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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by KingOfCoders on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @12:03PM (#34711017)
I'm not into US politics so just a glance at Wikipedia. You compare anti-lock down protests with someone stealing land? Or was is it just comparing the way the police worked in general? I can't follow your argument.
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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by LarryMullins on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @12:15PM (#34711237)
> Or was is it just comparing the way the police worked in general?

This one. When the local odds aren't in their favor, they go home and arrest people later at their leisure.

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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by coffeeblack on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @01:03PM (#34712051)
Assuming that these armed people actually broke the law, that’s the better move then. Otherwise there would be a huge outbreak of violence. But that’s not really comparable to lawful protests.
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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by LarryMullins on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @01:33PM (#34712530)
I am comparing the law enforcement tactics, not the reasons for the protests. The protests themselves being incomparable is irrelevant.
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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by scotty79 on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @01:06PM (#34712091)
I'd say it's the best, least violent and risky way of dealing with this.

The tool is good. Ensuring it's used for good reasons it's a separate problem.

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