Progressive Anarchism

For years we have been hearing about conservatives being crazy for wanting to have guns.

Now progressives are setting up there own zones guarded by armed militia.

Now the conservatives who wanted and want to defend themselves sent looking so crazy.

Have progressives been hypocrites this whole time?

If you're a reader check out the book liberal fascism by jonah Goldberg. Highlights alot of progressive hypocrisy.

Many of them are absolutely hypocrites.

Originally posted by BrolyBlack
For years we have been hearing about conservatives being crazy for wanting to have guns.

Now progressives are setting up there own zones guarded by armed militia.

Now the conservatives who wanted and want to defend themselves sent looking so crazy.

Have progressives been hypocrites this whole time?

I don't think those are the same people. Leftists/Anarchists are very different from liberals. Bleeding-heart (pardon the pun) gun control folks tend to be liberals.

Leftists and anarchists often very much share the view of right wing militia types that the populace (particularly the proletariat) needs to be armed to protect itself from the capitalist governments overreach.

Then how do you explain all the people in the media that have always been critical of the 2A when it came to the right, yet are either saying nothing or supporting the CHAZ.

Originally posted by Artol
I don't think those are the same people. Leftists/Anarchists are very different from liberals. Bleeding-heart (pardon the pun) gun control folks tend to be liberals.

Leftists and anarchists often very much share the view of right wing militia types that the populace (particularly the proletariat) needs to be armed to protect itself from the capitalist governments overreach.

I think those individuals are more libertarians than liberals.

Originally posted by Silent Master
Then how do you explain all the people in the media that have always been critical of the 2A when it came to the right, yet are either saying nothing or supporting the CHAZ.

Oh, I guess I haven't noticed that, but they are probably partisan liberal hypocrites...

Of course we always have to remember that Democrat and Republican media are completely different and show you different things about any given situation, so while Republicans leaning people seem to think this is a terrorist insurrection, Democrat leaning people see it as a peaceful form of protest or maybe like a harmless block party.

How would taking over multiple city blocks and guarding them with guns be considered peaceful or harmless?

Originally posted by Silent Master
How would taking over multiple city blocks and guarding them with guns be considered peaceful or harmless?

That's probably a question better asked to the people that support the zone for that reasons. But I guess the argument, supported by the way it is portrayed in Democrat leaning media, is that the police packed up by themselves, and since then there have been people hanging out without using force, without looting, rioting or perpetrating crime.

Why did the police pack up and leave?

Anyone see the video where cops hang out at a congressmans office and let looters riot. Disgusting. Love when they get exposed as the disgusting pos they are.

Originally posted by Silent Master
Why did the police pack up and leave?

Idk, scared? Had enough of this shit?

Originally posted by Artol
Idk, scared? Had enough of this shit?

Scared of what? had enough of what?

Originally posted by Artol
Idk, scared? Had enough of this shit?

Originally posted by Silent Master
Scared of what? had enough of what?

I think the wikipedia page gives a pretty good, not too biased in either direction description of the events:

Protests over the killing of George Floyd and police brutality began in Seattle on May 29, 2020. For nine days there were street clashes involving protesters, the Seattle Police Department (SPD), and the Washington National Guard.[15] On June 5, Mayor Jenny Durkan and SPD Chief Carmen Best announced a 30-day ban on the use of tear gas.[16] Protests eventually coalesced around the SPD's East Precinct building, where the SPD used aggressive dispersal tactics, including blast balls,[17] flash bangs, and pepper spray.[15] By June 7, metal fencing and large cement blocks were placed around the precinct.[15] Later that day, a car drove into a crowd of protesters, after which the driver shot a protester in the arm before running behind police lines.[15] The crowd outside the precinct grew and police, reporting that protesters were throwing bottles, rocks, and fireworks, were authorized to resume the use of tear gas shortly after midnight.[15] Over 12,000 complaints were filed about the police response to the demonstrations.[18]

The following afternoon, in a "police retreat",[2] the SPD abandoned the East Precinct, covering the windows with plywood[19] and leaving the front door open.[20] Protesters erected street barricades and declared the area "Free Capitol Hill."[2]

But look, you are going at this the wrong way, you won't convince me that the liberal view of this being harmless fun is wrong, because I don't hold that view.

Originally posted by Artol
I think the wikipedia page gives a pretty good, not too biased in either direction description of the events:

But look, you are going at this the wrong way, you won't convince me that the liberal view of this being harmless fun is wrong, because I don't hold that view.

Sounds like violence to me, now. that wasn't so hard was it?

Originally posted by Silent Master
Sounds like violence to me, now. that wasn't so hard was it?

Oh shit, you proved it to me, I completely changed my mind on this topic, thank you for schooling me.

Originally posted by Artol
Oh shit, you proved it to me, I completely changed my mind on this topic, thank you for schooling me.

You're welcome.

I do wonder, do you disagree with my hypothesis that there are a lot of Democrats who, based on the news they consume, do not view this as a violent insurrection?

Because I totally understand that you don't believe that, and I would also agree that there is violence involved as well, so I don't agree with their view either, but I'm pretty sure that is at least in large parts their view.

I think most democrats know they used violence, they just don't care. But, I suppose there could be some truly ignorant Dems that are just too dumb to think for themselves.