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Ah. I am deeply sorry for offending you. Here, let me try that again:


If you and your friends try really hard and paint really cool logos on your paintball jackets, then:

1. The Supreme Court will immediately get rid of qualified immunity
2. But that won't matter because every cop on the planet will suddenly stop being racist and will acknowledge that the entire concept of a police force is rooted in racism and oppression
3. And all the white supremacists and hateful people in the world will throw down their arms
4. And then the military will go against orders and decide to ally with you. Because there is nothing the us military cares about more than the safety of civilians and the sanctity of human rights.

All because you look cool and succeeded at your quick time event when you were trying to get the little kid across the highway or whatever nonsense.

It is not "kowtowing" to acknowledge reality. If push comes to shove? There is a decision to be made on whether shoving back is the right thing to do. For legal reasons, I won't give my opinions on that. 

But it isn't a winning strategy. Yes, violence was a fundamental part of the Civil Rights Movement (regardless of what "Black History Month" teaches). and republicans have learned from this. There is no longer any opportunity for people to unite and decide when violence will make a difference because cops are immediately firing pepper spray and "rubber bullets" at them and leaving maimed bodies in the street. And then white supremacists walk up to mop people up with their assault rifles. And if you fight back? The cops unload on you so that they can protect the good old boys.

But hey, I would hate to make you feel bad. So you keep on living in your fantasy where Patrick Swayze will grab you by the hand and lead you in a revolution (also, pretty much everyone dies without having accomplished much beyond getting their families executed in that movie. Just saying)
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