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minus-squareRestrictedAccount@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down5·2 days agoAs an American I feel: schadenfreude after all the crap I’ve taken because fighting facshests is hard and I’m tired of hearing crap from Europe fear because the number of truly democratic countries is shrinking
minus-squareBenjiRenji@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoIn Switzerland they put fire to a company creating tear gas guns and similar crowd control weaponry. Out of solidarity for ICE victims and the students in France. That’s the level of civil unrest this fascist takeover demands.
minus-squaredeHaga@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·2 days agoNotice no one is getting shot though
minus-squarems.lane@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down10·2 days agoEngland can’t afford the bullets.
minus-squarePaddzr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 days agoUK police is armed and while they’re not carrying ARs they do have mp5s as their backup gun. UK police is just not as shitty, it’s not that deep.
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·2 days agoThe vast majority of officers are not armed.
As an American I feel:
schadenfreude after all the crap I’ve taken because fighting facshests is hard and I’m tired of hearing crap from Europe
fear because the number of truly democratic countries is shrinking
In Switzerland they put fire to a company creating tear gas guns and similar crowd control weaponry. Out of solidarity for ICE victims and the students in France.
That’s the level of civil unrest this fascist takeover demands.
Notice no one is getting shot though
England can’t afford the bullets.
UK police is armed and while they’re not carrying ARs they do have mp5s as their backup gun.
UK police is just not as shitty, it’s not that deep.
The vast majority of officers are not armed.