[ratelimitsteve]

we're in the streets every day being brutalized by the regimes masked, armed thugs. what else would you like from us?

[embedding-shape]

When Americans have said the same about Russians for a decade, who gave you the same response, what did the Americans reply?

[ratelimitsteve]

you know, if i say one thing and a different american says a different thing that doesn't make us hypocrites, it makes us two different people

[happytoexplain]

Americans aren't one person. Regardless, this is whataboutism.

[SanjayMehta]

I thought your 2nd Amendment was supposed to prevent that.

[nemomarx]

Ironically the original intent of the second amendment was closer to "the states should have a lot of people used to using guns so they can raise militias if necessary".

ICE has recruited a lot of those people - you don't see as many weird paramilitary militia groups as you did back in 2020. So I guess it technically worked as intended here. Unfortunately that means more jackboots with "don't tread on me" flags on their unmarked vans.

[baby]

Protest