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MadDAsHell

(2,067 posts) Thu Mar 1, 2018, 11:22 PM Mar 2018

I just finished watching that Waco miniseries; its timing couldnt be worse. [View all]

Last thing we needed while trying to convince people that they don’t need guns to protect themselves from their government is a widely watched miniseries about one of the most egregious government abuses of force in our country’s history.

An abuse of force that started, of course, as an attempt to confiscate (illegal) guns...

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I just finished watching that Waco miniseries; its timing couldnt be worse. [View all] MadDAsHell Mar 2018 OP

Waco was a dangerous cult...could have been handled better no doubt...but it shows what happens when Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #1

Oh bullshit jberryhill Mar 2018 #2

Its normal to use tanks on civilians? nt MadDAsHell Mar 2018 #4

It was an armored vehicle with an attached battering ram. denbot Mar 2018 #5

Fair enough. Feel free to defend the militarization of police forces. MadDAsHell Mar 2018 #8

You assumed wrong.. denbot Mar 2018 #9

The initial contact did not involve "tanks" jberryhill Mar 2018 #6

Not sure they were dangerous to anyone but each other... BaileyBill Mar 2018 #3

Child molestors are not dangerous in your opinion jberryhill Mar 2018 #7

Is imprisoning women dangerous? Sexual abuse of a 12-year-old? Bradshaw3 Mar 2018 #12

I got about 1/3 of the way through the 1st episode and quit. blogslut Mar 2018 #10

"One of the most egregious government abuses of force" in our history? Seriously? Bradshaw3 Mar 2018 #11