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There are a few comments questioning the journalistic abilities of the article and despite that they did mention that someone else with more resources ought to

There are a few comments questioning the journalistic abilities of the article and despite that they did mention that someone else with more resources ought to take over, they could have done a bit more. A few days ago I came across a youtube video regarding this protest. It showed Peaceful protestors getting shot by rubber bullets, attacked by dogs and I don't remember what else against a heavy militarized police force. Wanting to know a bit more, I was surprised how good their website looked. And also, under special cases like this one, instead of criticizing certain pain points, support in any way should be given. Whether it be fact checking, increase awareness, whatever. What I saw on that video should never happen, anywhere, no matter the reason, and much less over the protection of WATER.

paulddraper 10y ago
> should never happen, anywhere, no matter the reason Okay. But to make it concrete, what alternative are you proposing?
- devoply 10y ago
  Ship in the water in big tankers. Like they do in the Middle East. In any case heavy handed military sort of dealing with people can massively backfire. Right now it's American Indians with small numbers in the future it might be alt-right conservatives with millions of supporters and lots of guns. It's a two way street with violence, you could start an insurgency if the other side had enough numbers and felt that you were acting out a war scenario. This is not good for any sense of democracy or civil rights to engage in this sort of behavior with locals. Which again points to a sort of racism when dealing with rights of minorities, especially economically disadvantaged minorities, compared to advantaged minorities like Corporations.
  - paulddraper 10y ago
    > compared to advantaged minorities like Corporations Do you have particular protests by corporations in mind?
- Teichopsia 10y ago
  For now, it seems they've reached a temporary solution. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/04/dakota-access-pipeline-permit-denied-standing-rock https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/201...

paulddraper 10y ago

> should never happen, anywhere, no matter the reason Okay. But to make it concrete, what alternative are you proposing?

devoply 10y ago
Ship in the water in big tankers. Like they do in the Middle East. In any case heavy handed military sort of dealing with people can massively backfire. Right now it's American Indians with small numbers in the future it might be alt-right conservatives with millions of supporters and lots of guns. It's a two way street with violence, you could start an insurgency if the other side had enough numbers and felt that you were acting out a war scenario. This is not good for any sense of democracy or civil rights to engage in this sort of behavior with locals. Which again points to a sort of racism when dealing with rights of minorities, especially economically disadvantaged minorities, compared to advantaged minorities like Corporations.
- paulddraper 10y ago
  > compared to advantaged minorities like Corporations Do you have particular protests by corporations in mind?
Teichopsia 10y ago
For now, it seems they've reached a temporary solution. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/04/dakota-access-pipeline-permit-denied-standing-rock https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/201...