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Post by red14 on May 30, 2020 9:35:58 GMT -6
Opportunity, not a reason, or even an excuse, just an opening to destroy something. True protesters believe they see something wrong, want to be heard, and actually want change for the better. Vandals, Rioters/Looters, and ANTIFA just want to hurt, destroy property, or fill their pockets with other peoples stuff. And really, what good can come from a riot?
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Post by Alpo on May 30, 2020 11:05:47 GMT -6
I don't follow the news. But I hear stuff here and there on the internet.
Apparently some Minneapolis policeman went a little overboard and killed a black suspect.
BLM and all the other rioters immediately "protested". This protest included rioting, looting, and burning down the police station.
It was that last part that puzzled me. You have a building full of people with guns. you have a mob with torches and Molotov cocktails storming the building and attempting to set it on fire.
Where are the corpses?
If a mob decided to set my house on fire, they could do it. But my front yard would be full of dead bodies.
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Post by piney on May 30, 2020 12:50:07 GMT -6
Another political tool. The democrats 'in charge' in MN do not want to react because it would lose votes for their party.
There is no leadership here.
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Post by jwrauch on May 30, 2020 19:15:02 GMT -6
It seems like these riots only happen in Demonrat strongholds. Places where there is a strong conservative presence seem immune to this nonsence !!!
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Post by unclelee on May 31, 2020 5:35:17 GMT -6
If you don't love and respect me and support me, I'll burn down your cities. That will make you love and respect me. You already support me.
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Post by red14 on May 31, 2020 5:59:39 GMT -6
If you don't love and respect me and support me, I'll burn down your cities. That will make you love and respect me. You already support me. You mean like: Do unto me as I would like you to, or I will burn down your house ?
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Post by Enfield on May 31, 2020 14:35:29 GMT -6
From what we are seeing on the news it looks pretty wild out there - hope you guys are all a long way from this.
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Post by red14 on May 31, 2020 15:51:13 GMT -6
From what we are seeing on the news it looks pretty wild out there - hope you guys are all a long way from this. It is mostly confined to larger urban areas. There are small protests downtown, but not in the suburbs, or rural areas.
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Post by unclelee on Jun 1, 2020 4:54:03 GMT -6
Folks, These riots will settle a big question that I have in my head. In all our major cities we have millions of people mashed, crowded, and shifting around like grains of sand in a sand dune. They are in that crowd for hours with no personal protection.
My question is how bad is this virus?
1. It is bad and every major city in America will have a tremendous spike in COVID-19 cases. 2. There is just small spikes in COVID-19 cases making everything we have been told on how bad it is just more hype.
I am not saying it is not bad, just not as overwhelming as the hype made it out to be. It is just new and needs to run its course. My question will be answered in about 2 weeks.
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Post by red14 on Jun 1, 2020 8:08:36 GMT -6
I think that exaggeration, hyperbole, and embellishment rule the day in all forms of media. Actually, it seems that we have to use so many adjectives to describe things. I always try to stay in the middle, don't get too high, or get too low. Mom always said that nothing is ever as bad or good or bad as we make it out to be. Just like hoe meteorologists exaggerate Hurricanes. Last year, they were freaking out about a level 5 Hurricane that was supposed to hit Florida. Well, a level 1 went by us. Typical, and then they wonder why people don't evacuate!
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Post by piney on Jun 1, 2020 8:57:16 GMT -6
The primary fact in my mind for quite a while now is that this is an election year in the U.S. Clearly they will do anything to try to prevent Trump winning the election. If MN's governor is just one example of weak democrat leadership, they are shooting themselves in the foot because they don't know what they're doing. That idiot susan rice said Russia is rioting/looting/burning America. Yeah, that makes zero sense.
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Post by red14 on Jun 1, 2020 15:17:48 GMT -6
I find it interesting that a truckdriver got arrested for driving on a large super-highway (he did not hit anyone). He gets beat up by a mob of 'protesters' (rioters) who clogged the thoroughfare but none of them were arrested. Didn't any of those people get taught by their parents that you don't play in the road ? P.S. All the 'journalists' marvel that he didn't hit anyone. Obviously he didn't want to or he would not have stopped.
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Post by piney on Jun 1, 2020 15:45:15 GMT -6
Local news says that driver accidentally drove down the closed road. Authorities allegedly closed five roads because the thugs would be swarming them. It's all very strange.
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Post by red14 on Jun 2, 2020 8:34:29 GMT -6
Local news says that driver accidentally drove down the closed road. Authorities allegedly closed five roads because the thugs would be swarming them. It's all very strange. Any updates on that?
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Post by piney on Jun 2, 2020 9:09:09 GMT -6
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