THW: Germany′s army of volunteers for disaster relief

Re:THW: Germany′s army of volunteers for disaster relief by oaiey on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @06:33AM (#27904465)

I would simply argue: general entitlement. There is no respect anymore for anything else than yourself (and in some cases not even that). Violence reacting to a denial (e.g. step back, do not watch, do not make photos) is just a extreme case.

You can see that in anti-vaccers, Karens, lack-of-volunteering, lack-of-club-memberships, SUV-driving (I sit higher than you so I survive), looting, demolitioning, etc. You could further enumerate this.

ps: Please do not see this political, this behavior is visible in the whole spectrum of people.

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Re:THW: Germany′s army of volunteers for disaster relief by akudha on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @10:45AM (#27906994)

I am having a hard time believing it is just simple entitlement - most people who are anti-vaxxers, anti-maskers, verbally abuse waiters, cashiers etc tend to be bullies. They tend to just pick people who usually can't fight back and run away when their victims do fight back. I doubt they'd have the balls to pick a fight with firefighters.

It would take a special kind of arsehole to set fire, call 911/999, wait for them to come, then physically attack the firefighters. There is something else going on here.

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Re:THW: Germany′s army of volunteers for disaster relief by oaiey on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @12:21PM (#27908280)

When you have a nice legal insurance a hit back from a firefighter is not a problem.

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