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06-11-2020 09:29 PM |
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Originally Posted by billethkid
(Post 1781712)
... At least not until the silent major stands up and demands enough is enough.
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Originally Posted by alfredpopcorn@gmail.com
(Post 1781732)
Excuse me . So protestors and rioters are one in the same ? Just the fact that all pandemic rules were not followed is similar to committing murder ? Isn’t that what we where told ?
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Originally Posted by jbrown132
(Post 1781800)
The media does not report the peaceful protests because it does not fit their agenda.
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Originally Posted by karostay
(Post 1781847)
Protesting peaceably for what one believes in should be embraced
Destruction stealing and causing bodily harm under the pretense of protesting should dealt with harshly and swiftly
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Originally Posted by smacquart
(Post 1781969)
Sad that violent and looting infiltrators ruined peaceful demonstrators image.
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Originally Posted by billethkid
(Post 1781974)
Any discussion becomes confusing as folks continue to use protestors and rioters/looters as one and the same. They are not. Protestors do not riot and loot Those who riot and loot do not protest. They could care less. They are activists/thugs bent on destruction. Why there is not more aggressive measure taken against the rioters/looters remains a mystery......and the major cause of the problems. Obviously burn baby burn is more newsworthy than peaceful protesting.
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Originally Posted by IvorT
(Post 1782016)
I think the majority of protesters are well intentioned. I also believe that there are anarchists who just want to overthrow the system, whatever that system might be. I just saw pictures of the tearing down of the slave-traders statue in England. The people who did it were white guys. No blacks in sight. I blame anarchists in both countries. In fact I suspect that all countries have this small minority of people, who just want to insight chaos.
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Protesters are protesters; rioters, looters, and arsonists are criminals. Unfortunately, just reading the comments in this thread, it seems apparent that lumping both together fits a specific agenda. We might turn out to be concerned at the possibility that the protesters WERE the "silent majority"—and at least for the moment.
There appears to be a deliberate focus of covert groups to get people to associate protesters with criminals. I was told the extent to which people don't want to be confused by the facts (for example, the protesters themselves are, well, protesting; the criminals are burning and looting), because to blur them together fits that agenda.
One comment I read baffles me—about the friend who says EVERY "cop" is bad based on the misdeed of one. Really. Speaking personally: I'm involved with various groups—some political (some party, a couple bipartisan, one extremist), some community oriented non-political, some support groups, and on and on. From time to time the subject of law enforcement comes up, and there are some forceful views expressed, but I have NEVER known or heard anyone EVER express a view like that, nor has one ever been reported to me.... I have no way of knowing, but just from your story, the man sounds like a bigot! And that's a "friend"?
If only an unarmed, handcuffed man had not been murdered in the street in public view by a police officer in the presence of three fellow police officers who did nothing to stop him, none of this would be happening. Darn! |
