NEW YORK (AP) — Inmates in New York are suing the state corrections department over the decision to lock down prisons during next Monday’s total solar eclipse.
The suit filed Friday in federal court in upstate New York argues that the April 8 lockdown violates inmates’ constitutional rights to practice their faiths by preventing them from taking part in a religiously significant event.
The plaintiffs are six men with varying religious backgrounds who are incarcerated at the Woodbourne Correctional Facility in Woodbourne. They include a Baptist, a Muslim, a Seventh-Day Adventist and two practitioners of Santeria, as well as an atheist.
“A solar eclipse is a rare, natural phenomenon with great religious significance to many,” the complaint reads, noting that Bible passages describe an eclipse-like phenomenon during Jesus’ crucifixion while sacred Islamic works describes a similar event when the Prophet Muhammad’s son died.
It’s fine if you don’t get it… as we all know jokes become funnier the more you explain them…
But maybe I was intending to show my complete ambivalence toward you and the original topic of this comment thread by continuing with obviously awful, anti-jokes that were related to your comment, but not to the actual content of the comment? To refuse to engage with anything you said, and instead choosing to make the dumbest, most annoying jokes ever in the hopes that you’d just go the fuck away. You’d think most people would get the hint and just ignore it.
And then when it clearly triggered you very quickly, and the ad hominems started flying… I knew that I had to continue.
You made yourself a mark when you thought my “jokes” were being told in earnest, but you showed everyone who you really were when you almost immediately resorted to personal attacks.
What was that about being on the spectrum
Well, 1 - you think I wanted to have to explain a, frankly, stupid throwaway bit to some rando on the internet because he just can’t grasp the concept of someone on the internet acting differently in a comment for laughs?
And,
2 - Unlike your comment, my comment about being on the spectrum was 100% neutral, or if anything, pretty friendly I thought. Kind of a bit low to use that in a derogatory way.
All because I called you a little gullible. This is incredible.
Is that what it was? You think I gave a shit about that? You definitely have it twisted. I made a corny joke and it triggered you. I probably should have just let it go there, but sometimes I just can’t help myself…
And the funny thing is, looking back at your ad hominems… They’re just soooo bad lol. That’s why I kept going. Just go back and look at the shit you were saying, it’s so dumb lol.
My jokes were completely neutral, and at first I thought they weren’t that bad. Like the Baltimore thing? You’re the one who made it personal.
… yeah dude. I think that’s what it was lmao.
Go back and read the thread… I was making neutral jokes like the one about the bridge you’re selling in Baltimore (which, c’mon, pretty good).
You, my friend, are the one who made it personal and turned it negative. I just followed your lead.
This is actually because I said you wernt “the smartest cookie”?
Honestly, this shit is so strange. Like are you even for real? You got mad at me for making bad jokes and it’s getting to the point of creepiness.
Did I seem upset at those comments? Or did I just make silly jokes about them? I mean seriously dude, take a step back. Maybe log off the internet for a day or two and interact with some real people because… yikes.
I’m done indulging this bizarre obsession you’ve got. This will be my last reply here. I hope you work out whatever you need to work out.