• frongt@lemmy.zip
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    3 days ago

    If it was ICE I’d agree with you. But the national guard isn’t really doing anything on these deployments. Trump says “I AM DEPLOYING THE NATIONAL GUARD!!!” and so they go, they stand around for a bit, and then they go home.

    • midribbon_action@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 days ago

      Wtf are you talking about? They are carrying guns, they shot back. What they were doing was illegal, and it doesn’t justify murder but let’s not pretend these are morally upstanding people, walking around DC with guns loaded. They are there to instill fear.