly.

    Leftists have never shown themselves to be timid when it comes to
    cursing so I fail to understand why they are so prissy about
    cursing in
    videos.

    As I said, they don't care about that. I just watched ShoeOnHead's
    latest
    video about the Karmelo Anthony case and she was dropping f-bombs
    right and
    left. But if she started talking negatively about the 'joys' of mass migration
    and enforced cultural enrichment, she'd be flirting with
    demonetization almost
    immediately.

    As for violence, their hypocrisy in advocating and committing
    violence against their enemies while claiming to be all about
    peace,
    love, and tolerance is legendary yet they refuse to admit it and
    ban
    words like "killed" or "murdered" forcing people to use workarounds
    like
    "unalived". It's all a bit surreal.

    They won't allow you to say 'rape' or 'sexual assault', either.
    People have
    been using 'grape' and 'SA' to get around the AI censorship bot, but
    I think
    they programmed it to hit those words, too, because a few weeks ago
    I watched
    a video exposing Ilhan Omar's fake California winery and it was
    bizarrely
    muting them whenever they referenced grapes in regard to winemaking.


    I've long noticed their obsession with phrasing and framing things in
    a
    particular way and their efforts to suppress some words entirely as
    if
    the word is the problem rather than the action described by the word:
    they think the word "murdered" is "problematic" when it is the ACT of
    murder that is the issue so they insist it not be used without even bothering to say WHY the word is a problem. I truly don't understand
    why
    "murdered" is an issue. Murder is not a new thing and has been going
    on
    since time immemorial so why is it suddenly unacceptable to use the
    word? It's as they believe forbidding the word is going to preclude
    the
    act. This makes no sense to me.

    They also frequently re-define which words are acceptable for a given
    thing. The most obvious is the evolution from "nigger" to "coloured"
    to
    "black" to "African-American" to "person of colour" to "BIPOC" to
    whatever this week's acceptable term is. Remarkably, this evolution
    doesn't even seem to involve a signoff from the people being
    described
    so much as some "activist" taking offense on behalf of the people
    being
    described and arrogantly demanding that a different word be used,
    right
    up until some OTHER "activist" declares the new word problematic and mandates another.

    These flights of fancy often hide sinister things. I'm thinking of
    the
    term "gender-affirming care". The use of "care" in that phrase
    implies
    only moral support for the notion that the individual is a different
    sex
    that their genitalia suggests and moral support for a troubled
    individual seems only kind and decent. But the term hides use of
    powerful drugs that will permanently alter the chemistry of a body,
    often irreversibly, and ultimately chopping off of breasts or
    penises,
    which are also irreversible, for people that are too young and
    immature
    to give informed consent and contrary to the wishes of their parents
    and
    caregivers in many cases. And THAT seems truly evil to me.


    +1

    And I'm really getting tired of the latest "assigned
    at birth" nonsense. No, the gender/sex of the child was
    *observed* at birth by medical professionals. They didn't
    just pull a number out of a hat, they had observable
    indications which sex the baby was when it popped.

    All of this playing on words and their meanings is
    why I stay on Usenet and don't bother with moderators
    and data scrapers on the commercial social networks.

    Long live Usenet! Down with censors!

    Nyssa, who has found a safe haven and will stick
    with it for the duration

    --- Synchronet 3.22a-Linux NewsLink 1.2