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If everybody at ICE protests showed up with masks and a gun would there be more or less violence? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by venusaur@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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Would protestors be safer? Thousands of masked people with guns. Chaos?

I can’t help but think that the only solution to ICE is a “well regulated militia” in combination with political reform, with both being necessary.

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[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

the people would never win because they'd be fighting the American empire's forces

I think the US has been great at spreading the "we are so invincibly powerful" narrative, but, how would that actually work? Do you see the US military carpet-bombing their own cities? A nuke here and there?

Soldiers, in the end, are people. No matter how MAGA they can be, I bet most would think twice about bombing their own country and countrymen.

[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I mean, there was WACO, but hopefully you're right and I'm just too used to these old narratives and exaggerating whatever inhumanity some Americans might have.