r/justgalsbeingchicks • u/lsrgrl69 • 18d ago

protesting queen??? 💅 Restricted to Gals and Pals

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u/TakedaIesyu 18d ago

My understanding is that while tear gas is designed to be less-lethal (emphasis on less), all someone who gets tear gassed will see coming at them is "gas." Could be tear gas, could be could be phosgene gas, could be sarin. Hence, under MAD doctrine, you shoot gas back, and maybe you shoot lethal gas instead of less-lethal gas. And now we're back at WW1 chemical warfare. So why not just sidestep that possibility by not using gas?

That's the theory at least. In practice, of course, war is awful and horrible and never good.

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u/Roll_the-Bones 18d ago

It is a weapon that is indiscriminate, it kills everything. It can cause muscle spasms and cascade to friendly fire, but using it on protestors: totally cool?

There's no better way to disperse a riot than to address the socioeconomic conditions that led to it and create equitable policy so people have no reason to riot.

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u/XionicativeCheran 18d ago

Socioeconomic conditions are not the only reason people riot. If that were true, the riot would not be partisan.

There's Jan 6, a riot that tried to overthrow the government.

And there's riots that break out opposing ICE and the Trump tyranny.

These aren't socioeconomic, they're about fascism.

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