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Bring guns next time
That whole neighborhood should have brought out guns at that moment.
I mean, yes, I guess we're going that direction, but the fact we've gotten to this point is horrible.
I'm more for neutralizing the threat before defensive measures are needed. Like, where is the actual authority to stop these killers? ACAB and all that, but people are above the cops, and someone at some point needs to do the job they're paid to do in protecting the public. It may get to the public fending for itself, but it shouldn't.
The authority to stop this was an uncorrupted government that cared to stop it, which we haven't had in a while. Hell, we've gone so far past it that they're actively encouraging it now. While this symptom is relatively new, the disease has been progressing for decades. Once the government stopped keeping the police in line, and the people stopped caring to fix the government to get that back on track, it was inevitable that we'd need to revolt to bring things back. Now the question is whether or not that will be enough. I hope it is.
That would've ended with a lot more of the neighbors dead.
So are you showing up to protests like this armed? If so, does it work?
Of course it works. Armed protests have always been a pretty successful strategy in the US.
Show me.
Black panthers
1811 German Coast slave uprising The Whiskey Rebellion John Brown and Harpers Ferry Billy the Kid vs the Regulators The Coal Miner Rebellion 1860 Abolistionists Black citizens of the South vs the KKK for decades The Black Panthers Leftists gun clubs guarding Drag Queen Story Hour at libraries
The more you look, the more incidents you find.
I agree, it's better to just lie down and let them shoot you instead of defending yourself. /s
ICE is happy to kill for a paycheck, i suspect they aren't being paid enough to die for one.
Watch little piggy run.
The Black Panthers bore arms and escorted people. The establishment became much more respectful of the innocent, when they didn't have a monopoly on violence.
Power to the people ✊
These are different times.
History doesn't repeat itself. But it sure does rhyme. Look what is happening in Iran. That's our future of we don't show our teeth. I don't want the violence to get worse and I don't think we are there yet, but if it does get there I don't want the other side to have an easy time killing us.
Run the experiment. Don't just say so.
Yes, you should and come back and tell us how it went if you can.
Oh, I'm happy to. But I'm one person. Organized armed resistance is the way to go. So that's why I'm calling for more. Fighting fascists is a good way to go.
Can't wait to see you on the news, I hope it goes the way you want.
I hope your peaceful protests achieve far greater than your wildest dreams. But I think that door may be closing.
I want violence to be the last thing we try. But letting them think we won't use violence is not working
Nah, remember all the times the right protested while armed? Remember all the times the law came down hard? Me neither.
That's because the right and law enforcement are the same thing.
There are more on the right than just cops. But conservatism is the philosophy of cowards, and that's why the cops didn't fire on them.
Some of those that work forces
Are the same that burn crosses
Do like the Bundys, or the Republic of Texas separatists.
Except the government was on their side.
The gov't sided with the seperatists? Sure.
https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-richmond-virginia-charlottesville-us-news-2c997c92fa7acd394f7cbb89882d9b5b
You realize that those are the same side as ICE and the cops, of course they're going to be fine.
You guys sure shoot out a lot of pro-violence when you're either using a cheat code (you're on the same side) or you're staying at home being a keyboard warrior. It's like you're a politician that sends other people's kids off to war.
Yeaaaa no, the majority of those people are anti-atf types. That doesn't negate the point though, there was 0 law enforcement trying to do fuck all there.
Also please STFU. I protested with BLM marches with other left leaning people being armed. Every time we were there the cops stood way the fuck back.
Which state?
Yeah okay, that happened. Sure.
It did.
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Not necessarily, it would be more akin to a mutually assured destruction kind of thing
It's been repeatedly demonstrated that a line of calm riflemen backing protestors prevents police from rioting or doing anything they shouldn't.
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