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I've also heard that armed protesters are treated better than unarmed ones. It makes sense that sometimes the government doesn't want to follow your escalation.
by vintermann 10y ago
I've also heard that armed protesters are treated better than unarmed ones. It makes sense that sometimes the government doesn't want to follow your escalation. But if they want to, they certainly can.
- oneloop 10y agoConsidering how nervous policemen seem to be when approaching a car that they just pulled over, I'm surprised to hear this.
- huffmsa 10y agoThink about the stand-off at that ranch in Arizona or Nevada or wherever it was. Both sides were heavily armed and it was diffused without much incident. Compare that to student protests in big cities where the police start tear gassing and clubbing hippies with reckless abandon. They know the students aren't going to start shooting back so they can escalate unilaterally, whereas if they did with the ranchers they'd be getting into mutually assured destruction territory.