Rioting in Seattle and Portland

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JimBob1952 said:
I was going to write a response to your post about democracy, etc. under siege. Then I thought better of it and deleted it. Must have still hit "Post reply" with an empty message.
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What a coincidence! I answered you, too, but at the point of hitting "post" my cellphone was calling me to FaceTime with my son & grandson. After almost an hour of loving talk, laughter, fun, I went back to the computer and deleted my response. I kind of felt it was like a "sign" about what's important in my life and what the opposite of that is. This has actually happened several times before.

You're very angry. You call names. You make claims. Rant on, my friend.
 

Gaer said:
anarchists. organized criminals. armed militants. Wher are the mayors? the Governor? the senators?
Send in the Feds!
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This is exactly why, all these sorts of things are supposed to be stopped at the front line. The police. But when the police are checked, and suddenly told how to do their job, then they of course stand down. When that happens leniency is displayed, and when that happens those defying the law , become more & more brazen ........... And this just continues , till it brings us to where we are now.
 
Warrigal said:
There is video of a line of women, arms linked and chanting, being flash banged. They are offering their bodies to protect protestors (not rioters or looters) outside a government building. Heavy handed handling of a non violent situation does nothing to bring about calm. On the contrary it enflames the resentment. Whoever was there in charge of the troops(?) missed an opportunity to de-escalate the tension. One wonders what their orders were.
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Pepper said:
What a coincidence! I answered you, too, but at the point of hitting "post" my cellphone was calling me to FaceTime with my son & grandson. After almost an hour of loving talk, laughter, fun, I went back to the computer and deleted my response. I kind of felt it was like a "sign" about what's important in my life and what the opposite of that is. This has actually happened several times before.

You're very angry. You call names. You make claims. Rant on, my friend.
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? Names? Claims? Portland is a loony bin. Surely you wouldn't disagree.
 

Warrigal said:
There is video of a line of women, arms linked and chanting, being flash banged. They are offering their bodies to protect protestors (not rioters or looters) outside a government building. Heavy handed handling of a non violent situation does nothing to bring about calm. On the contrary it enflames the resentment. Whoever was there in charge of the troops(?) missed an opportunity to de-escalate the tension. One wonders what their orders were.
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What Troops?
 
Don M. said:
These ongoing protests and riots are going to prove to be counter productive, the longer they last. Demeaning the police is already leading to many cities experiencing officers leaving the force, or calling in sick. This can only benefit the criminals, and result in even worse living conditions for those in the poorer sections of those cities. Continued rioting and property damage will only result in fewer businesses and stores reopening, leaving employment and shopping opportunities even worse for those living in these stricken areas.
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And, most importantly, this will all be coming to a city near you. ANTIFA is alive and well. Their goal is to disrupt life here in the U.S. They really are working overtime to get their party elected. Problem may be that they are doing more to help the other side, instead of their side.
 
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911 said:
And, most importantly, this will all be coming to a city near you. ANTIFA is alive and well. There goal is to disrupt life here in the U.S. They really are working overtime to get their party elected. Problem may be that they are doing more to help the other side, instead of their side.
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"Their party" is the party of Marx and Lenin, not the party of Roosevelt and Kennedy. They have made that clear from the outset.
 
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JimBob1952 said:
"Their party" is the party of Marx and Lenin, not the party of Roosevelt and Kennedy. They have made that clear from the outset.
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And yours is the party of Mussolini and Hitler, not the party of Reagan and Javits. See why stuff like this goes nowhere? Why can't you restrain yourself?
 
Glad to hear it @JimBob1952 though why you voted for a Marxist Leninist is beyond me. As for Reagan: I didn't like him BUT I never thought he despised people like me, especially because of Patty & Junior. I never felt like he wasn't a President or wanted to divide people. He was my President although I didn't care for him. As a Democrat, I was used to losing.
 
You understand (I hope) that when I talk about Marx and Lenin, I'm talking about the hard-core Antifa and anarchist types who flock to Portland? Not the garden-variety Democrats. I count many of those among my friends and relatives.

But thanks for calling me a neo-Nazi. That's what passes for discourse nowadays.
 
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The pot calls the kettle black.
 
Bonnie said:
In Portland they have"The Wall Of Moms" now protecting the protestors ??? ... unbelievable!

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/portland-moms-wall-human-shield-protesters/

A group of women banded together to form a human wall to protect protesters from federal officers in Portland over the weekend. There have been 52 days and nights of protests since the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, which have turned violent after federal authorities have been sent in earlier this month.


After a Facebook post called for mothers to make a "Wall of Moms," dozens wearing white and helmets attended Saturday. They stood arm-in-arm with each other, forming a barrier between federal agents and demonstrators. The gathering came after a report that federal officials from a number of agencies have been driving around and detaining people.

"We moms are often underestimated," organizer Bev Barnum said in the event page. "But we're stronger than we're given credit for."
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That wall of mom's looks pretty stout to me. In 3rd. world countries it would probably take 30 or more moms to span the distance they do.
 
JimBob1952 said:
You understand (I hope) that when I talk about Marx and Lenin, I'm talking about the hard-core Antifa and anarchist types who flock to Portland? Not the garden-variety Democrats. I count many of those among my friends and relatives.

But thanks for calling me a neo-Nazi. That's what passes for discourse nowadays.
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"If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck"

Neo-Nazi may be going a bit too far. But ye gads, McCarthyism is alive and well!
 

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