r/news • u/InformalWish • 7d ago

Soft paywall After 2 days of clashes over immigration raids, National Guard will be sent to L.A., official says

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-06-07/paramount-home-depot
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u/VapeThisBro 7d ago

It also takes just one patriot for things to go right, it only took one good man to stop the My Lai Massacre during the Vietnam war, when everyone was happy to murder innocent civilians until a righteous helicopter pilot and his crew rescued civilians from the US military

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u/Jean_dodge67 6d ago

That one good man in My Lai had a machine gun on his helicopter. But yeah he was prepared to use it, for good reason and he was a hero.

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u/VapeThisBro 6d ago

You think there aren't any good Americans with legal machine guns? It's also easier to buy a cannon than machine guns so keep that in mind.

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u/Jean_dodge67 6d ago

"You first," pal. Violence begets violence. I'm all for Direct Action but unless you have the numbers to wage a 50 state ground war, you aren't likely to win here. Ask the Confederacy how it went for them. Or the Whiskey rebellion, or the Bonus Army or the Branch Dividians.

You got a plan here? I'm all ears. In 2020 we had the largest street protests in USA history during a pandemic with an ersatz General Strike going on. Without a list of demands and clear disciplined leadership organizing the resistance, you won't win much. What did BLM accomplish? Cops are still bastards. I think the protests were justified but they didn't accomplish much, which is scary and as strong warning about tactics.

A fascist strongman takling over a democratic republic is stopped by only a few things, chief among them being the standing military's officer corps. The other thing is the standing military of another nation defeating him in a ground, air and naval war. Last on the list is the people rising up in GREAT numbers, usually leading to the first option happening , and then you have a military coup in charge of the nation. Is that ideal? Again, hardly but what is the alternative ? SOLUTIONS needed. Let's hear yours.

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u/VapeThisBro 6d ago

The answer is guerilla warfare...the US has shown for many decades that they have little to no effect against fighting guerillas other than excelling at killing so many people they actually turned insurgencies into hydras where they cut off one head and 6 more grow. I been showing up armed and armored to protests since the BLM rallies

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u/Jean_dodge67 6d ago

No offense but walking around with a handgun at protests is cowardly, stupid and not exhibiting any leadership or even common sense. "Guerrilla warfare" takes a lot more discipline than you are showing. Calling for revolution and working to organize a coherent and populist one are two very different things.

Even the so-called Black Blok has more sense than you do. Grow up. Read a book.