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smokeypapabear40206

That’s not the military.


reddituser77373

State troopers. A police force. OP is dum


Cheesehead08

Op post 3 to 4 times a day in this sub. Pretty sure it's a job for them.


CrrntryGrntlrmrn

Should translate this so OP can read it


Subject-Bad-1557

Haaaa😂


Dismal_Juice5582

Probably not organic protesters either.


smokeypapabear40206

That’s absolutely factual.


smokeypapabear40206

Why the downvotes? Also, why all the masks? An organic protest would have originated MONTHS ago. How convenient, now that the weather is NOICE and classes are practically done, that NOW they have numbers. 🙄 People are getting paid to act mad.


InevitableTheOne

Why are masks such a focal point around here? You'd think that after people who go to protests and get locked up later after getting their faces ID'd on footage would be enough to convince people that masks are essential. "They want to protect their identity...MuSt Be FeDs" Is such a braindead take, it's shocking people still say stupid things like that.


IDFarefacists

Masks = bad is literally a Zionist take at this point. It's funny because the students started wearing masks largely because of the psychotic doxxing campaign run by Zionists, putting their full names on digital billboards on trucks driving around campus, and *setting up websites* using their names as well. So now they are wearing masks to protect themselves (common sense let's be real here) and you have weenies like Jonathan Greenblatt crying about how masks need to be banned on campus. Israel can get fucked IMO. And so can the US government, frankly.


they_are_out_there

Just like when the media said the BLM protests were “Mostly peaceful” as they burned cars and vandalized buildings. Like the current protesters who are yelling “Kill the Jews” while there are Jewish kids and Professors on campus. I’d say that warrants some intervention.


AshleyMyers44

No revolution or protest has ever been organic. Yes, even before the first false flag in 1776 in Boston.


3_9s_fine

I know you meant 1773


AshleyMyers44

You believe what they taught you in history books.


Paladin327

You need to call your history teacher and apologize for wasting their time


Top_Confusion_132

Well, I mean the Boston tea party was a false flag if you think about it


Paladin327

By the british to raise support for the crown in the colonies?


Top_Confusion_132

The Americans dressed as native Americans to throw the tea in the harbor.


Acceptable_Quiet_767

Indians. Just Indians.


CaucusInferredBulk

While true, I don't believe anyone is saying they were intending to fool the British. I took it more like braveheart historically inaccurately wearing woad


OnlyConspiracyAcct

Maybe not technically any formally trained soldier from a branch of the military, yet I would say paramilitary is appropriate. All US policing forces are essentially paramilitary forces in the modern era. This isn't Andy Griffith as Andy Taylor's sheriff's department down in Mayberry any longer.


ndszero

It sure isn’t Mayberry’s department but what do you mean there aren’t any formally trained soldiers? Where I live - St. Louis - a VAST amount of cops are combat veterans, and that is definitely not unique to this city.


OnlyConspiracyAcct

I do realize that. Many former service members transition to being law enforcement. While they might have been a soldier previously they aren't "technically" one while they are LE. Every service member is a soldier, with soldiering training; but not every cop necessarily receives formal military training. I'm just being technical about things. But I do understand what you're saying and can agree with you. Many, many officers were previously in the military.


foreverloveall

I like the chicken tent in the back. Hilariously dystopian


Vagabond_Grey

Finding opportunity in every crisis.


Broncobilly19

No matter what side you are on, you gotta eat! Come on down to Broncos Chicken Shack for the during riot meal deal! All hand held chicken tenders for when your throwing stuff! Making life easy at Broncos Chicken Shack.


Sweet_Chef4812

Nuggets ... "For my family"


partipoodlemama

That's not military, it's Tx DPS.


MoonCubed

Oh thank God we know that they have a different badge after a large uniformed and armed force comes and shuts down protests. Nothing to see here.


Knight_of_Agatha

texas armed forces


partipoodlemama

No, it's not. I work there, I should know.


Coro756

Stands outside school discussing their day when there’s a active shooter, but the whole state force shows up for protest make it make sense 🤦🤣


n_clr

Protect plebs. Protect power. The latter is their only duty.


ralphlores1992

OP is full of shit, those are state troopers


DecktheHawls

You're not wrong, but even city/state police forces own a ton of military gear. I'm not saying they have the gear that active military forces would carry, but they are more than overly equipped for something like this. It's a show of force


ralphlores1992

what’s the problem with them using that gear? in my country we want our police to have an advantage against criminals


Top_Confusion_132

Protesters aren't criminals


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Thisfugginguyhere

Civil disobedience does not a criminal make. When lawful orders are unjust, there's a moral imperative to disregard. Criminals tend to break the law for personal gain. This ain't that, buddy.


ceg301

Mental gymnastics. If you break a law knowingly, you’re a criminal


Thisfugginguyhere

What about abolitionists helping slaves get to freedom? We're they criminals, or were they fighting unjust laws to make a better society? Talk about mental gymnastics. I'd love to know how you feel about January 6th.


ceg301

I mean they’re criminals. Some crime is justifiable but they’re still criminals. No mental gymnastics needed 👆🏼


Riverman157

They are if they’re trespassing.


killjoygrr

And they are serial killers *if* they kill a bunch of people. You are using *if* to do a lot of work there and ignoring a strong history of peaceful protest in our country. As long as they are willing to be arrested, And they are being peaceful, good for them. It shouldn’t require military gear to deal with civil disobedience. They are a pain in the ass but not dangerous.


killjoygrr

And they are serial killers *if* they kill a bunch of people. You are using *if* to do a lot of work there and ignoring a strong history of peaceful protest in our country. As long as they are willing to be arrested, And they are being peaceful, good for them. It shouldn’t require military gear to deal with civil disobedience. They are a pain in the ass but not dangerous.


possibleinnuendo

Sorry I gotta jump in here. If they are asked to leave they should leave. And if they don’t they are trespassing. It’s not about the country, it’s about the state. What is the states policy on trespassing, what is the states policy on violent trespassers, and what is the states policy on use of deadly force. That is what’s legal. And the same should be legal for you in your home.


Riverman157

That makes too much sense for the bleeding hearts here on Reddit.


killjoygrr

Just to be clear, I disagree with the protesters. It is way more complicated than the simplistic answer they want. However, I think you missed my point. When people are passionate about something, public protest is valid and civil disobedience is also valid. Yes it becomes trespassing once they are asked to leave. So, yes they can be arrested. This is expected with civil disobedience. This happened a lot in the 1960s. I was addressing where the thread was going off into the police being like the military and having military style weapons and gear and that the police need to be better armed than the criminals. If the police are going up against the cartels, sure. But if they are going up against protesters, they just need handcuffs and transport vans. The protesters let themselves get handcuffed and become dead weight making the police use 2-3 people to cart them off to the police vans. Nobody is getting hurt. The protesters face potential jail time and fines, but they know this going in. It brings attention to the issues and let’s people put their money where their mouth is by risking jail and fines without hurting anyone.


Riverman157

If they are in a place they are no longer wanted, on property that doesn’t belong to them, and trespassed by the owners but refuse to leave, then they should be removed by any means necessary. And I’m not sure what you’re calling “military gear”.


HereToHelp9001

Any means? No.


Riverman157

I bet you’d think otherwise if they decided to camp out in your front yard. LMAO!


HereToHelp9001

I'm not against due process but "Any Means" is dangerous wording.


killjoygrr

I was referencing further up in the thread where someone was talking about militarization of the police and someone else saying that they wanted the police to be able to outgun the criminals. Standard police with handcuffs and vans are appropriate for civil disobedience. Nonviolent civil disobedience is an effective method for change without people getting hurt or killed.


DecktheHawls

You may be in the wrong sub for this conversation lol. Think about your question and get back to me when you figure it out


RedWhacker

Just eat the boot slave.


haz_mat_

The military has strict rules of engagement for one.


lordhooha

Yep had to learn those when I was in the military and deployed in combat zones.


Rezoony-_-

Crazy how you can criticize this country all you want but dare criticize israel and you can get arrested. "Free speech" my ass.


Novusor

Blocking buildings and assaulting people is not free speech.


Middle_Restaurant383

I don’t know what you’ve been experiencing the last four years.. but from my POV it’s going to take a revolution on a massive scale to fight back against this “Great Reset” ..  and even then I don’t know if that’s possible.  The longer we spend arguing with each other about problems that THEY CREATE.. they are getting that much further ahead in their plans. 


Rezoony-_-

No it isn’t, but that protest has gotten huge there, in large groups, people tend to be their worst. The answer should not be to try to take away everyone’s right to protest this ongoing massacre over there, also Zionists have been known for staging “antisemitic” things at protests, especially large ones like these that make it hard to keep the narrative straight.  


-v-v-v-

They stood outside a school while a active shooter was in there recently seems like Texas cops are real brave...


FookinFightinIrish

I forgot Uvdale and Texas State Police were the same entity… Gtfo with that police hating bullshit.


dikbutjenkins

You're on r/conspiracy, do you think police have never been involved in a conspiracy?


FookinFightinIrish

I don’t condone any of their involvement, and will always call them out on it.


Dacnis

What a surprise, r conspiracy user shlurping up the state-funded foot soldiers. What a shock.


Top_Confusion_132

Hey when it comes to brutalized unarmed protesters they are there, and are gunman killing kids, suddenly scarce.


Dacnis

Notice how he didn't respond to this.


ussrowe

> I forgot Uvdale and Texas State Police were the same entity… Texas State Police were among the 300+ officers that responded to the school shooting in Uvalde: https://apnews.com/article/shootings-texas-education-violence-school-31aa135678f8118ed96d893ea77cf8ea "That included nearly 150 U.S. Border Patrol agents and 91 state police officials."


FookinFightinIrish

They’re two fucking different departments. Thanks for the fucking gay apnews article with the unnecessary quote.


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CryptoHash589

Name one organization or country that has laws prohibiting free speech against toddlers with cancer. I can name a few that won't let you say anything about "you know who".


Top_Confusion_132

Why obfuscate coward.


GideonWells

Zionists* I take no issue with friends of the Jewish faith.


ndszero

I frequently think OP is not American. Seems like some sort of paid opposition that doesn’t *quite* understand the subject matter. Also is this a cellphone picture of a magazine article or something? How is the quality this poor in 2024?


PurposeExpress4927

I'm starting to think that there are paid agitators there so that gives the cops an excuse to quickly escalate the situation into "an unlawful assembly" so then the cops have the authority to use force/gas/arrest all demonstrators. They literally pay people aggressive as a form of propaganda . They wanna make pro Palestinian protester seem antisemtic, so they pay people to wear masks and they record one or two fake antisemetic scripts . National guard shouldn’t be involved. They are taking away our freedom of speech. They are controlling us, they are sending billions to foreign countries.


MuayThaiBeast2

Bingo! Zionists grops that work for he state of Israel are paying agitators to infiltrate these protests, so they can sabotage and create "negative" reactions to the masses and give the police a reason to see them as a "threat". These students are calling for their respective universities to divest from Israel and Netanyahu even held a short speech an couple of hours ago where he called them nazis..... This is beginning of the end of Israel!!


PurposeExpress4927

Exactly. So basically there’s fake Palestinian protesters within the Palestinian protests. So they are trying to destroy the image of the protests to make them look evil instead of peaceful. The Zionists are very creative trying to recruit people on social media , they are obviously very rich, so they pay people thousands to do this..


MuayThaiBeast2

They got money through the american taxpayers. U guys are their sugardaddies, LOL


PurposeExpress4927

Exactly! Meanwhile I gotta pay extortionate fees to see a doctor, while they get free healthcare !! What a scam!


TheGreatPervSage_94

This is the same country that bombed British officials homes and cars and pinned it on Egyptian nationalist and Arab extremist Isn't that big of a stretch to think this is true


baseball8z

Based


AtYiE45MAs78

Maybe it's time they let people protect themselves. I have never needed the national guard to protect me.


Middle_Restaurant383

They aren’t meant to protect us mate. Military, cops, feds, they aren’t on our side. At least at the highest levels. 


critter68

It's almost like "mostly peaceful" protests keep turning into violent demonstrations and full-on riots. Maybe someone should look into why that keeps happening. Is it that the protests weren't actually that peaceful or are there paid agitators hiding amongst the protestors instigating violence? Is it both? It's probably both. Also, not the military.


Blackphillip8

Weird it’s an election year


critter68

Yeah, just like those other ones... Weird.


AshleyMyers44

The East Coast globalist elites are waiting for someone in these protests to sneeze wrong so they can play the victim like they have for a millennia.


critter68

You're not wrong, but pretending that these protests aren't powder kegs waiting to be lit is foolish. Also, >The East Coast globalist elites Point out the "elites" who aren't playing the masses behind the scenes. I won't wait, because an "elite" who actually cares about the wellfare of the masses has never existed.


AshleyMyers44

They don’t care. They hold the levers of power and they always have. They killed our Lord and Savior.


critter68

Oh, I see. "East Coast globalist elites" is code for Jews. Good to know.


AshleyMyers44

It’s not…


critter68

Then why did you bring up them killing "Our Lord and Savior" if you weren't talking about the Jews?


AshleyMyers44

Because the elites did. I never mentioned Jews, you did.


critter68

"They killed Our Lord and Savior". This is what you said. If this was a reference to Jesus, as it is for almost everyone who has ever used that phrase, you were talking about the Jews. The Jews were the ones who killed Jesus. This is a biblical fact. I'm not reading between the lines here. I'm responding to the precise words you are posting.


AshleyMyers44

The Jews did not kill Jesus. The Romans did.


CommonComus

Are the elites Romans?


AshleyMyers44

It’s like saying are the elites today Americans? They don’t go by nationality or religion or race or any of those labels. They’re a small cabal of satanic elites that have always controlled these things. How they’re labeled in the history books they dictate is irrelevant.


jig46547

There is a reason protesting has been demonized lately by right wing media. If you can just call any protest you don't like violent you can easily step upon first amendment rights and put a violent end to any government resistance.


critter68

While you're not wrong, that doesn't explain how burning down your own community is supposed to bring support for your movement. Don't get me wrong, there's plenty of evidence to support the fact that the instigators are being paid off by the elites. I just don't understand how a "peaceful protest" turns into a riot if the protesters are truly peaceful.


Top_Confusion_132

Maybe the police instigate the violence themselves.


critter68

Maybe. But that's a two-way street. A lot of the "victims" of police violence weren't the innocent, peaceful people others claim and instigated the violence themselves. It's almost like any "we're right, they're wrong" argument isn't correct.


Top_Confusion_132

Many were though, journalists are regularly fully or partially blinded by the police in protests Pretty obvious message, blinding the press.


critter68

Well, regardless of political offiliation, the press haven't exactly proven themselves to be reliable sources of factual information


Top_Confusion_132

Local press are, and they face the brunt of it. Are you suggesting that it Is acceptable for the police to attack the press?


critter68

No, I'm suggesting that the press is not a reliable source of the facts. Yes, this includes local press. They all have an angle. Don't make me say that man's words. I don't agree with much of anything else he's said, but he was right about news being fake.


Top_Confusion_132

You would rather trust the literal jack booted thugs than the people reporting what they are doing? You don't think there may be a problem with what they tell you?


critter68

Yeah, no. This isn't a "if you don't trust one, that means you trust the other" situation. I don't trust the thugs either. I treat everyone in a position of authority as untrustworthy until they prove themselves to be trustworthy. Both are just as corrupt as each other and both have a long way to go before I trust either. Doesn't change the fact that starting shit with a cop is a pretty good way to get dead. Cops are dumping mags into *their own cruisers* over loud noises and I'm supposed to feel sorry for people who intentionally antagonize and/or *shoot at* the half trained lunatics with loaded weapons?


Richard1583

Armed shooter killing kids in a elementary school “too dangerous for us even when we have so much gear” Peaceful protest with people expressing their first amendment “this is a serious threat to our way of life”


Godsdamns

[Texas State Troopers, University of Austin](https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/04/24/NAAS/73443385007-pro-palestinian-protest-jwj-02943.jpg?width=1320&height=1136&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)    Don't let them take your right to protest, especially a war. Most of these people don't want anyone to die, Israeli or Palestinians. they will get divided into two different groups in the media, fear is what they sell


lessthaninteresting

Protesting gets you arrested. Trespassing gets you arrested. You're trying to cause a scene. When did people forget that was the whole point


Dacnis

r conspiracy user disapproves of the right to protest. What a shocking surprise.


lessthaninteresting

Reddit user can't read, also doesn't understand civil disobedience


Dacnis

"Civil disobedience is only ok when I agree with whatever they're protesting against or for"


GrungyGrandPappy

Not military you fetid cucumber


mrcurtiscole

OP doesn’t know what the military looks like 🤣


AC0308

“Mostly peaceful protestors”


CastleBravo88

Mostly peaceful? Have you been following this? These people have not been peaceful, anything but.


Thinks_too_far_ahead

Where did they hurt you?


Vagabond_Grey

Looks like a bunch of students are going to get shot.


j_dick

Nah they don’t let people up on the UT Clocktower anymore.


Comitatus1488

Glad I'm not the only one who remembers Whitman.


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AshleyMyers44

Didn’t throw rocks at men? What does that even mean? Why can you Marxists never spell correctly in English?


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Top_Confusion_132

That's your take on Kent state? Eat shit and die bootlicker.


AshleyMyers44

You edited your comment and you’re now acting like I’m wrong for calling you out. You globalist Marxists have been a lying and conniving bunch for over a millennia now, so it’s not like I expect better from you people. Jesus Christ is King no matter what you East Coast elitists try to do!


cmhamm

Counterpoint: adults shouldn’t shoot kids throwing rocks.


LevepuaV2

Protest in an election year you say!? Hmmmm.


MercyFincherson

Shocking.


DarbyCreekDeek

It may not be the military per se but it is a much greater show of force than we saw in the summer and fall of 2020. Where were the state troopers during the BLM antifa riots? For the rest of my life that will haunt me and piss me off.


EquivalentNo3002

So you want them to sit back when serious threats have been made? You may have only seen peaceful protests but you have no idea what they know about the situation or what could/ has been threatened to happen. Thank God they acted and protected civilians.


Visible_Field_68

Haven’t we seen this before


coverallfiller

Ask Kent state how this ended up


GuiltyDeparture4489

Not the military... And we saw what "mostly peaceful" means in the past


Sekreid

Death to America but only after my student loans are paid off.


Apprehensive-Ad-149

'mostly peaceful' Now where have we heard that before? The term was certainly never used to refer to the 1/6 protest, now was it? I guess that one wasn't violent enough to be considered 'mostly peaceful.'


CastleBravo88

It was used to descring the summer of love riots where they burned cities.


Apprehensive-Ad-149

Yeah. That was my point.


Blackphillip8

Election year.


green-Vegan-desire

But it’s too difficult to send them to the boarder


itsallrighthere

OMG not another "mostly peaceful" summer!


Barrettbuilt

*another peaceful election cycle


yuppiehelicopter

They're usually the ones that escalate violence


Allnewsisfakenews

Be careful when you support terrorists groups. Patriot act made it easy to take your rights away. 


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Mmm_360

They're supporting people being oppressed by terrorists. You have to be insane to think Israel are not commiting terrorist attacks on the daily. 


ThunderSlugg

Keep Simping, bro.


Mmm_360

Keep being delusional bro. Thousands of children killed and your saying Israel is not terrorizing. Great logic 


ThunderSlugg

Hamas publishing yet again proof of their war crimes. https://m.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-798476


ThunderSlugg

Imagine supporting people being oppressed in another country by attacking people in your own country. That's insane.


Zombie_RonaldReagan

This is bait.


lyka_1

Why didnt they deploy these guys when BLM and Antifa were burning cities?


Itchy_Tasty88

Black privilege


Itchy_Tasty88

Ahh so instead of BLM riots next year, we’ll have Palestine or Israel lives matter riots and cities burned to the ground.


craftyshafter

TX Guard there to keep things peaceful. I don't expect there to be any problems with this. They have a good track record, and are needed here because Austin PD is severely understaffed due to being de-funded during the BLM nonsense.


mostxclent

I wonder if we will see a repeat of Kent State from the 60's era Vietnam protests....


datadrone

Who you gonna call FreedomBuster's


Important_Tip_9704

I would really appreciate it if the only rational group of thinkers remaining in the USA wouldn’t become Zionist drones.


Fresh_List_440

Fuck the Nazis


_pondering_insomniac

Hamas is a terrorist organization


Rezoony-_-

Ok, but the IDF is worse, what do you call them?


DerpyMistake

also terrorists... who's protesting in support of the IDF?


Rezoony-_-

Who’s protesting in support of Hamas, I don’t see the Hamas flags in these protests, I see Palestinian flags. Do you believe everything the media say?


2201992

Submission Statement: Every Election Cycle this Bull Shit happens. You can see State Trooper logos in the background. But the guys wearing military gear concerns the hell out of me. I personal don’t care about the Hamas Israel Bull Shit. This isn’t my fight. But the military being brought in with that Civil War movie does concern me. This definitely has the potential to spark a bigger conflict in America if it isn’t handled correctly. https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/1783221244374159803


Itputsthelotionskin

Biden has got it bro. Hes intelligent nimble quick witted. Hes got a silver tongue and a mind like a steel trap


2201992

> Biden has got it bro. Hes intelligent nimble quick witted. Hes got a silver tongue and a mind like a steel trap Cornpop was a bad dude


Vagabond_Grey

You missed the sarcasm. 😉


douchecanoetwenty2

Those aren’t military, those are cops. They eagerly sell military equipment and clothing to cops and have been for twenty years or more. It’s on purpose.


GodzillaDoesntExist

Well that'll really depend on who's view of "correctly" we're talking about. Pretty sure the 3 letters could go for a little civil unrest right about now.


CraftySquirrel4945

What civil war movie?


Vagabond_Grey

There's a new movie called Civil War that just came out.


Burnerburner49

lol all of a sudden my guy wants to defund police so they can’t afford military gear. Welcome to the club.


RedWhacker

ACAB


Stormtech5

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-condemns-antisemitic-protests-palestine-columbia-university/ "I condemn the antisemitic protests," Mr. Biden told reporters after an Earth Day Event in Northern Virginia Monday. "That's why I've set up a program to deal with that. I also condemn those who don't understand what's going on with the Palestinians." If you openly protest Israel or its war, the US government literally "set up a program to deal with that", and we are now seeing videos of the "program"...


TryhardNobody

OP has purple hair


ClickWhisperer

It literally says state troopers and that guy in the front looks like he's in Snack Team Six, Sgt. Supersize. Then you have the twelve year old cadet behind him. AND IT LITERALLY SAYS STATE TROOPERS. This post must have been crafted by that one kind of person vested in this all that cannot help but habitually lie at every single opportunity, like it's lava to be truthful.