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How many Waymos can be burned before the protests become riots. I agree that 1 burning Waymo is probably not worthy of a national guard deployment, but unsure above that

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Zero. As soon as you start destroying stuff that isn't yours, it's no longer a peaceful protest.

There's really only 2 sides to the issue. You either accept mostly peaceful protests with some violence, whatever the cause may be, and trust local law enforcement and civilians to self-regulate. Or you are support authoritarianism and demand the federal government deploy the military against American citizens the first time someone throws a rock at a car.

No, I don't accept "some violence".

And if you disagree, we can play it out. I will slap you in the face, till you agree with me. And if you stop me before, you're a fascist.

I reject this framing and I welcome Federal agents, Federalized Guard units, and the USMC into LA and California at large to clear out all illegal immigrants.

I would support them doing this with 100% peaceful protests and even with no protests at all.

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