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Teachers aren't a paramilitary force employed by the state.
by jghn 5mo ago
Teachers aren't a paramilitary force employed by the state.
- helterskelter 5mo agoHey the military has rules of engagement.
- SlightlyLeftPad 5mo agoUniform Military Code of Justice and Military Court Martial. Also, probably for obvious reasons military unions are strictly prohibited by federal law for active-duty personnel [1]. [1]: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/976 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/976
- alistairSH 5mo agoParent post says "paramilitary" which is explicitly NOT the military.
- Omni5cience 5mo agoI'm not sure what you're arguing against here, but it seems clear to me that the comment you're replying to was drawing a comparison to the military.
- frumplestlatz 5mo ago[flagged]
- strix_varius 5mo agoAnd they, already, don't have qualified immunity while they're doing so. They are also already disallowed in many places.
- GorbachevyChase 5mo ago[flagged]
- fredophile 5mo agoAre you seriously trying to equate people exercising their right to peacefully protest to the power to detain and shoot people?
- dacops 5mo ago"On the spectrum of" is doing a lot of heavy lifting for you there. How many teachers have shot someone in their care this year? I'm guessing very few. Also, "definitely not zero" is an absurd bar. "One teacher did something, better condemn all teachers!"
- john_strinlai 5mo agothis may be the weirdest definition of "paramilitary activity" ive seen.
- lovich 5mo agoIt’s not weird, it’s just a lie. I hate how our society has just normalized people lying blatantly to our face and still giving the benefit of the doubt. It’s how you see a violent crowd breaking windows and beating people get called a peaceful tour.
- wak90 5mo agoMost propagandized people in the history of the world
- plagiarist 5mo agoRarely does one see a single word do so much work as "spectrum" here attempting to link protests to paramilitary activity.
- magicalist 5mo agoNor do they somehow have contractural agreements with their cities that limit civilian oversight and require that possible crimes by members have to be handled as internal disciplinary issues first. Structurally this means evidence gathered by internal investigations will often be destroyed and can't be used for possible criminal charges, as well as plenty of time to tighten up stories and close ranks with each other.