i made a long rant about this and when i clicked post, i was informed that i wasn't logged in and poof the whole post gone, lol.
i hate that when it happens.
anyway, the chemical weapons was meant, of course, as a bit of irony, but not purely, it is true that tear gas has been banned for use in war on opposing soldiers. but for some strange reason it's perfectly fine for western governments to shower their protesting citizens in the toxic stuff.
in the end it is a weapon and it is a chemical, so strictly speaking it is a chemical weapon and if we had seen those scenes in Russia or Iran, all the warmongering big mouths would be shouting about the abuse of human rights and attacking peaceful protesters.
when it happened in Syria they literally organized and financed an armed insurrection and the country has been in civil war ever since, with the west paying, arming and supporting the separatist and even terrorists.
when such protests happens in the US, or Britain, or France, everyone collectively shuts their eyes and says how it was the protesters fault finish. if it happens in Iran you can bet they would be singing a different tune.
but the worst of what i saw was the way the black helmets were collectively punishing the protesters, by trapping them and surrounding them , then firing tear gas and rubber shells into the mass of people for hours and hours, no one was allowed to leave, they were literally tortured with tear gas. apparently it want pepper spray either, it was full power hard core crowd control gas. i saw videos where folks collapsed just from breathing that shit, i saw footage of guys with their hands up being shot with tennis ball sized chunks of hard rubber. at least 3 people died as a result of the police actions. they didnt care if you were peaceful or not, everyone was tear gassed.
of course no human likes to feel helpless like that, most men started to get angry and from 1 or 2 idiots chucking shit, it went to a good 10% tearing up paving stones to have amo against the heavily armoured black helmets.
i don't normally feel sympathy for rioters, but in this case i have some sympathy for them. they showed Macron that he is at their service, not the other way around. giving his wealthy elite friends a special tax cut and 2 weeks later adding 30% to fuel was just too much. he already lengthened the working week, increased the pension age, reduced pension payments, now he invents a so called ecco fuel tax just so he can pay for his rich mans tax cut. so yeah, no wonder the middle class decided to send a message. these are the people that never protest, they are too busy paying for everything with their sweat, but when you push too far, there is bound to be back lash. now he can kiss his fuel tax heist goodbye and probably his cushy job too.
i hate that when it happens.
anyway, the chemical weapons was meant, of course, as a bit of irony, but not purely, it is true that tear gas has been banned for use in war on opposing soldiers. but for some strange reason it's perfectly fine for western governments to shower their protesting citizens in the toxic stuff.
in the end it is a weapon and it is a chemical, so strictly speaking it is a chemical weapon and if we had seen those scenes in Russia or Iran, all the warmongering big mouths would be shouting about the abuse of human rights and attacking peaceful protesters.
when it happened in Syria they literally organized and financed an armed insurrection and the country has been in civil war ever since, with the west paying, arming and supporting the separatist and even terrorists.
when such protests happens in the US, or Britain, or France, everyone collectively shuts their eyes and says how it was the protesters fault finish. if it happens in Iran you can bet they would be singing a different tune.
but the worst of what i saw was the way the black helmets were collectively punishing the protesters, by trapping them and surrounding them , then firing tear gas and rubber shells into the mass of people for hours and hours, no one was allowed to leave, they were literally tortured with tear gas. apparently it want pepper spray either, it was full power hard core crowd control gas. i saw videos where folks collapsed just from breathing that shit, i saw footage of guys with their hands up being shot with tennis ball sized chunks of hard rubber. at least 3 people died as a result of the police actions. they didnt care if you were peaceful or not, everyone was tear gassed.
of course no human likes to feel helpless like that, most men started to get angry and from 1 or 2 idiots chucking shit, it went to a good 10% tearing up paving stones to have amo against the heavily armoured black helmets.
i don't normally feel sympathy for rioters, but in this case i have some sympathy for them. they showed Macron that he is at their service, not the other way around. giving his wealthy elite friends a special tax cut and 2 weeks later adding 30% to fuel was just too much. he already lengthened the working week, increased the pension age, reduced pension payments, now he invents a so called ecco fuel tax just so he can pay for his rich mans tax cut. so yeah, no wonder the middle class decided to send a message. these are the people that never protest, they are too busy paying for everything with their sweat, but when you push too far, there is bound to be back lash. now he can kiss his fuel tax heist goodbye and probably his cushy job too.
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