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Alabama’s attorney general on Monday said that an explosive device had been detonated outside his offices over the weekend in the state’s capital city of Montgomery.

“Thankfully, no staff or personnel were injured by the explosion. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency will be leading the investigation, and we are urging anyone with information to contact them immediately,” the attorney general, Steve Marshall, said in a statement.

The explosion occurred early on Saturday morning.

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[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world -4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

This kind of thing becomes common when a government consistently acts against the will of the majority of the population.

EDIT: Don't mistake my words for the support of violence. I am simply saying it is inevitable when the public is consistently ignored.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago

You have this backwards. This is very likely a minority (MAGA) outraged that their minority view (no IVF) will not be enforced. They are bombing the attorney general that said he will not enforce it.

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world -5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think it's far more likely that whoever did this was upset about embryos being ruled to be people. I doubt they had heard what the AG said and if they did I doubt they believed it.

Yeah but I don't think the AG's office had anything to do with the ruling as it was a civil wrongful death case between private parties, so it makes no sense to bomb AG's office.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The majority voted for the people who wanted to keep abortion legal.

This is the act of someone who knows they can't win at the ballot box.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world -4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Exactly. When all peaceful means of democratic governance are ignored, violence becomes inevitable.

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Id love to see your list of "all peaceful means". I'm willing to bet it's very short.

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The far right is not the majority of the population.

[–] Jimmyeatsausage@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you have the numbers, you protest as a show of force. If you don't, you terrorize as a show of force.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago

If you have the numbers of people with the money and time to protest, yes. Though that hasn’t done much to sway the Supreme Court.

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's generally the other way around, where an individual with an opposing extreme view has to be louder than usual due to being silenced by numbers.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago

In this case the minority is in control and ignoring the majority.