"Our condolences go out to the family and friends of William Martys, who was senselessly murdered," said Sheriff John D. Idleburg.

April 27, 2023

A man in unincorporated Antioch in Illinois was charged on Tuesday with shooting and killing his neighbor over a noisy leaf blower earlier this month. 59-year-old William Martys was working in his yard with a leaf blower when he was shot in the head and killed during an argument with his neighbor, 79-year-old Ettore Lacchei, who the Lake County Sheriff's Office said had "various perceived grievances" with Martys.

  • cactus_jack [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    Banning consumer goods or shaming consumers and workers for using them is equally reactionary. Almost as bad as shooting a leafblower operator.

    • GreenTeaRedFlag [any]
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      2 years ago

      See, I really want to say this is a bit, but literally every other post reads as genuine.

      • cactus_jack [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        See I really want to say you're a bot, and literally your response gets triple upvoted within seconds so it probably is.

        • GreenTeaRedFlag [any]
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          2 years ago

          You are literally comparing complaining about something which is bad, without even a hint of action behind it, to killing a man. You are suggesting if some magic apolitical suburbanite saw this post they would instantly support pogroms and an ethnostate based solely on this. You are suggesting disliking a tool is reactionary because some workers use it. You're using up votes as an argument. What a silly discussion.

          • cactus_jack [none/use name]
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            2 years ago

            Something which is bad? Like plastic straws and Big Gulps? The left makes fun of libs for their performative bans on venial vices that needlessly alienated the apolitical working class. Hexbear is becoming more liberal by the day. I bet you're an anarcho-bidenist too.

            • GreenTeaRedFlag [any]
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              2 years ago

              The treat defender, ladies, gentlemen, and all others. I have, need I say it once more, never called for a ban or suggested any action. I just fucking hate them. But you apparently are so concerned with joe the plumber who can't live without his leaf blower he'll use once a year, and definitely not your own lawn, that you'll butcher the imagined threat to your property lest the American leftist movement gets coopted by pro lawn sentiment.