Nothing is acceptable about this. People can (and have) lost their eyes from it. It is an absolute travesty. But we should not make it sound like live fire for fear of making a bad situation worse.
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It doesn’t matter that they are only pepper balls - they are pointing weapons at journalist in the United States - this is not okay in any context
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It is absolutely not okay.
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Counterpoint: sensationalizing violence against white rich people is the preeminent driver of national empathy
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They are more than bad enough! There are dead protesters in Venezuela killed by these things.
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They are terrible! See my follow-up tweet. I am not downplaying the seriousness of firing pepper balls.
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The fact that nobody falls over dead makes that pretty clear, Maciej.
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Which you only know after the event
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