Black Pathers armed with rifles demonstrate against shooting

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Good for them. That’s at least two black men unlikely to get shot today so this is a good thing.

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But can’t you see? It’s the exact same kind of extremism going on at state capitals that you liberals are so upset about!! ExACTlY tHE sAME!!

Edit: Do I really need to add a sarcasm tag?

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Nope. I see masks on some of the protesters.

These are people who don’t want to die. As opposed to people who want to kill off others.

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Exactly the same!! Except, you know, for body count, violent incidents, overall assholery. Other than that, and just about everything else, EXACTLY THE SAME!!

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Bullshirt.

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The past is prologue.

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Woo hoo, those “Black Pathers” are really paving a new path!

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Man. The comments are not too bad on that article, but anything vaguely on the side of, “they shouldn’t have shot that guy” is heavily downvoted. I would wager a lot of shitty comments got deleted.

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Switch the berets to MAGA hats, toss in a couple swatikas and Confederate flags, and you’d think it’s a Trump rally.

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You’ll never see armed black men at a Trump rally - maybe you could organize that?

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lol…Very true.

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The little details about the participants having a) a valid reason to protest and b) actual courage don’t show up too well in a photograph, do they?

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Shiny!

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“If only they stood for all the exact opposite things they’d be just like the bad guys” doesn’t strike me as especially ironic.

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It is when you consider that seems to be the disingenuous point which the OP is making - a false equivalency between ‘punching up’ and ‘punching down.’

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Not going to call them “thugs” this time?

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I don’t see any sign these people pretending they are engaging in peaceful protest. They are bringing guns precisely to scare the bejesus out of the police and public

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No. They are bringing guns as a means of self-defense. The Panther’s first collective action back in the 60s was following cops in Oakland and ensuring that their community members were not beaten or shot at traffic stops.

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Self defense, violent reaction or retaliation to violence. Nothing against it if one is being honest about such purposes.

It is not a pretense of peaceful protest like the Branch Covidians and “open carry” types claim.