Riots/Looting/Violence and general post-George Floyd madness

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  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,488
    I'm not sure why violence has a left and a right side.
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  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,917
    Here's a 32-minute compilation video posted by the guy that had the video of the man being kicked in the head. There were other confrontations and incidents that night. It's all from August 16th in downtown Portland....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCKcYSQAP6U
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  • nicknyr15nicknyr15 Posts: 8,564
    edited August 2020
    Here's a 32-minute compilation video posted by the guy that had the video of the man being kicked in the head. There were other confrontations and incidents that night. It's all from August 16th in downtown Portland....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCKcYSQAP6U
    I just don’t understand any of this. I don’t understand why no one is taking a stand against this. I don’t understand why the “leaders” in these cities don’t take a stand. Since when has violence and crime become a left or right thing? I feel terrible for the people who live there and all the businesses affected by this. What a shame. 
    Post edited by nicknyr15 on
  • PJPOWERPJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    nicknyr15 said:
    Here's a 32-minute compilation video posted by the guy that had the video of the man being kicked in the head. There were other confrontations and incidents that night. It's all from August 16th in downtown Portland....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCKcYSQAP6U
    I just don’t understand any of this. I don’t understand why no one is taking a stand against this. I don’t understand why the “leaders” in these cities don’t take a stand. Since when has violence and crime become a left or right thing? I feel terrible for the people who live there and all the businesses affected by this. What a shame. 
    I couldn’t tell if that was real or a scene from the streets of idiocracy.  I hope this guy (victim) gets well soon and that his attackers get put behind bars for a long time.  Talk about a basket of deplorables.
  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,488
    nicknyr15 said:
    Here's a 32-minute compilation video posted by the guy that had the video of the man being kicked in the head. There were other confrontations and incidents that night. It's all from August 16th in downtown Portland....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCKcYSQAP6U
    I just don’t understand any of this. I don’t understand why no one is taking a stand against this. I don’t understand why the “leaders” in these cities don’t take a stand. Since when has violence and crime become a left or right thing? I feel terrible for the people who live there and all the businesses affected by this. What a shame. 
    I had just posted the same.  "Since when has violence and crime become a left or right thing".  It's embarrassing the way the right react to peaceful protests...and equally embarrassing the way the left reacts to violent protest.
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  • Meltdown99Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    nicknyr15 said:
    Here's a 32-minute compilation video posted by the guy that had the video of the man being kicked in the head. There were other confrontations and incidents that night. It's all from August 16th in downtown Portland....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCKcYSQAP6U
    I just don’t understand any of this. I don’t understand why no one is taking a stand against this. I don’t understand why the “leaders” in these cities don’t take a stand. Since when has violence and crime become a left or right thing? I feel terrible for the people who live there and all the businesses affected by this. What a shame. 
    Where are the cops??? I find it hard to believe the cope were not called.  Good to see BLM and peaceful protest.  Why do these thugs not go and harass the hells angels???  
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  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,296
    nicknyr15 said:
    Here's a 32-minute compilation video posted by the guy that had the video of the man being kicked in the head. There were other confrontations and incidents that night. It's all from August 16th in downtown Portland....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCKcYSQAP6U
    I just don’t understand any of this. I don’t understand why no one is taking a stand against this. I don’t understand why the “leaders” in these cities don’t take a stand. Since when has violence and crime become a left or right thing? I feel terrible for the people who live there and all the businesses affected by this. What a shame. 

    Lack of strong, responsible leadership is one of the reasons the BLM movement is seen by some (myself included) as ineffective, chaotic, and overly violent.  This doesn't mean I don't support the general concept of BLM, but when strong leadership is absent, good, long lasting results are unlikely to occur. Compared to much of what went on in The Civil Rights Movement in the sixties, the current state of affairs is a clusterfuck.
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  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,908
    brianlux said:
    nicknyr15 said:
    Here's a 32-minute compilation video posted by the guy that had the video of the man being kicked in the head. There were other confrontations and incidents that night. It's all from August 16th in downtown Portland....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCKcYSQAP6U
    I just don’t understand any of this. I don’t understand why no one is taking a stand against this. I don’t understand why the “leaders” in these cities don’t take a stand. Since when has violence and crime become a left or right thing? I feel terrible for the people who live there and all the businesses affected by this. What a shame. 

    Lack of strong, responsible leadership is one of the reasons the BLM movement is seen by some (myself included) as ineffective, chaotic, and overly violent.  This doesn't mean I don't support the general concept of BLM, but when strong leadership is absent, good, long lasting results are unlikely to occur. Compared to much of what went on in The Civil Rights Movement in the sixties, the current state of affairs is a clusterfuck.
    Yeah where’s the MLK of these days? 

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  • Merkin BallerMerkin Baller Posts: 11,579
    brianlux said:
    nicknyr15 said:
    Here's a 32-minute compilation video posted by the guy that had the video of the man being kicked in the head. There were other confrontations and incidents that night. It's all from August 16th in downtown Portland....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCKcYSQAP6U
    I just don’t understand any of this. I don’t understand why no one is taking a stand against this. I don’t understand why the “leaders” in these cities don’t take a stand. Since when has violence and crime become a left or right thing? I feel terrible for the people who live there and all the businesses affected by this. What a shame. 

    Lack of strong, responsible leadership is one of the reasons the BLM movement is seen by some (myself included) as ineffective, chaotic, and overly violent.  This doesn't mean I don't support the general concept of BLM, but when strong leadership is absent, good, long lasting results are unlikely to occur. Compared to much of what went on in The Civil Rights Movement in the sixties, the current state of affairs is a clusterfuck.

    +1
  • bbiggsbbiggs Posts: 6,952
    edited August 2020
    Hypocrisy at its finest.  Lightfoot bans “protestors” on her block because she feels threatened. The other residents in Chicago neighborhoods don’t?  Classic.  Do as I say, not as I do...

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-police-lightfoot-home-protests-20200820-s563zjj4uzc2rcbprrruzalwaq-story.html%3foutputType=amp
  • bbiggsbbiggs Posts: 6,952
    She has the right to make sure that her home is secure. To hell with everyone else.  Unbelievable how brazen she is with the hypocrisy. 
  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    Yeah, that left me scratching my head. 
  • mace1229mace1229 Posts: 9,482
    https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-retired-nypd-sergeant-beaten-manhattan-homeless-man-video-20200820-hqrwdcq4ejbihkurpql67f5w3m-story.html

    Not the best news source I know. Doesn’t matter, the blatant violence is getting crazy.
    Worst, when the attacker was arrested and found with a machete, he was just given a ticket to appear in court later.
    i don’t understand this no bail for violent crimes.
  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,296
    bbiggs said:
    Hypocrisy at its finest.  Lightfoot bans “protestors” on her block because she feels threatened. The other residents in Chicago neighborhoods don’t?  Classic.  Do as I say, not as I do...

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-police-lightfoot-home-protests-20200820-s563zjj4uzc2rcbprrruzalwaq-story.html%3foutputType=amp

    Sounds more like Mayor Lite.
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  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,839
    brianlux said:
    bbiggs said:
    Hypocrisy at its finest.  Lightfoot bans “protestors” on her block because she feels threatened. The other residents in Chicago neighborhoods don’t?  Classic.  Do as I say, not as I do...

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-police-lightfoot-home-protests-20200820-s563zjj4uzc2rcbprrruzalwaq-story.html%3foutputType=amp

    Sounds more like Mayor Lite.
    More like Mayor McCheese. 
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  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    dankind said:
    brianlux said:
    bbiggs said:
    Hypocrisy at its finest.  Lightfoot bans “protestors” on her block because she feels threatened. The other residents in Chicago neighborhoods don’t?  Classic.  Do as I say, not as I do...

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-police-lightfoot-home-protests-20200820-s563zjj4uzc2rcbprrruzalwaq-story.html%3foutputType=amp

    Sounds more like Mayor Lite.
    More like Mayor McCheese. 
    I never trusted that one. And Ronald, with that weird scary face...he was nothing to write home about either. 
  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,491
    hedonist said:
    dankind said:
    brianlux said:
    bbiggs said:
    Hypocrisy at its finest.  Lightfoot bans “protestors” on her block because she feels threatened. The other residents in Chicago neighborhoods don’t?  Classic.  Do as I say, not as I do...

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-police-lightfoot-home-protests-20200820-s563zjj4uzc2rcbprrruzalwaq-story.html%3foutputType=amp

    Sounds more like Mayor Lite.
    More like Mayor McCheese. 
    I never trusted that one. And Ronald, with that weird scary face...he was nothing to write home about either. 
    1972 McDonaldland Book Cover with the original characters Ronald
  • PJPOWERPJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    edited August 2020
    brianlux said:
    bbiggs said:
    Hypocrisy at its finest.  Lightfoot bans “protestors” on her block because she feels threatened. The other residents in Chicago neighborhoods don’t?  Classic.  Do as I say, not as I do...

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-police-lightfoot-home-protests-20200820-s563zjj4uzc2rcbprrruzalwaq-story.html%3foutputType=amp

    Sounds more like Mayor Lite.
    Mayor eLite
    She should just resign if she cannot take the heat.
  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    hedonist said:
    dankind said:
    brianlux said:
    bbiggs said:
    Hypocrisy at its finest.  Lightfoot bans “protestors” on her block because she feels threatened. The other residents in Chicago neighborhoods don’t?  Classic.  Do as I say, not as I do...

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-police-lightfoot-home-protests-20200820-s563zjj4uzc2rcbprrruzalwaq-story.html%3foutputType=amp

    Sounds more like Mayor Lite.
    More like Mayor McCheese. 
    I never trusted that one. And Ronald, with that weird scary face...he was nothing to write home about either. 
    1972 McDonaldland Book Cover with the original characters Ronald
    I was gypped! We never had the apple pie tree here. 
  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,491
    hedonist said:
    hedonist said:
    dankind said:
    brianlux said:
    bbiggs said:
    Hypocrisy at its finest.  Lightfoot bans “protestors” on her block because she feels threatened. The other residents in Chicago neighborhoods don’t?  Classic.  Do as I say, not as I do...

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-police-lightfoot-home-protests-20200820-s563zjj4uzc2rcbprrruzalwaq-story.html%3foutputType=amp

    Sounds more like Mayor Lite.
    More like Mayor McCheese. 
    I never trusted that one. And Ronald, with that weird scary face...he was nothing to write home about either. 
    1972 McDonaldland Book Cover with the original characters Ronald
    I was gypped! We never had the apple pie tree here. 
    I've seen it before.  I always wanted there to be REAL apple pies in it.

    The fry guys aren't mentioned but they are standing next to the Hamburgler and the bird and Grimmace are missing.
  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,917
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  • PJPOWERPJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    And I’m sure they all came out and gladly marched because of this, right?  No?  Damnit, go break some more shit and beat some more innocent people, that should help...
  • FiveBelowFiveBelow Posts: 1,294
    This is the new definition of peaceful, apparently we just need to get use to it. Anyway, I am sure they were all home by midnight so they would be well rested for work.
  • nicknyr15nicknyr15 Posts: 8,564
    JW269453 said:
    This is the new definition of peaceful, apparently we just need to get use to it. Anyway, I am sure they were all home by midnight so they would be well rested for work.
    Work. Haha. 
  • nicknyr15nicknyr15 Posts: 8,564
    Pretty catchy. 
  • PJPOWERPJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    edited August 2020
    So when Portland voters decide to vote for a conservative after all of this.....
  • bbiggsbbiggs Posts: 6,952
    nicknyr15 said:
    Pretty catchy. 
    Every tune is catchier when you repeatedly chant "motherfu$*er."  Has a nice ring to it and is a highly effective tool for peaceful protesting.

  • bbiggsbbiggs Posts: 6,952
    Needs drums though.  A little percussion would go a long way with this one.
  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,839
    nicknyr15 said:
    JW269453 said:
    This is the new definition of peaceful, apparently we just need to get use to it. Anyway, I am sure they were all home by midnight so they would be well rested for work.
    Work. Haha. 
    Are y'all actually begrudging people for being out of a job during our current influx of crises?

    I understand begrudging someone for committing random acts of violence, but this conversation just took a pretty callous turn.
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  • FiveBelowFiveBelow Posts: 1,294
    dankind said:
    nicknyr15 said:
    JW269453 said:
    This is the new definition of peaceful, apparently we just need to get use to it. Anyway, I am sure they were all home by midnight so they would be well rested for work.
    Work. Haha. 
    Are y'all actually begrudging people for being out of a job during our current influx of crises?

    I understand begrudging someone for committing random acts of violence, but this conversation just took a pretty callous turn.
    Not begrudging anyone, just a simple sarcastic statement. I do not know the employment status of anyone outside of my circle, and would never wish hard times upon anyone. It is my opinion that these types of protest are not beneficial to anyone and maybe their time would be better served elsewhere if they are unhappy with their current situation.
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