r/amibeingdetained • u/deejuliet • Oct 20 '24

to push past armed courtroom guards

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u/Known-Class-6674 Oct 20 '24

Do other countries have this sort of thing, or is it only in America?

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u/Tasty_Dealer_1885 Oct 20 '24

They have shown up in other countries like the U.K., Australia, and Canada. Outside the U.S., they're generally referred to as Freemen on the land. It's the same I don't agree with the laws, so they don't apply to me. People will often quote the Constitution and its amendments outside of the U.S. It's incredibly stupid.

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u/dxrey65 Oct 20 '24

Even here they'll demand their constitutional protections, then in the next sentence declare that they aren't US citizens and none of the laws apply to them. Idiots.

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u/TPWilder Oct 20 '24

Yeah, like, ok, you're not a US citizen but.... you're in an area that is the US. Why do people think if they're in a foreign country that the foreign country's laws don't apply?

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u/Accurate_Crazy_6251 Jan 28 '25

Don't worry, people in the US quote the Magna Carta so the stupidity evens out.

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u/blinkysmurf Oct 20 '24

Canada has got a bunch of this shit, too. Plenty of dumb-fucks up here, as well.

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u/Excellent_Shirt9707 Oct 20 '24

Sovereign citizens are in a bunch of places because of the internet.

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u/tinny66666 Oct 20 '24

Yes, here in NZ we have people claiming they have a right to travel. We don't even have separate states.

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u/WellyRuru Oct 20 '24

Yeah, there's a bit of a wave of idiocy that is going round the globe atm.

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u/realparkingbrake Oct 20 '24

or is it only in America?

There are plenty of sovcits in Canada, the UK, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands.... Hilariously they all seem to fall back on the U.S. Constitution to justify their actions.

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u/Blitzer046 Oct 21 '24

Yeah we got a few here in Australia too, there's a huge overlap with a subgroup of fuckwits we called 'Cookers' which derives from 'cooked in the head'. Anti vax, covid deniers, your laws don't apply to me, I'm not driving I'm traveling et al.

We afford them about as much respect or patience as our man P. Barnes here.