• cynar@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    In France, the worst they will likely be met with is water cannons, tear gas, and potentially rubber bullets/beanbag rounds.

    In America, it’s more likely to be automatic assault rifles.

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      3 hours ago

      automatic assault rifles

      This is redundant, by definition all assault rifles have auto or burst fire modes. Anyone (including lawmakers) in the US who claims otherwise is incorrect.

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        20 minutes ago

        I’m not American. I’m only aware of them in passing. It’s not the sort of thing we learn about in school, over here.

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        Sure and that gets a wikipedia page for you to cite. You’re not wrong, just heavily downplaying the problem with this whataboutism. It’s not about France where this thing is an exception, but about the US where this is becoming the norm.

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      6 hours ago

      You say that like you can’t get your own automatic assault rifles in America.

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      5 hours ago

      French cops: using less lethals according to the manual.

      'Merica cops: point blank, headshots (unless you’re preggers), gas the kids

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        5 hours ago

        It occurs to me, pregnant women who want abortions in states where it is illegal should just go to a protest…

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          I get what you’re saying, but if you ask me, being murdered by a fascist is a rather drastic method of abortion…