• Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org
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        9 months ago

        I’m not really concerned about my ignorance on the details. My feeling has been and continues to be that if people with guns tell you not to be in a place, you should not be in that place

        • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
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          9 months ago

          You think you can stop fascists without going against the orders of people with guns? Yeah that’s not how that works.

          • Five@lemmy.cafeOP
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            9 months ago

            It’s one thing to be happy to concede your constitutional right to assemble and protections for the press to bullies with guns.

            It’s another to distance yourself from the brave injured journalists and blame the people with cameras for the actions of tyrants.

      • Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org
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        8 months ago

        They’re the ones who have the guns and the badges. I can’t bring overwhelming force that would allow me to tell them anything.

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          8 months ago

          The people outnumber the cops by orders of magnitude.

          They are the problem, too. Not the solution.

      • Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org
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        8 months ago

        An area designated by an armed force that is intended to have zero non-uniformed individuals, which is held by force, and which will be defended by escalating levels of violence if violated.

      • Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org
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        8 months ago

        Yup, it certainly is. Best place to be when there’s cops out there and a crowd of people determined to be where the cops tell them not to be. I’m not disagreeing with you, and frankly I don’t see it as an insult. I’m not where the police are, and I encourage everyone else to take steps to be where the police aren’t.