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Possible snipers seen at OSU. Administration says they're not snipers but should be treated like they are. (midwest.social)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Uh, okay. I see what you're playing at here, yeah, Tianenman Square happened, but that doesn't mean that the US is then free and clear. We have a similar spirit of authoritarianism with a strong national myth about how it's okay for us because we're the "good guys" (spoiler alert).

More to the point, we have a militarized police force that aggressively puts down any meaningful protest. Our police regularly kill, maim, and brutalize people for no other reason than to put them in their place. My point isn't China good, my point is making fun of all the people who hand-wring about China and communism while we already live under a not-so-different dumbfuck authoritarianism ourselves.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I definitely agree, I’m all for ACAB. I was just making the express observation (prior to my comment being deleted by the owner) that, this is not one of those cases.

If we aren’t fair, reasonable, and dead honest on these points in our protests, they won’t be taken seriously. And when protests aren’t take seriously things get dangerous, and I don’t want to see legitimate protest against the police state turn into damnation or terrorism charges, more than they already are.

Thanks for being civil and having a conversation about this

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Then AMAA.

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