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> And if you stand up against them, as the Panthers did, well even the NRA will suddenly support gun control. .. lets not pretend that the Panthers were some m
by cat199 7y ago
> And if you stand up against them, as the Panthers did, well even the NRA will suddenly support gun control.
.. lets not pretend that the Panthers were some mild group either. A group of people advocating along race lines for the end of capitalist exploitation of their race and releasing of all incarcerated people of their race walking around with fully automatic weapons 'for defense' is not exactly 'moderate'
which is not to say that i do not understand the rationale behind the group given the zeitgeist (and really, why do i need to put a parenthetical here)
- inflatableDodo 7y ago>lets not pretend that the Panthers were some mild group either. I wasn't. Gun control isn't usually brought in against mild groups. >walking around with fully automatic weapons 'for defense' To be fair, the opposition had previously bombed them from the air. Having automatic weapons is usually overdoing it for defense, but if your opponent can manage a ramshackle air force, then it may be warranted.