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Possible snipers seen at OSU. Administration says they're not snipers but should be treated like they are. (midwest.social)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by seahorse@midwest.social to c/ohio@midwest.social

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Update, yes there are snipers:

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[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 65 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

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.

[–] casual_turtle_stew_enjoyer@sh.itjust.works 17 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Tire smoke is generally not good to be breathing in. Better idea would be tarps.

[–] foofiepie@lemmy.world 20 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Tarps will produce a similarly toxic smoke.

[–] casual_turtle_stew_enjoyer@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You don't burn the........ ya know what, burn whatever you like

[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm going to burn the water station

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

I'm just going to leave this here

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 13 points 4 months ago

Tire Smoke > Bullets

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

I'd rather breath tire smoke than get shot.

[–] daltotron@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

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.