That a brilliant idea. You definitely won't get jumped by a dozen people like literally every mob or gang riot ever.
Self Preservation in the middle of a riot while wearing an employee uniform of the place being looted is, "Hey man, I'm just a working shmuck. I don't get paid enough for this. I'm out." That way you only have a minor chance of being robbed on your way out. If you attack someone, you're going to be jumped by the whole mob. No one's going to intervene if you get tied to the back of a pick-up truck and dragged to death after that.
No one involved in any of these riots has any real concept of aggression, and when faced with it would back down as quickly as their feet would carry them.
That's just not true. Of all the videos I've seen, even the few where Trump supporters have genuinely assaulted Antifa first, they don't run at the first sign of aggression. If they are by themselves and it is only one of them, then they will angrily slink off, and try to come back with friends. However, they are almost never alone. They will show up with anywhere between 3-7, and as their numbers increase, so does their aggression. Then when one person attempts to resist their intimidation, they all jump in.
In a looting, you're not just dealing with Antifa, but also genuine criminals, gang members, and thieves looking to make a score. You show them anything they don't like and they are all going to jump you because a) it's fun and you can't stop them, b) they'll kill you to destroy the evidence because your life means nothing to them.
When you have career criminals with gang affiliations are getting shot in the street, and the establishment power structure is prepared to defend the criminals, it's not going to be only Antifa that shows up. It's going to be other criminals who do understand violence and aggression, and are seizing an opportunity to go as far and as extreme as possible.
In Philly, there are now looters getting robbed after their looting. There have been shoot-outs between looters. If Elijah had been accosted by Antifa, they would have yelled at him, sprayed him with mace, thrown some stuff at him, maybe hit him, and been a genuine annoyance. Instead, his camera got spotted, he got told to turn it off, then he got immediately jumped by several people.
Antifa does not behave as you describe, and these thugs certainly do not.
did you forget what happened to the dude who tried to defend his business with a sword?
He came close to fucking dying.
He did not attempt to defend his business with a sword. He attempted to defend his business with fear of a sword, which is a very different proposition.
If he'd attempted to defend his business with the sword by using it, we'd know him as "that guy who disemboweled half a dozen rioters".
I'm wondering what is preferable at this point: getting beat half to death and becoming a meme or shooting someone who is trying to burn your bar down and being driven to suicide because you are white and right leaning.
I'm thinking that may have been a self preservation thing.
ChickFilA, Philly 2020: Would you like some help in looting, xir.
Roof Koreans, Commiefornia 1992: fires pistol at your general direction
When in doubt, seek rooftop access.
You know what else is 'a self-preservation thing' in the middle of a riot?
Anything sufficiently sharp or fast to cause serious permanent damage to the meat sacks we have to keep intact for our minds to survive..
That a brilliant idea. You definitely won't get jumped by a dozen people like literally every mob or gang riot ever.
Self Preservation in the middle of a riot while wearing an employee uniform of the place being looted is, "Hey man, I'm just a working shmuck. I don't get paid enough for this. I'm out." That way you only have a minor chance of being robbed on your way out. If you attack someone, you're going to be jumped by the whole mob. No one's going to intervene if you get tied to the back of a pick-up truck and dragged to death after that.
No one involved in any of these riots has any real concept of aggression, and when faced with it would back down as quickly as their feet would carry them.
That's just not true. Of all the videos I've seen, even the few where Trump supporters have genuinely assaulted Antifa first, they don't run at the first sign of aggression. If they are by themselves and it is only one of them, then they will angrily slink off, and try to come back with friends. However, they are almost never alone. They will show up with anywhere between 3-7, and as their numbers increase, so does their aggression. Then when one person attempts to resist their intimidation, they all jump in.
In a looting, you're not just dealing with Antifa, but also genuine criminals, gang members, and thieves looking to make a score. You show them anything they don't like and they are all going to jump you because a) it's fun and you can't stop them, b) they'll kill you to destroy the evidence because your life means nothing to them.
When you have career criminals with gang affiliations are getting shot in the street, and the establishment power structure is prepared to defend the criminals, it's not going to be only Antifa that shows up. It's going to be other criminals who do understand violence and aggression, and are seizing an opportunity to go as far and as extreme as possible.
In Philly, there are now looters getting robbed after their looting. There have been shoot-outs between looters. If Elijah had been accosted by Antifa, they would have yelled at him, sprayed him with mace, thrown some stuff at him, maybe hit him, and been a genuine annoyance. Instead, his camera got spotted, he got told to turn it off, then he got immediately jumped by several people.
Antifa does not behave as you describe, and these thugs certainly do not.
He did not attempt to defend his business with a sword. He attempted to defend his business with fear of a sword, which is a very different proposition.
If he'd attempted to defend his business with the sword by using it, we'd know him as "that guy who disemboweled half a dozen rioters".
I'm still amazed that guy lived.
I'm wondering what is preferable at this point: getting beat half to death and becoming a meme or shooting someone who is trying to burn your bar down and being driven to suicide because you are white and right leaning.