Update, yes there are snipers:

  • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 months ago

    If they should be treated like snipers, that means protesters should respond in kind:

    Make smoke screens. Tires work best. Bicycle tire with gas will make thick black smoke making it hard for the spotter and sniper to see.

    Force projection works both ways: make their advantages into disadvantages. Snipers are long range units, meaning they have to be away from what they are targeting. If you can create enough distractions they won’t be able to see the forest from the trees.

    All in Minecraft, of course.

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      7 months ago

      Make smoke screens.

      Violent protest.

      Force projection works both ways

      Tankie

      All in Minecraft, of course.

      This guy is a foreign agent attempting to agitate Americans against their lawful government. Add his name to the list.

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      I dunno about the smoke. On top of probably seeming to be an escalation because you’d be burning stuff (I’d probably go with fog oil and a generator instead, only object is price, but, hey, tires can also get pretty expensive depending on where they’re sourced. Theater department might also have some stuff on em), but also a large amount of smoke might serve to obfuscate documentation and recording, which I would say is a pretty big priority. Keep a camera fixed on these snipers at all times, and you can tell when they’re firing and probably who’s been killed at what moment, and that’s maybe an important and large deterrent, compared to a smokescreen. I’d imagine if you were going with that and if it came to that, you’d just want to render the snipers ineffectual by other methods, which, you know, maybe your mind can wander about how you might accomplish that one, without me having to suggest a specific course of action there.