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  • The article is terrible. What actually happened? Was his violence actually unprovoked or was it self defense? It says some shit about him being surrounded and liquid thrown on him.

    Violence is never appropriate, except in self defense.

    If he wasn’t defending himself this is probably a hate crime, and he should have the book thrown at him.

    Edit ah, the other comment linked article indicates he started things by trading insults with the group. So he walked into the situation.

    Fuck what Israel is doing to Palestine. This dude should have just walked away in the first place.

    If there is video of them pushing him down and surrounding him, then it’ll be a messy case.









  • GBU_28@lemm.eetoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldRock Eagle Flag
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    10 days ago

    Words have definitions. Real life has different situations. Those situations have different motives and results, even if they share features. Edit you can’t just declare everything violent terroristic.

    It’s silly to assume that the same actions would have the same impacts on two very different types of crime, despite both of those crimes having a gun.

    For example: red flag laws where family or certain professionals can bring forward action to take guns away from someone or get them certain care. This is triggered by said folks detecting or acknowledging certain concerning behaviors in someone who might carry out a mass shooting.

    This wouldn’t help with someone considering a robbery, as their pattern of behavior (edit and motivation) isn’t the same.

    I am not advocating for red flag laws, or discounting them. That’s not the point.


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    I’m aware of the basics of gun safety, and aware that having a gun elevates the charges on a crime like a robbery. Pointing a gun at anything does indeed make clear your willingness to kill.

    But you dodged the point of my reply, the motive or intent of the crime.

    A robbery is not terrorism, or terroristic in motive. A robbery has a cause and a goal outside of killing. I’m not saying an armed robbery isn’t an inherently violent act, and I never said that shit about “trynna scare them”. Not sure where you gathered that.

    You’ve devolved to name calling, inserting thoughts for others, and dodging the point of what you’re replying to. Seems you’re about spent