• Flying Squid
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    Did you see the other pictures I posted? Do they look like guys walking around with rifles securing things?

    I went to IU. I grew up in Bloomington. They don’t normally put snipers on rooftops.

    • Cethin
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      37 months ago

      If you mean the dude in green with the suppressed rifle, actually exactly. Those are the guys who were at my university for those events I mentioned. I don’t recall snipers during those though. That’s the abnormal part, but yeah that’s expected at large gatherings. They’re at large football games if you know where to look, for example, which isn’t because they don’t like football fans.

      They aren’t the ones you should be afraid of. They aren’t just going to start shooting people, but the guys with riot shields very well may just start beating you, and the guys with the paintball gun looking weapons very well may start shooting you, even though there’s supposed to shoot at the ground.

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        The part I am specifically talking about is the abnormal part?

        Gosh, wonder why I brought it up?

        Also, the other pictures are of cops reacting violently to protesters, so I’m not sure why you’re acting like that always happens when I showed with a simple photo that it doesn’t.

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          The protests are abnormal. That’s why there’s an abnormal presence. Seriously. Those guys aren’t going to hurt anyone unless someone brings a gun, in which case they’re almost certainly only going to hurt that person with the gun. They’re fine and expected.

          Also, the other pictures are of cops reacting violently to protesters, so I’m not sure why you’re acting like that always happens when I showed with a simple photo that it doesn’t.

          Yes, and none of the ones acting violently have rifles, at least not what we usually call rifles. The paintball guns may be rifled. Idk. The ones being violent mostly all have riot shields. They’re the ones who are there to be violent. They’re the ones people need to pay attention to.

          Again, it’s abnormal to see snipers at the campus but it is perfectly normal to see them at a large gathering of people, especially one that’s politically and emotionally charged. You want those cops there because they will only protect people against a shooter. The guys with shields, pepper spray, and the paintball guns should fuck off, or stand between protesters and counter-protesters at most.

          • Flying Squid
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            37 months ago

            Campus protests are in no way abnormal. Again, I showed a photo to prove that this is different from how they have treated protesters in the past.

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      I like how you actually went to the university in question and you still get downvoted and told “nah, that’s normal”. That guy in green is only barely distinguishable from a soldier in a warzone. How many spare magazines of ammo does he have in his kit?