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Another shitty trend from tiktok?
You have to be a special kind of asshole to attack people who dedicate their life to save others. >

It's a new era where pathetic, loser psychopaths go after the easiest targets. In America, our terrorist go after schools, churches and casual public because they're the least defensive; perfect for cowards. Calling emergency workers and attacking them just seems generally lazy ontop of psychotic. Whole worlds going to shit. >

I mean, cool, but one in how many? >

Doesn't matter. If it happens once that's all the validation they need and bo amount of facts and reality will change their minds. >

Change his mind about what? What statement was he making besides “this guy was a badass”? >

That shootings won't happen because naturally EVERYWHERE there's some heavily armednutjob willing to risk his life to take them down. It's a very common anti gun control argument that ignores that despite the united states' having more guns per Capita than anywhere else armed public response to an active shooter is a fraction of a percent of all shootings resolution >

I think you’re reading too far into it >

Not at all. That's exactly what that person is trying to say without actually breaking cover as a gun nut. It's called a dog whistle in discourse >

I don’t think so but whatever. Speaking of “dog whistles”, I bet you call anyone who disagrees with you a “gun nut”. Much easier to label them as crazy than actually have to confront their ideas logically. 
Not that that person disagreed with you about anything, you just imagined that part. >

Why. Like why what is the point >

I don't know about this shit in germany; premeditated, luring them into an ambush, sounds fucking evil. But here in sweden fire fighters and ambulance personnel have been attacked sometimes, when going to heavily segregated areas. Heavy segregation leads to parallel societies and they see police, ambulance, firefighters as invading representatives from "outside". >

It's mostly our terrible integration system and 2nd and 3rd gen immigrants growing up disillusioned not feeling apart of the society >

Same as Belgium. We have the same ratio of immigrants from the same countries as our neighbors do, but the problems are way bigger. Who's to blame? >

Both sides. The people who refuse to integrate and the people who put up barriers for those who do want to integrate are why this happens. Honestly, we need to go back to the 90s strategy of education for the young and stressing the importance of interracial friendships and cooperation. Well that is my opinion anyways. >

Actually very few new barriers are put up, we just don't do anything at all to break the old ones down. Not much has changed in over half a century. Nobody's even talking about structural solutions. 
So "both sides" means a bunch of disillusioned immigrants vs every Belgian politician. >

In my country (Portugal) most of the firefighters/paramedics are volunteers. In my firehouse we had Devs, full time politicians, woodworkers, garbage men, plumbers, university teachers, docs, nurses, army men, people with all kinds of diplomas and humble fellas that didn't had an opportunity to study... we even have a national TV news reporter. It doesn't matter what you do. We are all the same. Flesh and bone. One big family of crazy women and men with a big heart that really care for eachother. 
This post left me very sad because I've felt this in person. I've meet countless monsters in 15 years of service. One guy even attempted an aggression with an axe during a wildfire against my "chief" for no reason at all. I've had people cursing me, threatening me and I've been punched by delirious guys and drunken fellas. When I think it's not worth it anymore, I think about my colleagues and all the good people I've helped along the path. We've been through a lot, that's what keep us going.
We are just humans who left our families at home, to look for everyone else's families. >

I can tell you it's basicially the same in the countryside in Austria. Without volunteers there would be basicially no fire department. But in the bigger cities like Vienna most fire men are paid.
I guess it's similar in Germany.
And it's absolutely horrendous when people get attacked who are only there to help others who are in danger or need of help. >

Wh-why would a country NOT form a fire department in all regions and pay for dangerous and necessary work? Why there is a need for volunteers in the first place? >

In Portugal is almost impossible to sustain it. The wildfires are a huge problem and sometimes we need thousands of people fighting at the same time in different regions. It's the same for every country with huge forests and hot summers. We  are making partnerships along with our Spanish border to help eachother since the wildfires are getting more regular and violent and the forests are abandoned due to the concentration of people in the big cities. Fire knows no border. >

There is a big political discussion in germany at the moment, because the majority of the perpetrators were 2nd or 3rd generation migrants. Reminds a bit of sweden >

Source for the perps being migrants? >

Wtf are you doing Germany? >

The kids do this in Dublin too but on Haloween not New years 
I’d say it’s pretty common in big cities in Europe >

It just sounds like kids doing pranks...they don't describe the 'violence' any more than "shot fireworks(and threw boxes) at trucks" which is just worse than throwing eggs at cars...it's stupid prank levels of violence.
Idk why they make it such a big deal (statistics on violence, protests, civil unrest) but don't describe it so I can judge for myself. >

I’m pretty sure fire crews are regularly attacked and hospitalised in Dublin on Haloween >

As an American this sounds insane >

That’s also insanity >

Those who hurt the healers have no honor >

What the hell is wrong with people >

What the fuck is wrong with people?? >

is that a rethoric question? >

No, it’s a rhetorical one. >

I remember when I went to Cape Town to visit friends. We were driving to somewhere and on the radio they were talking about people attacking fire fighters. I was confused, but my friends said it was one of a few thing…opposition party there was trying to show that the current government was ineffective, drug addicts trying to rob the fire firefighters truck, or a combo of the 2. They weren’t particularly political, but this just makes me think of that. >

I am completely naive on this. What is the reason for the hostility towards fire service? >

Not in Berlin, but it sounds like a lot of media hype mixed with covid 'ending'. 
Berlin's NYE fireworks have been totally shut down since covid started, so this is the first year that it's 'back on'.  So there's millions of people who want to go crazy again.  And when I say crazy, I mean it.  NYE 12:00-12:30 in many parts of Berlin feels like, literally, every other man, woman, and child, and baby of the city has stashed $1000 worth of fireworks and is drunkenly lighting them up directly in front of their apartments, on their balconies, and roofs.   Your windows get pelted with fireworks, and many streets are impossible to pass without getting hit.  The smoke is hard to see through, and from a roof, it looks like a small town's july 4--except in every direction and as far as the eyes can see.    
It's like the purge, but for using fireworks only.     
Many Berliners don't like this, and most Germans disapprove of this.  But obviously there's a large contingent of people who like it, and were ready for 2022 to end.   

The police department said 18 of its officers had been injured.    

Police are breaking up the party and many people don't like them.  

A total of 15 emergency responders were injured in Berlin, with one requiring hospital treatment.    

I'm assuming that 18 EMT or fireworkers were injured.  They've got a dangerous job, and were probably seen as breaking up the party.  Not acceptable, but seeing as people are firing fireworks directly at residential building windows (without them breaking), I'm sure many revelers are too drunk to realize how dangerous fireworks are, as they're a part of the mayhem and aren't (yet) hurt. 
The youtube video from the article shows the fire department responding to a burning garbage can (Berlin ones are massive).  Drunken revelers probably see a burning garbage can 'mulltonne' as a contained fire, as there's little vegetation etc. around for the fire to spread.  But it's dangerous, and the firefighters have to respond to calls.    
Berlin is the capital of Germany, and I think many would like to have this 'tradition' quashed.  Probably rightly so. 
But I didn't see anywhere in the article that houses dozens of houses were burnt down and firefighters couldn't save the homes.  Fire in a garbage can that can't be put out because of crazed firework junkies?  Burning car (an oddly European pastime) amidst a concrete jungle that isn't accessible?  Likely.   
This is a country where the far right thinks Putin is someone they should help take over Ukraine, and the far left thinks that America has occupied their country since ww2.  And most of them don't have any guns.   So they purge it out with fireworks on NYE in Berlin. >

New years in Germany is crazy when you think about it. People get intoxicated for hours and then they play with explosives. Every single year people use fingers, hands, eye sight, houses and cars burn down. But it’s just tradition so we keep doing it. >

Important to note that in most cases where people get serious injuries from fireworks, they are either home made or illegally imported from other countries. Stuff that's legally sold in Germany is relatively safe, it's just loud and bright but doesn't do much damage. It's probably better not to ban that... >

That maybe true but who is using the fireworks? Sober individuals in the right state of mind or intoxicated individuals who use the fireworks in a way they are not supposed to be handled? There are also accidents. I remember champagne bottles tipping over with the "rockets" shooting down the street and straight into people's gardens.
Sure, if used properly, legally sold fireworks are as safe as it gets but that's not how they are used. That's the problem. >

There is a special place in Hell for people who attack firefighters, and an even more special place for people who deliberately lure and ambush firefighters. I’m thinking “red-hot spikes in urethras” special. >

Ach Berlin >

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Disgusting >

Germany would be wise to squash this and squash it super hard >

What, Berlin?