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paganel ◴[] No.23347256[source]
I said it yesterday and got downvotes, Twitter’s CEO decided to pick sides in the political battle so they should expect what’s coming to them.
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gentaro ◴[] No.23347316[source]
Sounds like maybe you should take the hint. It's not "taking sides" to point out that you're glorifying violence if you as the president are threatening to deploy military force against protestors.
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101404 ◴[] No.23347398[source]
Sending police to stop violence is "glorifying violence"? How exactly?
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mrighele ◴[] No.23347460[source]
Sending police to shoot at protester is "glorifying violence". As a reference, that's the approach that Assad took in Syria back in 2011.
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pnako ◴[] No.23347744[source]
He mentioned shooting at looters, not protesters.

Maybe you didn't see that part because Twitter has hidden the tweet?

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1. mrighele ◴[] No.23348131[source]
You're right, I mixed the two. In any case I think my point still stands; in most European countries both would be addressed with police batons and in case of violence rubber bullets and tear gas. From his tweet I don't think he was thinking about rubber bullets.
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2. skocznymroczny ◴[] No.23349596[source]
No it wouldn't. Most cases of looting in Europe are just forgotten about because it's done by minorities in countries like France or UK and it's a controversial topic to talk about so police and governments would rather just pretend it doesn't happen.
3. username90 ◴[] No.23349790[source]
Mobs in Europe are usually not armed with guns, mobs in USA are.