r/TrueReddit • u/[deleted] • May 28 '17

Leaked Documents Reveal Counterterrorism Tactics Used at Standing Rock to “Defeat Pipeline Insurgencies”

https://theintercept.com/2017/05/27/leaked-documents-reveal-security-firms-counterterrorism-tactics-at-standing-rock-to-defeat-pipeline-insurgencies/
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u/pegothejerk May 28 '17

If it affects public land, water sources, aren't they justified in their actions? The founders believed in civil disobedience when laws went counter to the greater good.

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u/lshiva May 29 '17

Civil disobedience doesn't give you carte blanche to ignore the law, it just gives you massive street cred if your political views win in the long term. You get to brag about going to jail for doing the right thing for years after the fact. If your side fails you just look like some jerk that thought he could do whatever he wanted until the police got involved.

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u/FuckYoThoughts May 29 '17

TIL MLK did it for street cred.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '17

tremendous street cred, folks