[yellow, a finger up, looking smug]
The answer to oppression is NEVER violence
Turn the other cheek
Pacifism always wins
You could earn rights by asking nicely instead
[yellow, proudly showing us a huge book]
Don’t believe me?
Open a history book!
[yellow, looking frustrated as they are shuffling through the book’s pages]
Ok so…
Uhm…
Not this page…
Wait…
The next one…
Awkward…
Another…
Yeah but…
For sure this time…
[yellow, sweating, protecting their book, a hand raised towards us]
Can you stop looking?
You’re being rude
That’s my book
https://thebad.website/comic/please_resist_responsibly
Are they? They’re not going to get any gun laws changed if you don’t hear about them.
They’re not going to get any gun laws changed period if the system and the people that built it don’t want them to. Similar to how they had to create their own programs to feed children because the government refused to.
Edit: 2 relevant quotes attached.
Right, this is a great way to go about fighting dictators and assholes.
Can’t tell if this reply is praising or criticizing.
I’m all for everyone doing their own thing. Defend if you want to defend, feed the children, etc. Even if you feel like you want to do suicide by cop, go ahead. Promoting a general idea of fight and chaos seems like trolls trying to get America to descend into a civil war, which is the stupidest, most asinine, only good for Russia and China thing America could do. It’s always foreign trolls that say and promote that kind of shit too. It really makes you wonder.
It’s essentially the same thing the US has done for ages in foreign countries, so it makes sense for other governments to do the same. That’s why it needs to be principled and smart, not reckless and ham fisted.
I know some of the people doing this hate America because of legitimate reasons, but they hate our government, not most of the others. Maybe I’m jaded because of where I live, but the city empties when a world catastrophe hits because they’re running around the world to help. That’s the America I know.
The headlines will always lean negative because it sells. So it’s healthy to always remember that good things are happening on a smaller scale in local communities, and we can’t forget about that. Even contributing to shared garden spaces and producing your own vegetables is a form of protest in its own way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEbFIucM6yY
What do gun laws have to do with anything?
Did you watch the video you linked? Their name is “The Black Panther Party of Self Defense.” There are so many things about that to discuss and I don’t think you’ll come at in good faith, that I feel like that discussion is best left for another fediverse person. You have to attack them first. The OP is talking some other shit.
Also, the reason I mentioned “gun laws getting changed,” is because the trolls usually go there first. This is a new one.
lol A+ trolling.
“I don’t want to have a conversation in bad faith”, while you act in bad faith.
Classic!
You asked “Are they?”, I provided an answer. Not sure why you decided to ignore the armed group of black people fighting for their communities and rights and focus on the name, then decided I’m here to discuss in bad faith for some reason when all I did was point out a nonsensical point that you admitted you made because you pre-empted trolls.
You got that right though, this discussion (I really tried and failed to understand this emphasis) is best left to someone else because it is a waste of time.