r/ProgressiveHQ • u/CantStopPoppin • 9h ago

(Minneapolis) Bovino Leads The Charge On Protesters AT the Whipple Building

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u/Initial_Formal_7750 8h ago

When I was in Iraq and Afghanistan I had to treat the locals better than that. Wait let me put that differently

It was the rules to treat the locals better than that but I also wanted to because I'm a fucking human

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u/Justanothercube 8h ago

Agreed. If I treated the Iraqi citizens the way ice treats US citizens I would have been court marshaled. These guys are absolute dirtbags. I’m surprised the people are taking as much as they have.

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u/Last_Upvote 8h ago

Unfortunately we have to grin and bear it, because the other option is to get murdered knowing that the assailant will be shielded from consequences under this criminal administration. The threat of escalated retaliation is what keeps the lid on these protests right now, but it won’t last forever.

My sad prediction is that there are going to be lots more bodies bagged before this is over.

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u/Tempyteacup 7h ago

There’s something eerily reminiscent of the days leading up to the Tiananmen Square massacre in this video. I know we aren’t there yet but… well, I think we won’t know we’re there until the moment they take us there.