• Sciaphobia@sh.itjust.works
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      I just don’t understand why good people are so prone to think letting the bully repeatedly punch them in the face will work. Some people won’t stop until they are stopped. Everyone knows this. There’s a lot of forms that can take, but blowing fucking whistles clearly isn’t it.

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        You’re not wrong but you’re also not volunteering to get yourself killed as well as likely hundreds if not thousands right off the bat.

        Kent State was much smaller and you still ended up with iirc like 40 deaf or injured.

        Open rebellion is a last resort because it’s guaranteed to come with a body count.

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          I’m not a will versed on that event as I would like, but it that not another example of a peaceful protest that turned into a shooting gallery?

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          Open rebellion is a terrible idea.

          We have extensive data on how to fight the US. We just choose not to use the correct tactics.

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          The first, second, third, and fourth Marty positions are already taken. This trolling is no longer effective.

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            Fine, next martyr, though you knew what I meant. In any case, magical thinking (you just have to want it hard enough) has never worked. If you have suggestions for what to actually do, bring it. Anything short of actions that’ll get you killed never seem to be good enough for the complainers.