• BranBucket@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    As I pointed out in another thread, they act like intimidation is a shield against harm in exactly the same way that schoolyard bullies do. It relies on people’s tendency to freeze up and panic when surprised by a violent confrontation to work, and if it doesn’t work, things escalate quickly.

    The other problem is, those kinds of bullies aren’t normally equipped with firearms…