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In reply to the discussion: Video of fully armed MAGAts outside FBI offices. [View all]The Magistrate
(96,043 posts)30. Not Immediately, Sir
And no, local police are not going to shoot it out with Federals. That's the kind of big man down the bar bluster that needs to be punctured.
It's the immediate effect which matters, consequences can be managed, even made to go away, when they are incurred in the government's interest.
What is necessary is to show these people nobody's playing anymore, that their cosplay ends in blood. Takes the fun out of the thing. Weeds the amateurs out, leaves just a few ugly clots of hard core exposed without a trace of cover.
It's going to have to be done sooner or later, and the longer it is put off, the worse will be the head it comes to.
"Violence solves very little, but what it does solve nothing else can."
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Look, the reason the cops didn't move in is because the MAGAt's weren't breaking the law,
MarineCombatEngineer
Aug 2022
#48
I never said anything about local police shooting it out with the FBI,
MarineCombatEngineer
Aug 2022
#31
khaki pants, white shirt and camo mask... looks like Patriot Front, only armed this time n/t
AntiFascist
Aug 2022
#50