• HikingVet@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    They don’t seem to have the same problem when it comes to left leaning organisations like climate protesters.

    So, why the kid gloves with right wingers?

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        1 year ago

        Sounds like they should be bringing some kind of self defense tool to their protests.

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          1 year ago

          Then there’s pretext, and the leftists get painted as thugs - appropriate targets for more aggressive crackdowns.

          It’s a lose-lose, but protesters will almost never benefit by responding to police brutality with an armed response. Counter-protests are generally a lesser problem.

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          Small comfort to the reporter who got beaten up or SWATted or stalked, or the news organization that gets vandalized or DDoSed. If you’re more likely to visit violence on your critics, people are less likely to criticize you. It’s not fair, it’s not right, but it’s true.