shirakawasuna

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by shirakawasuna 6y ago
Israel is "The West" and Turkey and Russia are close behind.
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by shirakawasuna 6y ago
Claims literally spread by the Falun Gong cult, Adrian Zenz, and NED-funded groups citing both.
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by shirakawasuna 6y ago
Man, they should really advertise the openness more. I'm considering this as a general re-reader and notebook replacement, now.
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by shirakawasuna 6y ago
No they don't.
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by shirakawasuna 6y ago
> No. Racism is bad but not all police are racist (I would guess most aren't) and the violence is not for political purposes. The police are reacting to a direct political criticism of their legitimacy by hurting, disabling, nearly
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by shirakawasuna 6y ago
Now that you understand what it means, you can change your advocacy for it, right?
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by shirakawasuna 6y ago
What goalposts did I move? Please don't insult me.
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by shirakawasuna 6y ago
> We've just circled back around. You seem to be saying that groups of protesters are never threats I've never said this. > and I don't agree; it seems to me that once they start breaking random things, there's a s
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by shirakawasuna 6y ago
Absolute nonsense. I was there , repeatedly. They shot first and either then made an announcement or never made one. Example: they announced a curfew via text a few minutes before it went into effect. Many didn't get this because they
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by shirakawasuna 6y ago
Thanks! This unfortunately comports pretty well with my general understanding, ha. Can protect from companies / non-governmental actors, governments either have assymetrical capabilities when they focus on you or have unknown and likel
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by shirakawasuna 6y ago
The police often pay for shipping, maintenance, and kitting out the equipment. They might receive a free stripped-down M16, but they still use their own budgets to make it tacticool. Just an optic and light run $1k or so.
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by shirakawasuna 6y ago
The police often pay for shipping, maintenance, and kitting out the equipment. They might receive a free stripped-down M16, but they still use their own budgets to make it tacticool. Just an optic and light run $1k or so.
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by shirakawasuna 6y ago
Nope.
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by shirakawasuna 6y ago
> The scare words really kill your credibility. It’s tear gas and pepper spray, not mustard gas. If it were a foreign military doing the exact same action to the exact same people, it would be a war crime. There are serious impacts from
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by shirakawasuna 6y ago
> People who accomplish their political goals through violent means continue to be violent because you're teaching them that its effective. This sounds like a description of police departments throughout the United States. > The
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by shirakawasuna 6y ago
> In Portland the major and governor have ordered police to stand down. Rioters even occupied an area for a week or more, you might recall news stories about chaz/chop? I went there personally. It was a defensive protest area with b
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by shirakawasuna 6y ago
Parent is strictly incorrect and is being taken in by very poor and dishonest sources of information. Your comment is purely speculation, please don't muddy the waters.
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by shirakawasuna 6y ago
Look into studies that evaluate self-reported crimes or violence, etc. Not police stats. Police stats are highly unreliable for drawing these kinds of conclusions a lot of reasons before you even consider malevolence or corruption. Nearly a
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by shirakawasuna 6y ago
> But that's the goal! This is incoherent. Beating peaceful protesters doesn't serve the goal of deescalation. Every single time, it resulted in more anger and frustration. Water bottles being thrown. > When the police are w
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by shirakawasuna 6y ago
My sources are video and personal direct knowledge.
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by shirakawasuna 6y ago
> I'm really still missing your clarification... I'm not really sure what game blame you think I'm playing? "You've done it poorly". > AND YET 2 SENTENCES LATER...... Please do me the courtesy of explain
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by shirakawasuna 6y ago
In SEA, that's not how it's worked. The police violence has come before the announcements. Before any serious property damage (not that property damage justifies collective punishment or chemical weapons). Have you been to the pro
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by shirakawasuna 6y ago
1. In the sense that I used the term, I had the personal experience of being targeted. Attempting to browbeat me with your misapprehension is not going to work. 2. You're now editorializing my experience of which you have no knowle
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by shirakawasuna 6y ago
Protesting is very effective when you do actual direct action and civil disobedience. Americans have gotten used to running ignorable police-sanctioned parades and calling them protests.
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by shirakawasuna 6y ago
The court case is capital fighting capital. If it's the government, then it's the public's capital vs. private capital. The government is often at a disadvantage in this situation due to conflicts of interest and concerns ove
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by shirakawasuna 6y ago
The United States is neoliberal with a couple social programs tacked on top. The interests of capital nearly always win. Individuals at the top are nearly always shielded from liability using various levels of companies in between them and
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by shirakawasuna 6y ago
> You've done it poorly. The other commenter seemed to understand well enough. Maybe instead of playing a blame game you could accept my clarification and move on? > You can't specify the degree to which you think you were p
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by shirakawasuna 6y ago
You don't need to militarize the police in order to have a riot response. The warrior mentality is toxic and actually exacerbates the problem. In every protest I went to where things escalated, it was the police doing the primary escal
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by shirakawasuna 6y ago
Incorrect. Cement was at East Precinct. Fire was at West Precinct. You've received misinformation that filtered down from one very dishonest conservative source, MyNorthwest.
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by shirakawasuna 6y ago
> I disagree. They're literally a response to George Floyd being murdered. The straw that broke the camel's back. Every single protest has chanting of the high-profile cases of black people being murdered by police. > The ch

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