Right now, I sure as hell wouldn't count on any soldier below the rank of general carrying out orders to bust American heads and I wouldn't even count on the generals issuing those orders downwards. I think our military will still beat in foreign heads when commanded, but with the number of recently mustered out vets becoming political active, I don't think there's a whole lot of support for the man in the office. I damned sure wouldn't put National Guard units to a test of loyalty like this. This is of course if I were wannabe tin-pot dictator. I would've also commissioned a party based militia way back in 2000 that was loyal to the party and not the state just for this kind of contingency.
I don't know how much cops like to beat heads and how much they just get so frustrated they come to beat heads. Depends on the department I suppose. The feeling I've always gotten about the way cops deal badly with protestors is that they are used to dealing with disorganized criminal idiots. Criminals usually have the IQ of an ashtray and do stupid things. Cops know how to deal with stupid and impulsive. I don't think they know how to deal with smarter than stupid and organized. I honestly think they kind of freak and panic. A guy with nothing in his hands and no training runs away. The dude with a baton or gun and his hands falls back on his training in how to use those things.
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Date: 2006-10-28 02:59 am (UTC)I don't know how much cops like to beat heads and how much they just get so frustrated they come to beat heads. Depends on the department I suppose. The feeling I've always gotten about the way cops deal badly with protestors is that they are used to dealing with disorganized criminal idiots. Criminals usually have the IQ of an ashtray and do stupid things. Cops know how to deal with stupid and impulsive. I don't think they know how to deal with smarter than stupid and organized. I honestly think they kind of freak and panic. A guy with nothing in his hands and no training runs away. The dude with a baton or gun and his hands falls back on his training in how to use those things.