They come from a generation that never had to accept anything they didn’t like.
Yeah, my point was more that the first 6 weeks or so of the nightly riot were not enough to push the local/state authorities into cracking down so the Feds decided they needed to step in- which threw gas on a relatively small benign fire (pun not intended). Now that the fire is raging, and the locals are getting another shot at it, it will be interesting to see if the locals will be content to just calm things down to around the previous level, or if they wont settle till they completely squash any and all riots. And more important, is what the feds will be satisfied with before they feel safe leaveing.
We’ll see now that they’ll have to stand out their with lasers in there eyes, industrial grade mortar fireworks launched in the middle of them, pure bleach thrown on them, etc. People grabbing, hitting, and pushing them as they try to make an arrest. We will all see.
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Small point of contention, but these are absolutely not commercial fireworks being shot at the officers. These are average fireworks we can buy at stands on the 4th here in the PNW and not even the big ones. Yes i have seen the videos, and yes its still dangerous AF and whoever threw or shot them at the officers should be charged to the fullest extent of the law.
I sure do hope that the rioters and protestors treat the local officers better. They are locals and “one of them”… but im not holding out much hope for that.
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Here’s something that no one is talking about: a good number of those rioters are from out of state, so they are not locals.
Has that always been the case? I believe it was locals for the first while and only recently when it became more publicized did the folks from elsewhere travel in to join the riots? That is a good point though.
(WA should count as in-state/local as vancouver is literally the northern adjacent city to portland.)
And you didn’t find that alarming? What’s enough of nightly riots needed for the local\ state authorities to crack down. You know every business they burn and loot is another person getting hurt. So how many people should get hurt before the state authorities do something? 10 people, 30 people, 50 people, what’s the right number of people hurt for local officials to crack down and stop the violence?
I am just in awe of the fact that you do not seem to understand that this hurts people. Every business that goes up is another life ruined. It shouldn’t take six weeks, it shouldn’t happen for 6 hours. People are getting hurt and you don’t seem to care. Please tell me I am wrong about that.
Not to mention the ball bearings attached to fireworks. Then the slingshot and ball bearing combo.
It’s all good man. We’ve all done it at least a few dozen times. Also this thread is a train wreck and 2000 posts long…
Z is taking a fairly conservative stance on the topic, but it comes from first hand experience.
Here there needs to be a distinction between the organization and the movement. The organization has shady financials, and is Marxist. The movement you are correct about, at least the major demographics of it.
Barr is a piece of work, and I am not a fan. But I do agree this was completely a political grandstand by the democrats.
People keep saying that, but the more I think about it the more it seems like those supporting the movement without knowing what the organization is actually about are really just useful idiots.
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Don’t forget, @chris_ottawa…
Many are American voters too.
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It’s the same with those who refuse to call Antifa on its violence, its hate, its political agenda, or its racism.
It really is all about Trump hate clouding their already slow moving minds.
Here is what Don Lemon believed pre Trump and pre BLM. His views then, run counter to the BLM agenda. What changed?
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I think this largely explains it, all the anti-Trump hysteria in the media got people who lack critical thinking skills to believe that anything that opposes Trump must be great and deserves support. They only look at what they are fighting against, not at where this is leading them.
Most media personalities are puppets, the people in charge must have told him to change his tune. Also that clip is from 2013, people have gotten much more sensitive since then. If that aired now that white guy in the video would be called a white supremacist and Don Lemon’s career might be finished.
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This man knows he’s lying at this point. He’s too intelligent, and there’s way too much video of rioters, for him to characterize it as such.
More than a few videos out there showing peaceful protestors getting teargassed and clocked with bikes/batons/etc recently. Unless you are just looking to label all protests in city’s that have had riots/violence as riots.
Not all the protests are violent. Shouldn’t treat them as though they were.
Now if only he could have at least admitted the Feds he’s talking about are having to deal with nightly violence.
They are really referring to ONE incident, and they are right about that one, where Trump had protesters gassed for a photo op. Yes, it was bad, but they are talking as if every incident involving the feds is a repeat of that incident.
How many of those videos are edited to leave out what happened earlier?
IMO, a federal crackdown on peaceful protests is more problematic than nightime riots against a fortified federal building.
Lots of the videos are edited. I’m not talking about those, though. Not talking about the nonviolent protestors getting up in the face of cops either.
There are more than a few videos of some real BS being pulled by cops/DHS agents.