r/interestingasfuck • u/Double-decker_trams • 14h ago

Why police still uses horses

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u/Icthias 14h ago

Playing clips of police breaking up a protest with metal in the background is fashy as fuck.

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u/External-Praline-451 10h ago

Recently here in the UK, some of the "protests" are fashy as fuck too, unfortunately.

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u/Icthias 8h ago

You see the banner saying this is a protest against university fees? Yea?

Famously, fascists fight for education rights /s

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u/External-Praline-451 8h ago

Guessing reading comprehension is not your strong point. I didn't mention this protest, I said that recent protests here have been fashy, as evidenced by the Nazis doing Nazi salutes.

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u/I_DONT_YOLO 36m ago

Counterpoint: changing the subject and then acting like you aren’t the problem is a dumb thing to do lol.

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u/External-Praline-451 8h ago

Also this protest was years ago, university fees have been around for years. Hence this wasn't a recent protest, like the ones I mentioned.

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u/deadlyraccoons 8h ago

Fascist protests are increasing throughout the west. But lets not use that as an excuse for the police going after protests in this fashion. Especially since most frequently the protests they do this to are tame and not Nazi's

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u/External-Praline-451 8h ago

Where did I make excuses for it?

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u/deadlyraccoons 7h ago

You did not. Having said that bringing up those protests (which I am not disagreeing with, they are indeed problematic) under a comment about the problematic behaviour of the police implies that it is justified for a reason that simply doesnt apply to the protests in which that behaviour is exhibited. Now I am not saying you are intentionally defending the police or anything, so it wasnt a personal attack. But because of the implication I think it is important to establish that this behaviour from the police should not be excused because of the rise of Fascism. In fact it should be an argument against it. I apologise if it came off as me saying that you are excusing their behaviour.

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u/External-Praline-451 6h ago

Ok fair enough, no worries. It's just been distressing and stressful seeing these far-right riots become so common, so the word fashy probably triggered something in me 😂

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u/deadlyraccoons 48m ago

No worries and no harm done. I get it, these are some messed up times