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Re: Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone

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Post by tekknik »

ryanlol wrote: post #773
thu2111 wrote: post #348

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But then there's also this: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EaQyClgU4AEJnWf?format=jpg&name=... https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EaQyCmMUEAEn_1o?format=jpg&name=... I've not before seen a summer street festival where armed militias wearing bulletproof vests patrol the streets.

> I've not before seen a summer street festival where armed militias wearing bulletproof vests patrol the streets. In big European cities it’s pretty normal to see cops wearing body armor and carrying rifles around such events.

It is not common in the US. In parts of the middle east it’s a daily affair to see someone walking around with an AK or equivalent

Re: Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone

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Post by UncleMeat »

madengr wrote: post #824
partiallypro wrote: post #783

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Isn't it also possible that your friend is experiencing confirmation bias because they agree with CHAZ? It wasn't reported until much later but during the Occupy movement, rapes skyrocketed around and among the encampments. I have little doubt that there are a lot of things that are going unreported at the moment which will eventually come to light when people don't feel coerced or intimidated by the community (and t…

Assuming you can believe the SPD, the rape calls are already coming in.

They’ve already retracted that statement.

Re: Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone

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Post by tekknik »

tekknik wrote: post #884
mayniac wrote: post #472

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People aren't just scared of the idea of armed police, they're afraid of police departments who have a history of getting away with murder. John Brown Gun Club and Redneck Revolt don't have that history. There were also rumours of proud boys and other far-right groups attacking CHAZ. It's understandable that people would be more comfortable with vocally anti-fascist gun clubs defending them than the police, who often…

can you describe what you mean by “proud boys”? I have a bad feeling this word should actually be “patriots”

A downvote and no answer. Interesting

Re: Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone

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Post by frabbit »

skissane wrote: post #766
jakelazaroff wrote: post #601

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> This is why we tolerate the police for a few hundred years now - on occasion they cause violence that's predictable and can be influenced. The point of these protests is that the violence is not occasional. It is endemic , and attempts to stop it stretch back centuries . It has persisted across the country, under both progressive and conservative politicians, despite many, many attempts to eliminate it. If the viol…

A question – is the problem with police, or is the problem with US police specifically? Do we have the same problem with police in other countries? Canadian police? UK police? Police in EU countries? If the US police have this problem and other (wealthy democratic) countries don't – or even if comparable countries have the problem too, just not quite as bad as the US has it – what makes US police different? Racism an…

As regards the Canadian police (especially, but not limited to the RCMP) they are no angels. Especially if you are indigenous/autochthonous. And that's because they are fulfilling the function for which they were created: taking land and living away from some people. A quick google on the history of the RCMP, their recent shoot-to-kill policies at indigenous roadblocks, the colonial/imperial origins will put Justin Trudeau's hypocritical taking a knee into perspective.

If you really want to feel sick read-up on the Highway of Tears and the systematic brutalization of indigenous women by Canadian society.

Re: Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone

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Post by numpad0 »

tekknik wrote: post #890
numpad0 wrote: post #807

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Looks like a completely stock S&W M&P 15 Sport II, 16” barrel, GI style mag, collapsible stock, plus a cheap airsoft optic. M&P 15 is a complete knockoff of US military M4/M4A1 carbine, except barrel is longer and has no full auto function to comply with regulations. Way too boring configuration to build from parts or build out of an 80% blank, and also probably not an airsoft. Disclaimer: I’m an airsofter outside US…

You got this backwards, an M4 is actually a knock off of the AR-15. That is to say the AR-15 came before both the M16 and the M4 and both of those guns were built from the AR-15.

I mean that pictured gun is an M4gery isn’t it

Re: Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone

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Post by derstander »

tekknik wrote: post #893
tekknik wrote: post #884

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can you describe what you mean by “proud boys”? I have a bad feeling this word should actually be “patriots”

A downvote and no answer. Interesting

It’s possible you were downvoted without being answered because it’s trivial to Google “Proud Boys”. Here, I’ve just done it for you and here’s the first link: the Wikipedia page on the group —- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proud_Boys

Re: Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone

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Post by bombas »

djsumdog wrote: post #877
jatone wrote: post #818

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what other singular event has killed 100k people in the US in less than 6 months outside of a couple wars? not as bad as everyone was predicting...... are you fucking kidding me? and this number is after the major cities impacted literally fucking shut themselves down to help prevent the spread.

100k is a rough estimate. It might be higher, but will most likely be lower. The data will need to be pruned and carefully looked at. There are incentives for people to misclassify deaths at COVID19[0]. It will likely not get much higher than 100k as exponential growth doesn't continue indefinitely[1]. It's practically gone in Italy right now. 600k die every year from hearth disease. 700k died globally from mosquito…

“ We've seen massive amounts of people at beaches in Florida, Texas and other places, as well as these protests and riots, and there are no massive spikes in fatalities 2~4 weeks after those events.”

https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2020/06/13/texas-sets-another-recor...

Wrong. But yes please continue trying to explain shit you have no idea about.

Re: Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone

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Post by catacombs »

golf1052 wrote: post #729
catacombs wrote: post #671

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> They probably won't try evicting people from the area again because they didn't succeed politically the previous times they tried. Interesting. The city might not, but feds might try, as they probably don't have much to lose.

Both the governor and the mayor said they won't let the Feds try that.

Wouldn't the feds just overrule them anyway?

Re: Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone

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Post by tekknik »

derstander wrote: post #897
tekknik wrote: post #893

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A downvote and no answer. Interesting

It’s possible you were downvoted without being answered because it’s trivial to Google “Proud Boys”. Here, I’ve just done it for you and here’s the first link: the Wikipedia page on the group —- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proud_Boys

Fair enough, but with a name as generic as “proud boys” and given this same phrase is being used negatively to describe people who are actual patriots you can see the confusion. TIL “proud boys” is an actual, far right, org.
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