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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Thank goodness it wasn't the same scale as that event, but at least the FBI attempted to negotiate and staved off a full offensive until 51 days had passed. If the Philadelphia police had shown that kind of respect and restraint then things might have ended a lot differently for the MOVE members.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

And yet the Waco siege is still a rallying cry for anti-government groups accusing the FBI and DEA of unjust, violent overreaction, while the MOVE bombing is not. Huh, I wonder what the difference is? /s

[–] [email protected] -2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Could unironically be the difference in body count.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

That's possible, but that doesn't explain the same feeling about the Ruby Ridge incident.

[–] orrk 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

let's not kid ourselves, it's not the body count, it's the same reason they don't cite Tulsa nor Blair Mountain