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originally posted by: Gryphon66
a reply to: MerkabaTribeEntity
It's rare that I agree with Arnie but I absolutely do on this point: stop the ludicrous exaggerations.
The US is not in a state of anarchy. This reads like media-based fake news sensationalism, honestly.
originally posted by: Gryphon66
originally posted by: HalWesten
originally posted by: LSU2018
a reply to: HalWesten
How the hell are you just gonna waltz up in here with facts and shut him down like that?
I'm just trying to be the bigger person and look at the information he's providing! I can't help it if it doesn't support his argument.
Oh wait ... never mind. You just couldn't resist the gang could you. Don't bother with the answer to my question, because you just answered.
You didn't shut anything down least of all my argument. The article clearly shows the tremendous differences (in terms of time, attitude and effectiveness) in Johnson's responses to the MLK assassination riots and Trump's boastful nonsense.
Of note, the mayor of Washington DC did ask for assisteance from the White House. Also, DC Is a Federal District not a State ... so of course it doesn't really compare to the current situaiton in terms of what authority Trump actually has.
You're obviously a Republican apologist, as you looked at the situation in the transition from Johnson to Nixon, knowing that Nixon ran with the Southern Strategy as outlined by Lee Atwater, and either fail to see or intentionally try to obscure the fact that "law and order" meant the same thing for Nixon as it means for Trump ... although, I have no doubt that Trump will bungle it: get Black Americans back under control.
Tell me, does the glad-handing actually encourage you? I gave you a bit more credit than that.
What we have are people pretending to care about a man that they don't give a damn about .
We also have a public afraid to speak out against the "protesters" for fear of being labeled racist by the virtue signaling media.
originally posted by: ketsuko
I still find it interesting that many of these same officials who are encouraging these protests and supporting them are the same ones who were threatening to arrest people for opening places of business to support themselves and their families and permanently close houses of worship just weeks before. Oh, and arresting people for paddle boarding by themselves in the ocean ... playing ball with their kids in the park with no one else around ...
The new rule seems to be that COVID-19 is uniquely dangerous for the law abiding, but doesn't infect those who are engaging in rioting, looting, and pillaging.
Just like you can't catch it in a corporate big box store, but your mom and pop shop will transmit it to you every single time.
originally posted by: Lumenari
a reply to: Gryphon66
I have emotions that I can portray in my writing? That's a phenomenal observation. No, I had no idea.
You were not aware that the written word can convey emotion?
There is that intellectual dishonesty again...
originally posted by: LSU2018
a reply to: Blue Shift
Law and order by any means necessary. When the violence and destruction starts, take down the perpetrators. I don't care if they have to shoot tranquilizing darts, you have to stop the threat.
originally posted by: Blue Shift
originally posted by: LSU2018
a reply to: Blue Shift
Besides, there's nothing much I can do short of putting a bullet into somebody that is going to ruin the lives of the violent protestors any more than they're doing to themselves. Think it was hard enough for a black man to get a job in Minneapolis and St. Louis before this? It ain't gonna be any easier once this is all over.
A bunch of stupid people making black people look bad. Most assume it's all blacks doing the damage. A shame for the community
originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: SleeperHasAwakened
Right now, they aren't terribly worried. They're getting bailed as fast as they hit jail, and I'd imagine they get all kinds of fabulous pro-bono defense teams.
originally posted by: Psilocyborg
a reply to: MotherMayEye
If it's injustice you're fighting, you need as many hands on your side to fight it, regardless of their color.
Second line: I will be having chicken for dinner.
originally posted by: Gryphon66
originally posted by: Lumenari
a reply to: Gryphon66
I have emotions that I can portray in my writing? That's a phenomenal observation. No, I had no idea.
You were not aware that the written word can convey emotion?
There is that intellectual dishonesty again...
Duh.
ETA: Dear Luminari. Thank you once again for responding to something I said with a zero content post. Of course I have emotion in my writing, as you do as we all do. To make a spurious comment like that was ... silly. I treated it as such.
However, given my previous thesis that the sum total of your posts here are zero-content commentaries on your opinion of other “posters” I should be surprised, should I? Again, as in the past, there is no English word that describes how utterly non-existent my interest is in what you think of “me.”
Best.
originally posted by: Gryphon66
a reply to: MerkabaTribeEntity
...What is to be gained by the rhetoric that "American is in flames" or "Anarchy Reigns Supreme in US Streets"?
(KRON/CNN/Meredith) -- Looters stole more than 70 brand new vehicles from a car dealership in California Sunday night, a total value worth nearly $2.7 million.
Carlos Hidalgo, the owner of the San Leandro Dodge Dealership, said the looters spent about five hours inside the dealership before making off with the more than 70 vehicles. He said they broke into the building and found the key safe.
...“It was a war zone,” Hidalgo said. “They came in, finally got in here and they had tear gas, and there were cars crashed everywhere. It was bad, and 70 plus cars are missing.”
originally posted by: Psilocyborg
a reply to: MotherMayEye
If it's injustice you're fighting, you need as many hands on your side to fight it, regardless of their color.
Second line: I will be having chicken for dinner.