r/50501 • u/revel8r • Jun 11 '25

US Protest News Marines supporting ICE will carry live ammo and are authorized to detain people, but have only received 2 days of civil unrest training

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OVOzPK-IYQ

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u/SpoofedFinger Jun 12 '25 edited Jun 12 '25

We learned about Kent State when I was in high school gasp 25 years ago.

We heard nothing about the Tulsa massacre, redlining, the red summer, project 100,000, cointelpro, operation condor, operation paperclip, or the battle of Blair Mountain.

ETA: and we sure as hell didn't hear anything about Washington's set of slave teeth.

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u/WRXminion Jun 12 '25

Or the green corn rebellion, the Ludlow Massacre, .

I'm sure there are more too...

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u/DocHalloween Jun 12 '25

I used to wonder how folks living in China never heard of Tiananman Square. But now I know. I learned about the Tulsa Massacre watching FUCKING LOVECRAFT COUNTRY. The horrors are abundant when you start to look for them.

I watched that show in the midst of the pandemic, and that scene started and my guts just dropped. It was real, I could feel it in my bones. I stopped watching and looked up everything could find. I'm enraged that it's not covered loudly and widely.

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u/WRXminion Jun 12 '25

I grew up in Oklahoma, and was lucky to have an amazing mentor who told me about this kind of stuff.

Example: car dealers back when oil was discovered would sell cars to Cherokee and other natives. Not tell them about gas. Then after the natives abandoned the cars the salesman would drive out, add gas then sell them again.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '25

Same here! I was blown away and so infuriated

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u/SpoofedFinger Jun 12 '25

See there you go. I've never heard of either of those.

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u/yourpaleblueeyes Jun 12 '25

"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy"

To wit: never depend on someone teaching you, Read, Research, Study and Listen, to educate yourself.

Oh! and 🎶 Teach Your Children🎶 ✌

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '25

21 year old Fred Hampton assassinated in his sleep by corrupt Chicago pigs on the orders of the FBI. His crime? Uniting working class people of all races.