• BigBenis@lemmy.world
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    As, so this is the shining example of protest so many of you have been insisting that Americans must replicate over the last couple years?

    Can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard, “you need to protest like the French” on here. How righteous they are indeed.

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      The protests stem from underfunded schools. The US tried to sell ad space on a public execution. The countries are not comparable.

      Its disgraceful to see the French doing this. The US should have done something ages ago.

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    Could people take out their anger on the people causing rather than their peers? What kind of piece of shit do you need to be to not just ruin your peers life but also a whole movement by giving it a bad rep…

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      The people responsible for this are just there for the violence, destruction and looting. They use the legit protests as a cover. They don’t care about the people or the movement

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      Tbh the amount of bystanders astounds me, like I cannot imagine being there, seeing that guy flying kick someone with their back turned and not immediately grabbing and pummeling him.

      This is coming from someone who doesnt think rioting as protest is wrong–but it’s really obvious why the videogame store is being looted/vandalized instead of things that actually matter.

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    Funny how cops are there to smash some high schooler but not to protect poeple from looters. It’s almost like they are not here to protect /s

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      as we’ve learned in other posts these are justifiable acts of the unheard and not commie agitators who fancy a rumble and some free shit

      i hope they all get the education they so passionately want

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      on a society level i’d rather the dudes store get looted than constant school shootings but i acknowledge that is selfish

      on a personal level if i was him i’d want a few buddies and ARs for sure

      not sure how you reconcile that as a society, maybe address the issues that caused the original problem

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        It’s not selfish, just idiotic. There’s no minimum violence bar we need to hit, it’s okay to be against both.

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              ? now you’ve wondered into another claim i never made

              enjoy the strawman by yourself

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                on a society level i’d rather the dudes store get looted than constant school shootings

                you can’t have both guns and no guns

                It’s not my strawman, it’s yours.

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                  what strawman? do you even know what the word means? my whole point was wanting guns as defense and not having to deal with schools shootings?

                  it can’t be a strawman when it’s been my own argument from the start

                  there has been no other engagement by me

                  the rest is just you rambling

                  lord help you if this is normal for you

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        maybe address the issues that caused the original problem

        I don’t want to see another gun ban because I know they don’t work. I’d rather see the root causes of violence addressed. If you address poverty, unemployment, homelessness, and mental illness with robust social programs and treat them as the systemic public health issues that they are, bans are unnecessary because crime will be obsolete.

        Banning guns with a law, enforced by police to whom the law does not apply, won’t stop gun violence; it will further entrench the police state.

        If simply having guns lead to gun violence, then other countries with higher rates of gun ownership than the US would have the same problems with gun violence.

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          I’d love to know what countries you think have higher rate of gun ownership than the states. Maybe look that one up?

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            the only ones close have much stricter access laws

            these dudes be making up shit to justify muricas bullshit