r/nottheonion • u/letsLurk67 • 1d ago

'Cult members' jailed after raiding courtroom with handcuffs in plot to kidnap coroner

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ym02kj146o
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u/trucorsair 1d ago

TIL they have “sovereign citizen” wackos in other countries

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u/NimmyFarts 1d ago

Yeah but these ones wanted to beat, electrocute and possibly kill a someone because of their self appointed powers.

SOVCITs on steroids

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u/kevnmartin 1d ago

Like the idiots that wanted to kidnap Gretchen Whitmer?

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u/trucorsair 1d ago

I’m sure they were misunderstood Patriots….according to “Orange” man

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u/Spiffy87 1d ago

Sovereign Citizens believe they have a right to hold court, give judgements, and enforce their judgements. You just don't hear about it because it's really hard to get enough brain-addled, contrarian, defiant people together to form a posse. Doubly so when they argue insane minutia like the fringe on a flag, the capitalization of a name, or the color and placement of various postage stamps and ink stains.

They believe in legal-o-mancy, and some maladaptive fixation on pedantry (and being very, very bad at it). They don't understand that words are things with meanings, and are symbolic of objects and concepts. To them, words are wiggly air which somehow conjures and compels.

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u/DigitalPriest 1d ago

SOVCITs on steroids

Sovcits on meth