Gun control does not always mean outright banning guns.

Do you think the Russian, Cuban, Chinese, and Parisian revolutionaries did not have or use guns?

What you’re not understanding is that quashing a protest with force doesn’t make the anger just go away.

Thankfully I don’t think US authorities are anywhere close to PRC or Russia levels of force

The US is only trying to end Habeas Corpus, cracking down on free speech, personal and social freedoms, deploying military units in the streets, planting secret police in protests, and is currently kidnapping, disappearing, and sending people to foreign labor camps without trial while wearing masks and not giving any identifiable information… All while supporting and funding an ongoing internationally-recognized genocide.

Maybe you should be doing the reading…

People don’t just instantly forget the moment after an event ends, especially now.

The point I was making, is that bringing in cops and the national guard to beat protesters does not restore order to a crisis caused by ICE kidnapping people. It is an escalation that will very likely be matched if CA hasn’t totally forgotten their past. Which they haven’t.

Not true. LAPD is not cuffing the immigrants, but they are defending ICE during the arrests and attacking protestors.

IWI

Yeah, we need more peaceful protesters to be attacked by cops and counter-protesters, then get blamed for the violence.

Or maybe the fascists will eventually just decide to stop, all on their own…

Not true. LAPD is not cuffing the immigrants, but they are defending ICE during the arrests and attacking protestors.

I don’t mean literal nukes, but they would probably declare an emergency and send in substantial military force.

Edit: It’s crazy that we live in a time where I have to be specific about this.

DC would nuke LA.

OK, but put simply, police forces exist to enforce laws, military forces exist to kill enemies. This is why there are laws to prevent military forces from being deployed domestically. Their jobs are very different, and neither is truly qualified to do the job of the other.

Only the OP and top level comment.

Silly me, socialism is sooo globally fashionable!

Fixed it.

Ok?

The US Military didn’t decide to invade Iraq because they wanted to do good deeds, but that doesn’t mean you didn’t also aid some people along the way. The US Forces invaded over lies and caused mass death and destruction in exchange for political power and money. It wasn’t a war for a good cause, and lead to increased extremism in the Middle East.

Back to the original topic: I generally agree, but am only pessimistic about their numbers and ability to actually resist.

There’s also a part that says freedom of speech, right to a fair trial, freedom from unreasonable search & seizures, right to asylum…

How’s that going?

LAPD is already assisting ICE, so take a guess.

Of all the things you could rightly criticize as cowardly actions, brazenly deploying a military force against a civilian population, is not among them.

Restore order? Those who caused disorder cannot “restore order” by causing more disorder.

Yeah, that’s why they’re pointing guns at them. They’re really sorry though, so it’s okay.

reminder that quite a few came forward after the BLM protests saying they wanted to defend the protestors from the police.

And did they? No.

They are cowards who do what they’re told. After this is over, they will do the same. Disobeying or having remorse now would just be all too inconvenient… Saying “sorry, I actually didn’t want to be Gestapo, but did it anyways” is not a valid defense.

Yep, really chickened out of deploying Gestapo.

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