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6 hours agoCubitOom
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You have local police, ICE, DHS, and the national guard at these protests. I do not recommend a game of chicken.
31·10 hours agoI can’t believe you would post something so blatantly antisemitic!
:sprinkles some tajin on it:
Peaceful protest today has no leverage. It relies on media buy-in and elite shame or schism, of which we have neither.
You need buy in for both non-violent and violent resistance. Media buy in is helpful but not a requirement. We can spread word ourselves and even amongst their own military. We can gain allies within their regime by allowing them to expose themselves.
Ask yourself what kind of buy in is required for a violent resistance? Besides the obvious weapons, ammo, training, strategy, and supplies. There will be people that will not pick up arms to help simply because of the violence, or the requirement of being physically fit.
Change won’t happen over night in either case. However it seems the buy in for non-violence is much cheaper and might see faster adoption.
Again, the regime’s forces are its greatest strength. It is not smart to attack your enemy’s strengths.
They are brutalizing people in the streets and disappearing people for exercising their 1st amendment rights. Why would they respect the 2nd?
I hate to say it, but we no longer have rights. This is a struggle in which nothing can be claimed we are owed, not by law.
I disagree with your argument, not because I don’t want to fight them too. But because this method seems destined to lead to more death and a longer resistance then I hope to raise my child through.
Non-violent resistance is a proven method of toppling regimes. They need our obedience to remain in power and there are ways to deny them with less bloodshed.
12·15 hours agoThere are more options too.
I also recommend this book.
An open carry protestor is not the same thing as one pointing a gun at police. If there is a situation where you felt compelled to use that gun, or to at least use it as a warning against brutality, do you really think police won’t shoot you on the spot?
Even in non violent protests, people with gas masks or supplies of any kind become a higher value person of interest and more likely to face arrest and brutality.
If you really want to bring a gun to a protest, then I suggest to keep it concealed until you think something worth your life will happen if you don’t use it.
You will not be able to “check” police in an armed protest.
If you point a gun at police that are beating a protestor, the following things will happen.
- you will be killed
- reports of your actions will be used as an example of why a more militarized presences is required
- the regime will be vindicated
I also recommend this book.
When you use armed resistance to fight a fascist government with a military. You are attacking your enemies greatest strength. Wouldn’t it be better to attack their weaknesses?
12·2 days agoI am a B’Elanna!
2·3 days agoNot yet. I might give it a shot to see if it’s a good game to play with my daughter. Although she’s super into hello kitty adventure island.
This game is on steam for $6.58 (not on sale)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2856370/Into_the_Emberlands/
Linux (arch BTW) users running windows VMs via qemu: I’ll just force shut down the VM.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a statement Thursday that Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans who were previously temporarily shielded from deportation will be emailed notices telling them to go.
2·7 days agoBoeing 787-8 Dreamliner
I don’t think I understand. Who is being nice in this picture? The manager for letting her employee work while they care for her daughter in a dangerous work environment prone to spills, slips, cuts, burns and other risks?
Don’t you think there should be a better solution?
9·8 days agoBased
