• ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    This is proof that those making the decisions fear protest to the same level as they fear long guns.

    One they should fear much less, the other much more.

    What a timeline.

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    5 months ago

    More protests need people openly armed so cops are less likely to abuse us and leaders listen.

    Very cool students!

  • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    That’s why you might as well strap up when protesting. Gonna get the same shit no matter what.

    At least when you’re strapped, the police are behaved.

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      I disagree. Protesting with guns just means the whole thing would devolve into a firefight with more civilians than police being killed.

      And there’s the strong likelihood in that situation that innocent bystanders would be murdered.

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        5 months ago

        It’s not happened like that in the past.

        If protesters are armed then the police tend to back off.

        Of course, the government then has to choose wether or not to drop bombs on the protesters, but the odds are way, way against that.

  • A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl
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    I come and study in a place that protesting in university is almost normal, would even go to say that is one of the staples of Chilean universitary culture, something you must Live at lest once to feel complete would say… I can’t believe that in the so called “country of freedom” students are repressed like in authoritarian countries. (Even tough they don’t reach in extent to commit true crimes against humanity to those who oppose.)

    Students should be the spearhead of societal change, and a society that suppress the students is a society that suppress change.

    Here in chile, that kind of attitude would make the protests worsen off heavily and be turned around to demand for the deanery to be replaced.

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    5 months ago

    Skinny Puppy - Tin Omen

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