Why don't protestors who oppose Trump/ICE open carry their guns to prevent what's currently occuring in the US ie kidnapping, assaults etc?

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Why don't protestors who oppose Trump/ICE open carry their guns to prevent what's currently occuring in the US ie kidnapping, assaults etc? - Lemmy.World

Regards An Australian

Can’t tell if this is a sarcastic question or not but opposing the government with guns is a delusion held by conservatives who think their AR-15s have a chance against a government with drones, tanks, etc. That belief was true when the Bill of Rights was written and the military just had muskets and a couple cannons but anyone who believes that now is insane

Plus, our police shoot unarmed people and get away with it, what do you think is gonna happen if they see you open carrying?

As a European I wonder this too. Like they are ultimately human (ICE) so they’d think (I mean they have at least survival brain functions) twice if they can “arrest”/harass someone with a gun vs someone without one.

Right?

Also yeah we hear so fucking much about your sEcOnD aMeNdMeNt we probably believe some of it.

Cheers and good luck!

they are ultimately human (ICE)

Debatable

They’re nazis, not humans.

Othering seems like a kinda Nazi thing to do…

If you treat them as fundamentally different, you’re not gonna spot it when the same attitudes start appearing within your in-group. Monsters are still human, we all gotta work to keep that in check.

Othering seems like a kinda Nazi thing to do…

It’s what they deserve. Tolerance is a social contract, not a “paradox.” You reject it, you’re not protected by it anymore.

I agree that it’s a contact. But Nazism is a ideology that any human can hold, and that any human can stop holding.

(if they refuse to stop holding it, then go nuts).

I can guarantee you that none of these Nazis would want to give up their beliefs.
How the fuck are you gonna guarantee that?
They’re Americans in ICE. That tells you all you need to know about their characters.
This new brand of prejudice belongs in the bin. Fuck off.
That a large chunk of them are probably doing it primarily because the US economy is trash and they can’t find any other work?