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I just played this mission in Assassins Creed 3 ! you see, it was actually the templars firing the first shot! who knew.

but thats white people killing white that doesn't count, Its a good thing to leftists.

Love it. The Riot Dogs - gotta be a band.

Riot dog! According to wiki: A riot dog is a stray dog that accompanies street protesters. The term originated during the 2008 Greek riots when a number of stray dogs remained among the protesters even when violent rioting broke out. Famous riot dogs: Loukanikos and Negro Matapacos.

Sorry haha, founding propaganda fascinates me.

Oh cool I didn't know that! One thing my fave historical fantasy romance series introduced me to was the Regulator Movement in NC prior to the successful revolution...been meaning to dig into that one in my spare, erm, time. Though my TBR pile is rather large ATM...

Did your research show that it played out as John Adams argues in their defense? Or that the soldiers unjustly fired on the crowd? This isn't a gotcha question. I'm genuinely curious.

You are sick

They actually did instigate the violence.

Well they apparently brought a vicious dog

notice, of course, who has the guns. Kent State's predecessor. Or one of them...

This Picture is not a true representation: One of the leaders and 1st Killed was Crispus Attucks:Of Black and Native American Heritage: bsky.app/profile/ogre...

Peaceful protest has never and will never accomplish everything.

These things take time. The Revolutionary War ended in 1783. I hope we are ready for a long struggle.

You're missing the fireworks, the thrown rocks, and the molivof cocktails.

In this case they did actually instigate the violence

Insurrectionists who interfered with the lawful duties of peace officers.

He was making clear the blue coats were the cool people because the dog was on their side. Simple and effective. My shih tzu would be of limited use in war time but he’d certainly want to bark at the enemy.

And a reporter with her back To the policeman gets a rubber bullet shot at her lower leg while covering the protesters. I Somebody help me finish this paragraph please

Okay Okay, I deserved that. Giggles.

Use this modern times America 🇺🇸 I'm Brit-lineage sooooo f o c u s ok 👌 fight the real enemies!

Lot of complexity on how this started.

I find the parallels very interesting. bsky.app/profile/b9cc...

No question.

Let's not forget another part to this story. John Adams defended these soldiers at their trial, because he believed in due process.

Coming to a neighborhood near you soon.

Just to clarify, there have been grass/brush fires started by ICE devices thrown at protesters. I am not suggesting ICE started the car fires. That said, I certainly think they are absolutely capable of arranging such fuckery.

#Gaslighting

Maybe! It's credible enough for Boston to mention it. So. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Adams defended most of the grenadiers by convincing the jury that the grenadiers were in real danger -asking the jury what they'd do if threatened by a "Molatto man" with a stick. The other victims were wrong for being there with him. Sam Adams called him (Attucks) "the first to die for liberty."

This was a question on Jeopardy tonight. The protesters threw snowballs, the Redcoats returned deadly fire. Five people were killed.

Time for a Tea Party.

Just shows that fake propaganda was around back then ..but I get your parallel

Yep ..

I prayed to God there will be no civil war of any kind. I prayed hoping our country's Democracy will survive with a lot of bruises all over 😩

More accurate to say 3rd Civil War (the Revolutionary War is technically a Civil War). Yes America, you scary!

Schools tend to glaze over that the colonists were lobbing “yellow snowballs” full of rocks at the redcoats before they were fired on. It wasn’t a random act of violence, because tyranny doesn’t kill by burning you alive, it slow cooks you, and tells you you’re in a warm bath until it’s too late.

They were defended by John Adams. And they were acquitted

Except in this case the British soldiers in Boston weren't actually doing anything. They weren't going door to door arresting people at random and deporting them, and the whole thing was instigated by a wigmaker's apprentice accusing an officer of refusing to pay a bill due to his master.

I got too cocky it’s my fault. Well done

You seriously posted a cropped version without Crispus Attacks?

Wasn't that one about tariffs?

Sorry to be pernickity but o don’t think protesters instigate

Looks familiar

Are you still in the past ?now we have new lows,we can protest peacefully,and the last administration, this president, tell the forces, shots on the legs to protesters,you can found in Google,THE INTERNET DON'T PUNISH

Also, colonists also hurtled sharp-edged oyster shells at the Regulars. Not a pleasant experience, and certainly not one that convinced the soldiers that they would not die at the hands of an angry mob.

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They did instigate violence but that's not the relevant part here, the relevant part here is that they were totally in the right to instigate violence against the authorities that be

Love that brave dog standing up to the scummy redcoats 🐶

Who can forget that time John Lewis attacked the policeman’s billy club with his head on Edmund Pettus bridge.

The importance of due process...the British soldiers involved were given their day in court, defended by John Adams.

They were protesting the quartering of British troops in Boston. The more things change ...

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Well they were throwing shit at the garrison

Trump is going to ban that book as well. You’ll only have The Art of the Deal left to read.

Though there was a trial, not one of those British soldiers (read: cops) went to jail.

Every aspect of your position is illegitimate.

Really? Those people chose to withdraw from that citizenship binding and fought for independence. Is that what these L.A. fuckers are doing? Because that shit works for me!!!

aw still believing that BS? behold rich locals refusing to pay defence taxes to protect their ports & sealanes from foreign military, so they wound up The Poors to fight to keep them from having to pay their taxes learn from your mistakes & maybe you’ll actually win something

History

Bitcoin is up

According to If there were MAGA folks then.....

Ah yes the Boston massacre that panned out well for Britain didn't it?

Very funny, although Adams did get the soldiers off by claiming exactly that...of course, he then went on to support the revolution.

I recall the 2nd amdt being defended and they said that if Germans were armed, the little arm waving man would not have succeeded in taking Germany towards fascism...

Taught this to my fourth graders every year. Protesters threw snowballs. Military fired muskets.

the National Guard had a similar body count at Kent State.

Fascist RUMP Deployed 700 Marines...now to ADD Another 2,000 !!!...There were 200-300 Protestors today Covered by the LAPD and 300 National Guard with 1,700 INACTIVE !!!...it's ALL a RUMP SHOW !!!

I take your point (especially WRT Trump), but it is complicated. In the first place it really was parliament, not the king. And secondly, one of the reasons for the revolution was the fear the brits might impose the abolition of slavery.

hey, i think i saw this happen in Assassin's Creed III

Kinda wierd that this time around the redcoats are US Marines.

That Boston Terrier on the front line!! A true patriot!

Delightful! Life is very odd

I visited theBoston Massacre site in ‘17…quite unnerving to step into that circle…

O men of ICE! if ye but knew The least of the all what bluebirds do, Now in this little godly calm Yoor voice might sing the Future's Psalm— The Psalm of Love with the brotherly eyes Who pardons and is very wise— But mask voice that shouts, high-hoarse with ire, Fire!

This is why the idea of ‘well regulated militias’ was formed. But the 2A warriors have turtle headed like their TACO leader.

Yup- stupidly we backed the greedy slave owners

#dawn of a new #revolution to #kickout the #fake #king

They should have complied. 🙄

A different take on the situation:

It’s hilarious you’re comparing today’s mindless rioters to revolutionary heroes. They’re not.

As a DAR, I can see Donald J. Trump, a pedophile and convicted criminal judged by 12 jurors (including two MAGA) - being planted before long. Agent Orange WORM FOOD. Will the #USMC defend the pedophile, Trump? Or defend their children and America? SOURCE: www.courtlistener.com/docket/41544...

🤣 You're right !!!!!!! Got to take out the trash !

They did instigate by throwing stuff at them, although I’m sure the revolutionaries didn’t paint or draw much of that. The problem, still, is that the level of force used in response was totally unjustified

Or... as history shows, America was born out a desire by rich British white men to avoid paying taxes in support of their own defense. Sounds very similar to today.

They would have been better off sticking with that King than the one they’ve ended up with today

They're following Trump down the rabbit hole. This is what he wants them to do. WAKE UP !!!

Just think, if the Brits had cared a bit more and fought harder you would have outlawed slavery 40 years earlier and today you’d have universal health care.

And today that hallowed spot is between a seafood place and a Starbucks.

Imagine what it looked like in real life, it immediately throws you into horror