Nationwide riot megathread

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58 minutes ago, Orangesapples said:

Source for Kamala inciting violence 

You dont think Harris and Biden staffers bailing rioters out of jail is encouraging more riots ?

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9 minutes ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

You dont think Harris and Biden staffers bailing rioters out of jail is encouraging more riots ?

Inciting violence is a specific thing that so far only the president has done

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FLASHBACK: Storming the US Capitol Was Fashionable in 2018 When Democrats and Communists Did It

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/01/flashback-storming-us-capitol-ok-2018-democrats-communists/

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51 minutes ago, Poseidon1212 said:

 

I mean I was about to leave and let you guys have your safe space echo chamber, but you just couldn’t resist huh?

 

I said neither of those things, you know why? Because I’m not playing along with the whataboutism game.
 

You both keep trying to elicit a reaction out of me about other events that are wholly irrelevant to this terrorist attack, yet the only thing you achieve is make a fool out of yourself and show how much of a bunch of apologists you are. 
 

In the process you regurgitate lies about antifa being there that have already been debunked and denied by the DoJ, showing that you’ve learned absolutely nothing from this terror attack that in part came to be by peddling such lies. 
 

But the funniest thing of all is that people like you downplay a terrorist attack on their country and calling it “pearl clutching”,  while drawing the line at Target and then call themselves patriots with a straight face. 

Don’t worry though, there’s no need to be blue about it, the government will already be on your behalf for the foreseeable future 😂 

A terrorist attack is a bit much to tell you the truth. When in reality it really wasn't much of one because a really terrorist attacker would have used firearms and detonated actual explosives.  But this was vandalism at best with a ton of people that went into when some of the doors were opened for them by police. Then they got bored and left. If it was a real terrorist attack with 1k amount of people there then they could have held the Capitol until the cows came home. 

 

You obviously know nothing and just want to be like "Look at those awful people with this terrorist attack" while negating the real terrorism that has been going on since June.  

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3 minutes ago, Cyberfx1024 said:

A terrorist attack is a bit much to tell you the truth. When in reality it really wasn't much of one because a really terrorist attacker would have used firearms and detonated actual explosives.  But this was vandalism at best with a ton of people that went into when some of the doors were opened for them by police. Then they got bored and left. If it was a real terrorist attack with 1k amount of people there then they could have held the Capitol until the cows came home. 

 

You obviously know nothing and just want to be like "Look at those awful people with this terrorist attack" while negating the real terrorism that has been going on since June.  

You do know explosives were found? And that the mob wanted to actually kill Mike Pence? 

Edited January 8, 2021 by Orangesapples

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1 minute ago, Cyberfx1024 said:

terrorist attacker would have used firearms and detonated actual explosives.

Cute, I guess you haven't read the court documents of the arraignments then.

 

Anyways, are you going to address this:

4 hours ago, Poseidon1212 said:

 People with zip-ties intending to take hostages, IEDs, Molotov cocktails, trucks with material to make bombs on the fly, state representatives, off-duty LEO and military flashing their ID to get in are all found on the scene. Looting occurred, was smeared on the walls and people died.

Or is that kind of gymnastics above your weight class? 

I've been waiting with bathed breath for a grand finale of the these Olympics, but it seems more likely that Trump will get a 2nd term than for a breathtaking finale to happen.

 

4 minutes ago, Orangesapples said:

You do know explosives were found? And that the mob wanted to actually kill Mike Pence? 

Sure he does, he's just pulling a Hawley. 

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38 minutes ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

FLASHBACK: Storming the US Capitol Was Fashionable in 2018 When Democrats and Communists Did It

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/01/flashback-storming-us-capitol-ok-2018-democrats-communists/

Much like 90% of this thread, the crickets roared then too. 

 

35 minutes ago, Cyberfx1024 said:

A terrorist attack is a bit much to tell you the truth. When in reality it really wasn't much of one because a really terrorist attacker would have used firearms and detonated actual explosives.  But this was vandalism at best with a ton of people that went into when some of the doors were opened for them by police. Then they got bored and left. If it was a real terrorist attack with 1k amount of people there then they could have held the Capitol until the cows came home. 

 

You obviously know nothing and just want to be like "Look at those awful people with this terrorist attack" while negating the real terrorism that has been going on since June.  

I still am not sure about terrorism (still don't understand what the idiots were doing at the doors to the floor and offices), but at minimum when they broke through the barriers and busted the windows to forcefully enter it became a riot. The most aggressive people wound up hurt or worse. Even though I can understand the underlying cause of this release of frustration and anger, the violence and destruction in the riot just wasn't okay and wasn't a means to any legitimate end. Instead it distracted from the objections and gave the already spineless Senators a justification for copping out. 

 

57 minutes ago, Poseidon1212 said:

Maybe, and hear me out here, maybe if it frustrates you so much that people don't give any credibility to your condemnation, perhaps next time, you can stop discrediting your own condemnation by not dragging a completely separate topic into it. 

 

In case you missed it, the topic of today and for the foreseeable future, or at the very least of this discussion that we have right here, is the terrorist attack on the Capitol. By pointing at something else to then ask the question "But what about hem?", you undercut your own believability. After all, if you sincerely think it is so grave, then why bring up something that is unrelated? 

 

Currently the court of public opinion is in session on the matter of MAGA terrorists v. United States and you barge in talking about some other case and then act wronged when people wonder if you're sincere. 

It doesn't matter what you subjectively define as the topic, it's very clear by me, the topic starter, that it's about riots across the country in general. The Capitol riots are relevant and so too are the Antifa/BLM riots that comprise 90% of this topic, which are still going on right now. They are quite comparable and not in the slightest bit "unrelated". While I understand the bad faith desire to control others by inventing some arbitrary and meaningless criteria for "believability" or "sincerity" to accept their opposition to the Capitol riots, no one is under any obligation to only discuss the Capitol riots to post here. 

Edited January 8, 2021 by Burnt Reynolds

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2 hours ago, Orangesapples said:

But a significant part of the Republican voter base is a cult that just listens to and follows the dear leader. 

Nonesense,  nothing but propaganda name calling on your part, As for the defintion;

 

cult

/kəlt/

noun

 

a system of religious veneration and devotion directed toward a particular figure or object.

"the cult of St. Olaf"

• a relatively small group of people having religious beliefs or practices regarded by others as strange or sinister.

  "a network of Satan-worshiping cults

   

  a misplaced or excessive admiration for a particular person or thing.

  "a cult of personality surrounding the leaders"

 

OK, you're using the latter.. I don't the think the majority of Trump voters admire Trump at all, but rather they admire his policies and his successes of the last 4 years.. Their's a lot of very intelligent people out there that we should all admire, Trump is not one of them.

 

 

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So Progressives, BLM, Antifa are all cults.

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1 hour ago, Poseidon1212 said:

Maybe, and hear me out here, maybe if it frustrates you so much that people don't give any credibility to your condemnation, perhaps next time, you can stop discrediting your own condemnation by not dragging a completely separate topic into it. 

 

In case you missed it, the topic of today and for the foreseeable future, or at the very least of this discussion that we have right here, is the terrorist attack on the Capitol. By pointing at something else to then ask the question "But what about hem?", you undercut your own believability. After all, if you sincerely think it is so grave, then why bring up something that is unrelated? 

 

Currently the court of public opinion is in session on the matter of MAGA terrorists v. United States and you barge in talking about some other case and then act wronged when people wonder if you're sincere. 

 

None of this has anything to do with "the Left", this is simple logic. 

 

I get it, this post started months ago with the sole intent of clutching at pearls with a chaser of thinly veiled racism towards minorities. And I get that after so long, it sucks when people rain on your parade because your tribe did something really dumb, especially when it makes everything you were having so much fun over pale in comparison if only because this new stuff is Patriot Act-levels and Felony murder rule-levels of bad.

I get that the knee-jerk reaction is to try and gain the moral high ground or at least make it seem like the same. But it isn't and you can't change that, no matter how much baiting and stuff you do.

Your tribe ###### up so much that even the big leader of the tribe realized he needed to change his tune and we both know he has never done that before. And I get that it sucks that the leader of the tribe is throwing the tribe under the bus, but fret not, there's help available, people to talk to. Now in this case I'd avoid Parler if I were you because if it wasn't a three-letter-agency honeypot before, it probably is now. But I also get that these feelings might be confusing, so perhaps you can talk to someone over at 1-800-662-HELP (4357)?

This thread is about political rioting nationwide and not just about what happened Wednesday.  Many here on the Left have ignored the majority of this thread since apparently they are fine with some terrorism, but the simple fact is that political causes come in many shapes, and when any protests supporting any political view progress beyond peaceful protesting to attacking people, whether police, business owners, homeowners or elected politicians it is not justified.  People hate the comparative tool because it shows a level of hypocrisy, but in the end we should be on the same page regardless of what group is doing it.  Now we have a President Elect that has already broken his main promise of healing by race baiting, so who is pandering toward their extremist base now.

 

Have fun with the Party of division.

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1 hour ago, Dashinka said:

This thread is about political rioting nationwide and not just about what happened Wednesday.  Many here on the Left have ignored the majority of this thread since apparently they are fine with some terrorism, but the simple fact is that political causes come in many shapes, and when any protests supporting any political view progress beyond peaceful protesting to attacking people, whether police, business owners, homeowners or elected politicians it is not justified.  People hate the comparative tool because it shows a level of hypocrisy, but in the end we should be on the same page regardless of what group is doing it.  Now we have a President Elect that has already broken his main promise of healing by race baiting, so who is pandering toward their extremist base now.

 

Have fun with the Party of division.

What we witnessed this week was sedition and insurection, not a protest and not a riot.

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10 minutes ago, CanAm1980 said:

What we witnessed this week was sedition and insurection, not a protest and not a riot.

Somehow such activities by Antifa etc seem to get a pass, intrigued to know why.

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Storming The U.S. Capitol Was About Maintaining White Power In America

By Hakeem Jefferson

Filed under Insurrection

On Wednesday, after weeks of refusing to accept the outcome of the election, President Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol of the United States as members of Congress were meeting to carry out their duties to certify the election results and confirm Joe Biden’s victory.

 

 

Much will be said about the fact that these actions threaten the core of our democracy and undermine the rule of law. Commentators and political observers will rightly note that these actions are the result of disinformation and heightened political polarization in the United States. And there will be no shortage of debate and discussion about the role Trump played in giving rise to this kind of extreme behavior. As we have these discussions, however, we must take care to appreciate that this is not just about folks being angry about the outcome of one election. Nor should we believe for one second that this is a simple manifestation of the president’s lies about the integrity of his defeat. This is, like so much of American politics, about race, racism and white Americans’ stubborn commitment to white dominance, no matter the cost or the consequence.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/storming-the-u-s-capitol-was-about-maintaining-white-power-in-america/

 

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Just now, Boiler said:

Somehow such activities by Antifa etc seem to get a pass, intrigued to know why.

You seem obsessed with BLM and Antifa.  A dumpster fire in Portland and an occupied  street in Seattle don't compare to what I am seeing on today's TV. 

 

 

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3 minutes ago, CanAm1980 said:

You seem obsessed with BLM and Antifa.  A dumpster fire in Portland and an occupied  street in Seattle don't compare to what I am seeing on today's TV. 

 

 

If I’d had to venture a guess as to why: