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minus-squareLizlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·8 months agoFor real though, if the protesters all showed up open carrying rifles the cops would just stand back and watch.
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoEh, not quite what I was going for. This is the tyranny that an armed populace is supposed to be protection from. But thinking about it, an armed protest would be among the first steps.
minus-squarewhoreticulture@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoOnly if they were white supremacists.
For real though, if the protesters all showed up open carrying rifles the cops would just stand back and watch.
Eh, not quite what I was going for.
This is the tyranny that an armed populace is supposed to be protection from.
But thinking about it, an armed protest would be among the first steps.
Only if they were white supremacists.