

I mean, if they can expect to be treated like a terrorist, they might as well act like it if the repercussions for notacting like it are the same.
I’ve personally had several of my friends say this same thing about how they’d react if ICE ever tried to nab them off the street. Basically “if I’m going to get abducted by the secret police, I might as well make them kill me in the street instead of doing it in a hidden cell. At least then someone might get some cellphone footage to send to the news.” All of them are packing heat 24/7 now.
We’re quickly approaching the soft start of a civil war, if things continue at their current trajectory. And all of the MAGA 2A “fuck yeah let’s do it” people have never had to face the reality of war or the omnipresent threat of guerrilla tactics.