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eddiec

BS44325 said:

Why is the left always so violent...

http://m.koat.com/news/trump-protesters-throw-rocks-and-bottles-at-police-horses/39710044

Can they put their need for fascism aside and just protest peacefully for once?

It wasn't a protest.

'This was not a protest - it was a riot that was the result of a mob trying to cause damage and injury to public property and innocent citizens exercising their constitutional right to peaceably assemble,” Albuquerque City Council President Dan Lewis said in a statement.

Gern Blansten

If protesters threw rocks outside of a KKK rally would you feel any different?

Because that's basically what happened.

Shawshank

Gern Blansten said:

If protesters threw rocks outside of a KKK rally would you feel any different?

Because that's basically what happened.

Oh GTFO with that bullshit.

Gern Blansten

https://www.yahoo.com/news/jimmy-carter-trump-tapped-a-reservoir-of-inherent-racism-131833920.html

If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck...has a shitty combover like a duck...

mrussel1

Extremists on both sides are dangerous and prone to violence or chaos. I don't think it has much to do with what your specific ideology is.

Godfather.

don't try and take anything from a freeloader.

Godfather.

Gern Blansten

Godfather. said:

don't try and take anything from a freeloader.

Godfather.

Their signs didn't say anything about freeloading. They referred to Trump being a racist and representing white privilege.

hedonist

mrussel1 said:

Extremists on both sides are dangerous and prone to violence or chaos. I don't think it has much to do with what your specific ideology is.

Yeah, I agree. These idiots don't get a pass because of who they were protesting, it's how they did it.

(I'll never get how destroying cars, property, throwing shit at others, etc. gets any viable point across)

2-feign-reluctance

Hahaa! So some of you really still think he'll be president....hahaha!!! Oh boy!

mrussel1

2-feign-reluctance said:

Hahaa! So some of you really still think he'll be president....hahaha!!! Oh boy!

Never underestimate the the rabble. It's why the founders set this up as a representative democracy. They didn't trust the people.

2-feign-reluctance

mrussel1 said:

2-feign-reluctance said:

Hahaa! So some of you really still think he'll be president....hahaha!!! Oh boy!

Never underestimate the the rabble. It's why the founders set this up as a representative democracy. They didn't trust the people.

I agree with that statement.

mrussel1

2-feign-reluctance said:

mrussel1 said:

2-feign-reluctance said:

Hahaa! So some of you really still think he'll be president....hahaha!!! Oh boy!

Never underestimate the the rabble. It's why the founders set this up as a representative democracy. They didn't trust the people.

I agree with that statement.

If you figure that our system was set up right after the French Revolution where they went from monarchy -> anarchy -> Bonaparte dictatorship in the span of 25 years. No way were they going with 'direct democracy'!

mace1229

Was I the only one who saw the irony in some of the protesters? I saw Hispanics holding up signs saying they aren't criminals, while throwing rocks and burning debris at police, lighting fires and burning the American flag.
It kinda made me laugh.
"I'm not a criminal, and I'll prove it by throwing this Molotov Cocktail at your face!"
Obviously these only represent a small fraction of the minorities. I don't lump them all together with those idiots.

Gern Blansten

mace1229 said:

Was I the only one who saw the irony in some of the protesters? I saw Hispanics holding up signs saying they aren't criminals, while throwing rocks and burning debris at police, lighting fires and burning the American flag.
It kinda made me laugh.
"I'm not a criminal, and I'll prove it by throwing this Molotov Cocktail at your face!"
Obviously these only represent a small fraction of the minorities. I don't lump them all together with those idiots.

Wait....you are saying that you saw the same person holding the sign throwing rocks?

mace1229

Gern Blansten said:

mace1229 said:

Was I the only one who saw the irony in some of the protesters? I saw Hispanics holding up signs saying they aren't criminals, while throwing rocks and burning debris at police, lighting fires and burning the American flag.
It kinda made me laugh.
"I'm not a criminal, and I'll prove it by throwing this Molotov Cocktail at your face!"
Obviously these only represent a small fraction of the minorities. I don't lump them all together with those idiots.

Wait....you are saying that you saw the same person holding the sign throwing rocks?

Yes. There were lots of clips shown. There were at least a couple that showed that. And even more with different people but clearly in the same group vandalizing property while others in the group were holding similar signs. Shouldn't be too shocking, seems to be the case often in these situations

Dirtie_Frank

How about waving the Mexican Flag. If Mexico is so great why are they here in the USA protesting? That is ironic to me

PJPOWER

Gern Blansten said:

If protesters threw rocks outside of a KKK rally would you feel any different?

Because that's basically what happened.

Everyone has the right to peacefully assemble. When people start throwing rocks at those who are peacefully assembled, they are in the wrong...regardless of the disagreement.

rgambs

Dirtie_Frank said:

How about waving the Mexican Flag. If Mexico is so great why are they here in the USA protesting? That is ironic to me

That is a middle school level assessment of immigration

cincybearcat

So it's clear trump is an egomaniac.

That said - why can't we have straight talk about some of this stuff. The facts are some people are here illegally. They are by current definition criminals. If we were to follow the law, they would be deported if found here illegally.

Now, based upon the fact that our government and leaders have failed us for so many years, this problem is huge. And while following the law means deporting all, perhaps that isn't the best course of action. But please don't pretend that deporting illegals is unfair in anyway. It certainly is lawful.

And people being proud to be out in public announcing their are illegally in the country is a bit strange to me. We've basically made it so that people think those that want to enforce the law are somehow racist.....wtf????? That is far from the truth.

This whole immigration issue is a gigantic turd with no real good answer. But there are more humane answers that also still ensure we are a nation of laws.

mace1229

great statement. I agree with every point.