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Town hall in Limoges 'largely lost' to blaze set during French protests
(www.france24.com)
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It definitely woke me up, but not in the way you would like. Now I think they are not protesters, but just arsonist. And all normies will think and vote the same way. Congratulations, now you are branded domestic terrorist group.
My friend, please educate yourself. No change has ever resulted from peaceful action. That’s a narrative to keep you complicit.
Are you from the US? Go ask average "normie" Americans if they think the rich should own everything, and if we should do anything to stop them. You'd be surprised how often people will say revolution is the answer. And a revolution will not be chill, it will have arson and violence and people taking advantage of that for their benefit. But the only other option is a boot, stamping your face forever.
If you think you can successfully brand my free speech as terrorism in a court of law, report it-- have it at it, you little troll. Your silly threats dont scare anyone and I find your comments and implicit threats to be pathetic and clownish.
To the readers, there are no legal tests for "terrorist speech" for US citizens. You can say you love a group that the Us government proclaims as terrorists if you want to, and as long as you dont mail them a check or basically incite real actual violence connected directly to your speech, you're fine. There are tests ( established as law in Brandenburg vs Ohio) around what free speech crosses the line into illegal activity, and u/thatguywithglasses doesnt understand those narrow legal tests that he is busily running his mouth about.
Not all normies think that way, some can actually see the logical chain and think about the situation rationally. The protesters would be sitting and singing songs for weeks if the police didn't beat the shit out of them. The police start the violence, every time, in France, the US, all the west. Have you not seen the several clips of people standing alone beaten to a pulp by dozens of pigs, at least one of whom died? Who are the ones inflicting terror here?
Yeah it’s better to sit behind a screen and screech impotent yelps about how to conduct yourself against systemic evil.