Senator Tom Cotton calling for federal troops to put on an “overwhelming show of force” against “rioters and insurrectionists.” The defenders of pure discourse noted that Cotton explicitly said in the article that he rejected “revolting moral equivalence of rioters and looters to peaceful, law-abiding protesters.” People who’d been out in the streets, seeing demonstrators obstruct traffic or violate hastily issued (and unconstitutional) curfew orders, understood that Cotton—who’d tweeted that troops should give “no quarter”—was avoiding the central, material question of what the troops would do about protesters who peacefully refused to abide by the law.
it seems one side have the threat of institutionalised violence to fall back on and support their narrative.
Well of course one side does, it's called a sanctioned unit to protect the law, short for policeman.
Where as the rioters/statue destroyers (not peaceful protesters) are breaking they law, I understand where you are going with this but the reality is ALL communities will have policing in one form or another.
I mean during all those peaceful protest about George Floyd we saw cities burn, ppl killed and in the end we lose police and the poorest will suffer for it. But don't you worry BLM got PAID.....where have they been since 2016...asleep for elections and $.
Well yes, the left does tend to be little weasels and try to conflate looters and rioters with peaceful protests.
And let me tell you this: anyone who is hurling even a water bottle at a cop is not a peaceful protester
i don't care if you're hurling a pebble.
Oh and you're not peaceful if you're illegally blocking traffic too. I don't care if you're simply standing in the middle of the road with a pussy hat on, that's not peaceful.
Originally posted by Surturand the right does the same to defend a boot on the throat of an innocent etc. 🙂
Well yes, the left does tend to be little weasels and try to conflate looters and rioters with peaceful protests.And let me tell you this: anyone who is hurling even a water bottle at a cop is not a peaceful protester
i don't care if you're hurling a pebble.
Oh and you're not peaceful if you're illegally blocking traffic too. I don't care if you're simply standing in the middle of the road with a pussy hat on, that's not peaceful.
Originally posted by Old Man Whirly!
that kind of thing doesn't help the anti BLM argument really.
Maybe you guys need to learn to use words properly. The side that is supposed to be educated never seems to act like it.
Can't even define racism properly, yet constantly complain about it. Is that irony? Or is that the Alanis Morissette version of irony?
Originally posted by SurturHaha Racism is intersectional.
Maybe you guys need to learn to use words properly. The side that is supposed to be educated never seems to act like it.Can't even define racism properly, yet constantly complain about it. Is that irony? Or is that the Alanis Morissette version of irony?
Originally posted by Old Man Whirly!
Haha Racism is intersectional.
I more meant how some try to lie and say racism is power plus prejudice and thus minorities can't be racist.
Shit if you're gonna constantly whine about something you should be able to properly define it. Right?
This is like if someone dreams of being a hockey player their entire life, but when they show up to try out for a professional team they can't skate and don't even know the rules of hockey.
According to data compiled by The Washington Post, American police killed a total of 1,004 people in 2019. Of those, 371 were white, and 236 were black.Of the 371 whites killed by police, 20 of them were unarmed at the time. Of the 236 blacks killed by police, 9-15 of them were unarmed, depending on definition.
At the current count, at least 17 people have lost their lives as a result of the nationwide riots.
Seems to me, youch and that doesn't touch on the people harmed that had nothing to do with the movement and $$ lost. All to boost up a cultural marxist group that hasn't delivered anything but pain, not even a list of what they want done to correct this except less police.
Which I posted earlier this week, deaths are up from homicides in areas where supposedly black lives matter 😮
Originally posted by snowdragonif you're endorsing cops beating up peaceful protestors, you're not really in favour of free speech.
Seems to me, youch and that doesn't touch on the people harmed that had nothing to do with the movement and $$ lost. All to boost up a cultural marxist group that hasn't delivered anything but pain, not even a list of what they want done to correct this except less police.Which I posted earlier this week, deaths are up from homicides in areas where supposedly black lives matter 😮
Originally posted by Old Man Whirly!
if you're endorsing cops beating up peaceful protestors, your not really in favour of free speech.
I'll wait for your example of me stating I endorse cops beating ppl up at all let alone peaceful protestors.
As an example, your freedom to express yourself freely ends if you decide that means damaging my property(that includes mah dawg.)
Originally posted by Old Man Whirly!
exactly, it's the courts job to punish. The Police being the Judge is a fascist concept Surt.
Hey as long as violent protesters immediately stop being violent once approached by the police and peacefully submit to arrest, I'm game.
And son you don't wanna turn this into a discussion about fascist concepts, so drop that line of thought 🙂