return2ozmaMay 1, 2024

'Horrific' violence at UCLA after counter-protesters attack pro-Palestinian camp

https://lemmy.world/post/14916004

'Horrific' violence at UCLA after counter-protesters attack pro-Palestinian camp - Lemmy.World

>Violence erupted at the University of California, Los Angeles after pro-Israeli counter-demonstrators attacked a pro-Palestinian campus encampment. Bubbling tensions on the campus boiled over following the alleged breach of a “buffer zone” between the rival groups.

Show threadCaptainEffortMay 1, 2024

“Law enforcement simply stood at the edge of the lawn and refused to budge as we screamed for their help,” UC Divest at LA, a group involved in the encampment, said in a statement.

Fucking disgusting, acab

Show threadshalafiMay 1, 2024

But we mustn’t have evil guns!! The police will protect us, I’m certain of it!

Liberals will never, ever prevail against the fascists unless they pull their collective head out of their collective ass. News flash kids: The fascists are perfectly willing to use violence. And they know you are not.

Show threadCrikeste
Guns being present would have only resulted in many MANY deaths. That’s what you want?
May 1, 2024 at 9:29pmWeb
Show threadDkarmaMay 2, 2024
If it’s the attackers, then yeah, thats the point. Guns are a deterrent.
Show threadRGB3x3May 2, 2024
Guns are NOT a deterrent. They’re an escalation and most often an unnecessary one.
Show threadPriorityMotifMay 2, 2024
Nuclear weapons are an escalation, an effective one at that.
Show threadDaft_ishMay 2, 2024
Ah yes. Nothing describes a gun better then splitting atoms at a subatomic lebel.
Show threadPriorityMotifMay 2, 2024
Ah yes, nothing wins an argument better than not understanding it.
Show threadOlgratin_MagmatoeMay 2, 2024

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_MOVE_bombing

What a deterrent

1985 MOVE bombing - Wikipedia

Show threadirreticentMay 2, 2024
I have seen a lot of shalafi’s comments in the past and I think the answer to that question is “yes.”
Show threadDragonTypeWyvernMay 2, 2024
I want people to use their right to defend themselves instead of licking boots.
Show threadLizMay 2, 2024
Nah. You have to do it right, that’s all. Everyone mudt show up in plate armor open carrying fighting rifles. This is what the right has done, and more importantly it also has worked for the left (see: protecting drag queens from right wing protests). You don’t instigate shit. Just stand there. If you’re heavily armed, out in the open, and peaceful, the cops and counter protests can’t make up an excuse to start shit, and they are extremely unmotivated to do so.