Lockdown Part 2
11-12-2020 | 05:59 AM
#341
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I suspect this is the result of fear mongering from your chosen news source. ANTIFA has killed one person in 25 years, and it was a self-described ANTIFA member, not a part of a larger plot. Right wing extremists have been responsible for the majority of domestic terrorism in recent years, including killing cops to incite a civil war.
Also, I'm in no way condoning the riots, but I wasn't able to find a single incident where residential property was significantly damaged. The narrative that roving gangs are coming after the peaceful suburbs is not true and, quite frankly, tone deaf to the real issues.
People have a right to protest and a lot of people in this country have a right and a reason to be frustrated. A cop got caught murdering someone and after weeks of protesting it still wasn't clear if that cop will actually face justice and if any real change will result to fix a system that is blatantly unconstitutional.
Unfortunately, anarchists from both sides took advantage of the chaos and a bunch of organizations piled on their own narratives from all sides that far exceed the scope of police accountability, completely distracting everyone from the real issue, which I suspect was at least a few organizations' goal all along. To be fair, other organizations were trying to piggy back their own unrelated issues as well.
I'd be far more worried about some armed alt-right militia trying to trigger a civil war (again) than thugs ravaging the suburbs. Putting some meaningful thought into police reform (not defunding) instead of just waiting for the outrage to die down so nobody has to actually fix the issues, would probably fix the problem the fastest.
Also, I'm in no way condoning the riots, but I wasn't able to find a single incident where residential property was significantly damaged. The narrative that roving gangs are coming after the peaceful suburbs is not true and, quite frankly, tone deaf to the real issues.
People have a right to protest and a lot of people in this country have a right and a reason to be frustrated. A cop got caught murdering someone and after weeks of protesting it still wasn't clear if that cop will actually face justice and if any real change will result to fix a system that is blatantly unconstitutional.
Unfortunately, anarchists from both sides took advantage of the chaos and a bunch of organizations piled on their own narratives from all sides that far exceed the scope of police accountability, completely distracting everyone from the real issue, which I suspect was at least a few organizations' goal all along. To be fair, other organizations were trying to piggy back their own unrelated issues as well.
I'd be far more worried about some armed alt-right militia trying to trigger a civil war (again) than thugs ravaging the suburbs. Putting some meaningful thought into police reform (not defunding) instead of just waiting for the outrage to die down so nobody has to actually fix the issues, would probably fix the problem the fastest.
11-12-2020 | 06:10 AM
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11-12-2020 | 06:15 AM
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Which blows my mind because what would you think if you saw that same video with a PRC cop and a Uighur muslim in China? That's us, right now.
11-12-2020 | 06:18 AM
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Presumably they didn't care about George Floyd or the glaring holes in police accountability that make third-world unconstitutional oppression by police possible.
Which blows my mind because what would you think if you saw that same video with a PRC cop and a Uighur muslim in China? That's us, right now.
Which blows my mind because what would you think if you saw that same video with a PRC cop and a Uighur muslim in China? That's us, right now.
feel free to tread on those people, tho 👀
11-12-2020 | 06:19 AM
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Presumably they didn't care about George Floyd or the glaring holes in police accountability that make third-world unconstitutional oppression by police possible.
Which blows my mind because what would you think if you saw that same video with a PRC cop and a Uighur muslim in China? That's us, right now.
Which blows my mind because what would you think if you saw that same video with a PRC cop and a Uighur muslim in China? That's us, right now.
What you said is not relevant anyway. I asked where the right wing riots have been.
11-12-2020 | 06:24 AM
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11-12-2020 | 06:30 AM
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11-12-2020 | 06:36 AM
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No, presumably they just angled for reform via the legal system instead of burning down businesses in their own neighborhoods(and injuring and murdering police and other first responders) that have been oppressed by the same system they themselves have been.
What you said is not relevant anyway. I asked where the right wing riots have been.
What you said is not relevant anyway. I asked where the right wing riots have been.
Oh yeah, the right is working real hard on some police union busting legislation right now and Trump has a detailed plan prepared in a speech that'll ensure the protestors know that the government isn't just waiting for the problem to disappear.
Show me a source that displays widespread legal movement by the right.
And let's just glass over the Boogaloo Bois because they completely undermine your narrative.
Like I said, the right isn't protesting the murder and they aren't doing anything about it. Except showing up armed as counter protestors, because that'll likely end well, and they care about that. We're lucky we've just had one Rittenhouse adventure so far.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/11/right-wing-militias-civil-war/616473/
11-12-2020 | 06:41 AM
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I don’t expect it to happen. BUT. IF the current result of the election is overturned ( and that is still very much a possibility despite the headlong rush to declare Biden the winner - nothing to see here, these aren’t the droids you’re looking for), there will be violence in the streets unlike anything we’ve seen since 1968. Left-wing inspired violence.
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