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"Tear gas is bad because it violates the Geneva convention" makes as much sense as "MLK is a bad person because he's a criminal" (news.ycombinator.com)

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Orange site cites the smartest people in the world when it comes to using chemical weapons against protestors

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[–] swlabr@awful.systems 19 points 1 week ago

The US deploys tear gas against protestors on the reg. Meanwhile they straight up merc’d MLK. Clearly the US thought MLK was worse than tear gas, so not sure what point the OP was trying to make.