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Or any of the decent media.
Or am I being bias would the police allow a group of African American walk into
government buildings with machine guns?
still_one
(92,108 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)They hardly even mention the weapons. We know about them because we see the pictures, and because of the overall ignorance of these mouth breathers has become so normalized that it hardly registers that theyre carrying mass killing weapons.
If they would wake up and bring this up people would be jolted awake. Or at least decent people would.
tulipsandroses
(5,122 posts)Outraged at People kneeling in protest. But don't bat an eye at this.
In the 60's when The Black Panther Party started carrying guns to protect themselves and their communities from violence against them by racists. Protested at the capitol with their guns - America found a way to say, oh no, we can't have guns. Its too dangerous to have all these black folks with guns. So lets pass laws to get rid of guns.
Fast forward to today, white folks can walk around armed to the teeth as if they are in a war, pitch a fit about its their god given right to take their AKs into a supermarket or public park with kids. Own huge caches of weapons and ammunition cuz deer hunting and all.
Despite the trend of gun violence in this country - Politicians will allow them to cosplay with weapons of war.
So no, you are not being biased at all.
aikoaiko
(34,165 posts)Not much happens.
Here is one example if you'll excise the RT source.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)I doubt they have, because they likely would have been shot.
Caliman73
(11,726 posts)proposed new gun laws in response to the Black Panthers showing up in Sacramento with firearms (peacefully, not threatening anything).
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,984 posts)Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)Igel
(35,293 posts)Search for a while and see if it's happened. But it may be hard to actually dig through Google to find, so if it's not in the first five hits that just proof you haven't found evidence, not proof that the evidence doesn't exist.
I personally think that people have attributed a mistaken motive to why they have them--less intimidation and more showing they're not backing down. There's a difference.
Miigwech
(3,741 posts)middle aged, fat, bearded, loaded up with tactical gear, guns ... AND WHITE
Their overkill displays of 'patriotic' BS ... their weenies don't work so much anymore so they want to take it out on the rest of us.
Chipper Chat
(9,675 posts)Have hate in their eyes, and loud voices.
ancianita
(36,009 posts)And were armed. They were communicating threat of armed assault. They are already guilty of verbal assault and attempted intimidation.
AllaN01Bear
(18,101 posts)maxsolomon
(33,265 posts)2 theories:
1. Part of White Privilege is not realizing when White Privilege is being exercised.
2. Reporting on White Privilege alienates their elderly, dwindling White audience.
Remember, THIS IS LEGAL. This is where Gun Rights are now. All the Privileges, no Militia Duties.