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There’s a “slight” difference between tear gas and chemical weapons. Ones cause temporary (but very strong) inconvenience (of course there maybe some one off co

There’s a “slight” difference between tear gas and chemical weapons. Ones cause temporary (but very strong) inconvenience (of course there maybe some one off complications), others are designed to kill you, as efficiently as possible.

tenpies 4y ago
The biggest difference is political: when someone the media doesn't like does it, it's a chemical weapon. When someone the media likes does it, it's nothing. See: https://www.salon.com/2020/06/02/trump-may-have-broken-international-law-with-unjustified-use-of-a-chemical-weapon-on-protesters_partner/ https://www.salon.com/2020/06/02/trump-may-have-broken-inter... vs https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/us/protests-portland-seattle-biden.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/us/protests-portland-seat...
- justapassenger 4y ago
  Please don’t confuse stupid political fights in media with real chemical weapons. It’s insulting to people who were killed/disabled as a result of chemical weapons.
  - FpUser 4y ago
    >"It’s insulting to people who were killed/disabled as a result of chemical weapons." While those killed by conventional weapons rejoice in heavens. Hypocrisy has no bounds.
    - justapassenger 4y ago
      Please don’t bring bad faith whatabouthism to equal people who got sprayed with tear gas to people killed by sarin.
- eesmith 4y ago
  According to the Chemical Weaponss Convention, tear gas is a "Riot Control Agent", not a "Chemical Weapon". See https://www.opcw.org/chemical-weapons-convention/articles/article-ii-definitions-and-criteria https://www.opcw.org/chemical-weapons-convention/articles/ar... .
mattbaker 4y ago
As far as I’m aware the verdict is still out on the long term effects so I’m not sure “temporary” is accurate. The fact that it seemed to be impacting women’s menstrual cycles in my city makes me concerned about long term issues related to exposure (fertility among them): https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/01/us/period-tear-gas-study-portland.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/01/us/period-tear-gas-study-... Clearly this needs some study. It’s certainly true that the people exposed to this gas are not currently dead, I’ll give you that.

tenpies 4y ago

The biggest difference is political: when someone the media doesn't like does it, it's a chemical weapon. When someone the media likes does it, it's nothing. See: https://www.salon.com/2020/06/02/trump-may-have-broken-international-law-with-unjustified-use-of-a-chemical-weapon-on-protesters_partner/ https://www.salon.com/2020/06/02/trump-may-have-broken-inter... vs https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/us/protests-portland-seattle-biden.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/us/protests-portland-seat...

justapassenger 4y ago
Please don’t confuse stupid political fights in media with real chemical weapons. It’s insulting to people who were killed/disabled as a result of chemical weapons.
- FpUser 4y ago
  >"It’s insulting to people who were killed/disabled as a result of chemical weapons." While those killed by conventional weapons rejoice in heavens. Hypocrisy has no bounds.
  - justapassenger 4y ago
    Please don’t bring bad faith whatabouthism to equal people who got sprayed with tear gas to people killed by sarin.
eesmith 4y ago
According to the Chemical Weaponss Convention, tear gas is a "Riot Control Agent", not a "Chemical Weapon". See https://www.opcw.org/chemical-weapons-convention/articles/article-ii-definitions-and-criteria https://www.opcw.org/chemical-weapons-convention/articles/ar... .

mattbaker 4y ago

As far as I’m aware the verdict is still out on the long term effects so I’m not sure “temporary” is accurate. The fact that it seemed to be impacting women’s menstrual cycles in my city makes me concerned about long term issues related to exposure (fertility among them): https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/01/us/period-tear-gas-study-portland.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/01/us/period-tear-gas-study-... Clearly this needs some study. It’s certainly true that the people exposed to this gas are not currently dead, I’ll give you that.