RE: Yup. This is For Certain.
January 11, 2016 at 12:12 pm
(This post was last modified: January 11, 2016 at 12:16 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
That this group is receiving special treatment is, I think, inarguable. When armed people take something over in the US we send swat at the least, and they bring the situation to "resolution".
That's what we do. It doesn't matter if what they take over is a lemonade stand or a federal wildlife reserve. It doesn't matter if they're protesting something -while- pointing their guns at the outside world. If I stood here -in my own lawn- pointing guns out at the world as it passed by, I would -and should- be met with force and swift "resolution". I think that there are reasons we're acting differently here...but nothing so noble as has been suggested (nor do I think that we've held the triggermen at bay because the "protesters" are white). They have publicity, and their stunt is politically useful. This almost guarantees that we'll allow it, and that we won't treat it as roughly as we treat any number of similar situations.
That's what we do. It doesn't matter if what they take over is a lemonade stand or a federal wildlife reserve. It doesn't matter if they're protesting something -while- pointing their guns at the outside world. If I stood here -in my own lawn- pointing guns out at the world as it passed by, I would -and should- be met with force and swift "resolution". I think that there are reasons we're acting differently here...but nothing so noble as has been suggested (nor do I think that we've held the triggermen at bay because the "protesters" are white). They have publicity, and their stunt is politically useful. This almost guarantees that we'll allow it, and that we won't treat it as roughly as we treat any number of similar situations.
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