Rock v. rifle

The nasty guy tweeted that when refugees in the caravan throw rocks at the military on the border, “consider it a rifle.” He says the refugees are already “viciously” throwing those rocks, though I don’t think anyone has an arm that can blast a rock over several hundred miles. Melissa McEwan of Shakesville responds:

He wants a clash at the border. He's doing everything he can to try to ensure that it happens. Because malice is the agenda.

Joe Kassabian, a veteran of Afghanistan, says:

We had rocks thrown at us all the time in Afghanistan. Responding with lethal force is a fucking war crime.

Meteor Blades of Daily Kos says yeah, those refugees are fleeing poverty, violence, and highly dysfunctional governments. They are also fleeing climate change. Changing weather patterns have ruined crops for a couple years now. Guatemala is consistently listed in the 10 most vulnerable nations to climate change. This caravan of refugees may be a few thousand. The flow could swell to millions.