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Originally Posted by willravel
Being possibly gassed and beaten vs. being possibly shot and blown up? Clearly parts of WW2 were worse, but honestly it's an unfair comparison. A better comparison might be to other protests around the world. From places like France where your protest is massive and the police can't do shit to places like China where violent protests are staged by an oppressive, fascist government.
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The question is use of force in dealing with our own citizens. Really it doesn't matter what France or China does but what we do to our own. In terms of that, the Civil War was the worst without question. Shot, blown up, executed, starved, burned out, lands and properties seized.