Current Events > South Koreans are BRAVE. THIS is how they saved Democracy. Facing literal death

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Ahn Gwi-ryeong, a spokesperson for the opposition Democratic Party, was seen grabbing a soldiers gun during martial law protests.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiKvxCzVNyQ

Then again thinking if this was American cop he probably would have unloaded. Maybe this is also restraint of their military?

WingsOfGood posted...

Ahn Gwi-ryeong, a spokesperson for the opposition Democratic Party, was seen grabbing a soldiers gun during martial law protests.

Then again thinking if this was American cop he probably would have unloaded. Maybe this is also restraint of their military?

To be fair military vs cop is an entirely different thing. American military would also be much more restrained and trained than American cops are. Many military members openly criticize the police in their handling of these types of situations.

I'm glad the Koreans were able to stop this particular crisis. They are brave! I believe I heard that there aren't the votes to remove the tyrant who calls himself President, though.

South Korea is a cool country. They don't tolerate fascist takeover attempts.

Is the average American willing to do the same for their country though?

I want her to dom me

Ferarri619 posted...

b7

Humble_Novice posted...

Is the average American willing to do the same for their country though?

I have zero doubt an American cop would pull the trigger the exact second I even slightly reached for their gun, so... No. Probably not.

Fighting for the heart of the country.. I wonder what that feeling is really like. In America, we have select issues and or concerns that are belonging primarily to country overseas. Theyre certainly worth fighting for.. but I often feel we have a disjointed mess, a luxury even, to just whip up a protest when we want to.

It doesnt seem like its a choice there. That soldier mightve even shared that same feeling she felt towards everything.

Yeah.. she is incredibly brave. I can say the protestors here in America are brave as well at times. Going against trigger-happy, deranged lunatics clearly bolstered by the feeling of one side. Where pessimism is so high that the temptation to hide under the legality of well, they were doing the thing first and I simply responded is considered a genuine factor.

Maybe I should be much braver like these people, idk

From what I've heard South Korea even jails its corrupt leaders! One can only imagine what the rest of the world would look like if it did that.

Bass posted...

I'm glad the Koreans were able to stop this particular crisis. They are brave! I believe I heard that there aren't the votes to remove the tyrant who calls himself President, though.

The ruling party has officially come out against Impeachment and hold enough seats that if all of them vote no then it can't pass but the vote is anonymous and the opposition only needs 8 or 9 of them (out of 108) to turn so its still possible

Humble_Novice posted...

Is the average American willing to do the same for their country though?

No, because this is what matters to them...

Ferarri619 posted...

I want her to dom me

American police and military are more violent than South Korean. On top of the FBI has been known to disrupt protests for decades.

It certainly helps that it's conscriptive service. The military was relatively tame. It's not like a lot of them wanted to be there. It certainly could have been a lot worse. Especially considering they deployed with ammunition available to them, but didn't have it loaded in their rifles.

Ultimately, they didn't forget their connection to each other. There's plenty of footage of people wishing them sincere goodbyes when they withdrew because at the end of the day, those are their sons, brothers, and friends. It didn't seem like there was any true malice between the two sides.

WingsOfGood posted...

Maybe this is also restraint of their military?

i bet the soldiers there didn't even know what they were there for
it's a 50/50 change their commander just said "hey, go over there" and then they didn't know what to do when they were accosted by civilians

No biggie
She's from The Matrix. She could just dodge all of those bullets np

Bad ass. More of her.

A lot of idealistic nonsense in this topic. Korea is the country run by like 5 dynastic families. They may have shut this down but the chaebol are still around last I checked.

The Korean "soldiers" clumsily climbing into the parliament building and stumbling around with their giant night vision goggles looked like the usual collection of bumbling 18 year olds that makes up most of the SK military. Korean civilians know they don't pose much of a threat.

pinky0926 posted...

A lot of idealistic nonsense in this topic. Korea is the country run by like 5 dynastic families. They may have shut this down but the chaebol are still around last I checked.

So? A few years ago the country jailed its president because millions of people protested every day for weeks. You'd never see that happen in the US. Koreans protest hard because it was how they ended the dictatorships and they don't want to go back to that era. They also know that the current conservative parties are all still tied to the dictatorships. Americans just shitpost online and complain that everyone else is either not liberal enough or not conservative enough.

sfcalimari posted...

So? A few years ago the country jailed its president because millions of people protested every day for weeks. You'd never see that happen in the US. Koreans protest hard because it was how they ended the dictatorships and they don't want to go back to that era. They also know that the current conservative parties are all still tied to the dictatorships. Americans just shitpost online and complain that everyone else is either not liberal enough or not conservative enough.

I have the generally more cynical view that Koreans might not want a formal authoritarian dictatorship, but seem pretty ambivalent about the de facto royal dynasty that already exists.

They do love a protest though, I'll give you that.

pinky0926 posted...

I have the generally more cynical view that Koreans might not want a formal authoritarian dictatorship, but seem pretty ambivalent about the de facto royal dynasty that already exists.

They do love a protest though, I'll give you that.

Nobody is making you share these idiotic uninformed opinions, dude. You could just not say dumb things and people wouldn't think you're dumb.

SomeUsername529 posted...

Nobody is making you share these idiotic uninformed opinions, dude. You could just not say dumb things and people wouldn't think you're dumb.

Explain to me how the chaebol are not in all intents and purposes a royal dynasty.

Error1355 posted...

I have zero doubt an American cop would pull the trigger the exact second I even slightly reached for their gun, so... No. Probably not.

American cops are bottom of the barrel trash tier compared to actual competent law enforcers police

pinky0926 posted...

Explain to me how the chaebol are not in all intents and purposes a royal dynasty.

Because they're corporations at the end of the day. Yeah, money is power, but it's not everything. Capitalism is the name of the game, but there are other rules to play by. Economically, yes they have significant influence, but in the social and political sphere they are limited. Government policies and FTC has been increasingly putting them in their place so they can't even do everything they want in the economic side of things either. Shareholders in the international market has them cucked and the court of public opinion dictates their livelihood in the domestic one as well. Not to mention there's the actual court as they're not untouchable and you have plenty of indictment/prosecution cases. Bottom line is they can't do whatever the hell they want; they are still at the mercy of the general population

She should have given him a Pepsi.