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originally posted by: TheRedneck
a reply to: jimmyx
Just a word of advice... no one cares where you came from. No one cares who you are. No one cares what your skin color is. But a lot of people do care if you decide to BLM (burn, loot, and murder).
You seem awfully worried about people shooting you in self-defense. If you are threatening others, you should be; you should have been all your like. If you're not threatening others, you're just being paranoid.
If you grab a hot stove, you should be worried about getting burned. If you're not grabbing a hot stove and still worried about getting burned, then you're just being paranoid.
TheRedneck
Peace: maximum defense and minimum offense.
I don't want to, but I will fight, and kill, to protect me, and mine.
My advice is: They don't want to find out.
Let’s just forget about having the police arrest the rioters,
originally posted by: TheRedneck
I read the OP, and I couldn't help but think... this sounds like someone demanding safer working conditions.
My advice: if your work involves doing illegal stuff that puts citizens with guns in danger, maybe find a different line of work. That one doesn't seem to be working out so well. Maybe something a little less... illegal? A little less... destructive?
These crybabies are right about one thing, though... Rittenhouse walking free does emphasize that people have the right to self-defense. They've always had that right... Antifa and BLM just didn't believe it. Now they do. The real worry, as many have stated, is that they'll fire at the drop of a hat, likely multiple times, and probably not using very good aim. That's a lot of innocent bystanders that will be put in danger. I can't blame them for being scared; they should have been scared a long time ago.
Unfortunately, if the rioters start shooting, and with the cops in many places unable to do anything but duck and cover, the only option left is to fire back in self-defense. That will lead to some shoot-outs on the streets, and that is exactly what the Federal government has been waiting on: a reason to ban firearms from law-abiding citizens completely. Get ready, folks... it's coming.
TheRedneck
originally posted by: MichiganSwampBuck
originally posted by: jimmyx
originally posted by: JinMI
a reply to: jimmyx
If you bothered to alleviate yourself of the ignorance shown, you may be worth a conversation.
Being so willfully ignorant must be exhausting.
Rosenbaum threw a plastic bag with toothbrush and various other hygiene items at Kyle…Kyle shot and killed him for that…Kyle then shot and killed the other guy because the other guy thought he was an active shooter and hit him once with a skateboard…
Let’s just forget about having the police arrest the rioters, we will bring in a 17 yr kid with an AR and mow these people down and then he will be called a hero and invited to Mara lago to smile and pose with trump
You said I was ignorant twice, say it a few more times if it makes you feel any better
You have actually given me something to think about from a different angle. Thanks, as unpopular as that response may seem on this thread. True or not what you propose is worth consideration IMO.
What little safety we thought we might have had doesn’t actually exist and it’s just open season on us
No it means that now there is a precedent for self defense against Marxist/communist thugs wanting to stir up sh$& and destroy property. It is more of a deterrent and they know it which why they are whining like crybabies.
originally posted by: tamusan
a reply to: infolurker
All this is going to do is lead to major gunfights on city streets. That's not something that I want to see happen.
originally posted by: shaemac
originally posted by: MichiganSwampBuck
originally posted by: jimmyx
originally posted by: JinMI
a reply to: jimmyx
If you bothered to alleviate yourself of the ignorance shown, you may be worth a conversation.
Being so willfully ignorant must be exhausting.
Rosenbaum threw a plastic bag with toothbrush and various other hygiene items at Kyle…Kyle shot and killed him for that…Kyle then shot and killed the other guy because the other guy thought he was an active shooter and hit him once with a skateboard…
Let’s just forget about having the police arrest the rioters, we will bring in a 17 yr kid with an AR and mow these people down and then he will be called a hero and invited to Mara lago to smile and pose with trump
You said I was ignorant twice, say it a few more times if it makes you feel any better
You have actually given me something to think about from a different angle. Thanks, as unpopular as that response may seem on this thread. True or not what you propose is worth consideration IMO.
Sad. Truly truly sad.
You took a completely FALSE comment and now you are off to think about it.
This is the best example of the blind leading the blind.
FFS.
originally posted by: joejack1949
Y'all shouldn't be worried about ANTIFA, but about the paid "agents provocateur," who ARE trained with firearms, and who will undoubtedly shoot first, start shoot-outs, and increase the division between extremists on both sides. I think Redneck is right - it's all a ploy to increase restrictions on firearms.
The DA blew the Rittenhouse trial on purpose, and it came from the very top. Going for first degree murder was guaranteed to fail.
originally posted by: MichiganSwampBuck
originally posted by: shaemac
originally posted by: MichiganSwampBuck
originally posted by: jimmyx
originally posted by: JinMI
a reply to: jimmyx
If you bothered to alleviate yourself of the ignorance shown, you may be worth a conversation.
Being so willfully ignorant must be exhausting.
Rosenbaum threw a plastic bag with toothbrush and various other hygiene items at Kyle…Kyle shot and killed him for that…Kyle then shot and killed the other guy because the other guy thought he was an active shooter and hit him once with a skateboard…
Let’s just forget about having the police arrest the rioters, we will bring in a 17 yr kid with an AR and mow these people down and then he will be called a hero and invited to Mara lago to smile and pose with trump
You said I was ignorant twice, say it a few more times if it makes you feel any better
You have actually given me something to think about from a different angle. Thanks, as unpopular as that response may seem on this thread. True or not what you propose is worth consideration IMO.
Sad. Truly truly sad.
You took a completely FALSE comment and now you are off to think about it.
This is the best example of the blind leading the blind.
FFS.
I haven't followed this very much, just some stuff here and there, mostly conservative talk radio with it's typical bias. To hear this other side of the story is good in my opinion, even if it was entirely false.
Many times when I hear reports on an event like this, I begin to draw conclusions based on some source other than the MSM news services. Some rhetoric appeals to my personal bias, and although the information presented by jimmyx really doesn't, it did make me think about certain possibilities I hadn't considered before. I appreciate that as it may lead down a different avenue of thought to come to a better conclusion in the end.
I never said I agreed with his statements that he presented as facts, just that it made me think about it more from a different angle. I'm not being lead by the blind, I've been going in another direction I haven't thought through and researched yet.
ETA: I don't see why I should limit the scope of the conspiracy theories I give consideration to, left, right, center or way outside the box I live inside.