I’m not sure what website you are using for looking at MAGA authoritarian fantasies (kinda weird to do so in my personal opinion, but to each his own) but on this site I’ve posted actual videos that show actual live events in the real world. I would just stick on this site if I were you.
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teachercd
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It is just a little odd that when we do see these videos of regular cop cars burning (not ICE cars), that people are like "Oh gosh, that is not a big deal". Ummm, what?
I also like the "Well, if the authorities would just leave there would not be any issues" Ummmm, sort of like "if we just stop testing for Covid, there won't be so many Covid reports"
The amount of cop cars that are set on fire that is a problem...is one. One cop car being set on fire is a problem.
Just like those J6 dorks should be either in prison or executed...so should anyone that is setting a cop car on fire.
It’s a bit odd when presented with video evidence showing rioters doing rioting things like starting cars on fire, throwing rocks at police cars, etc, the first thought of some is to say it doesn’t count because someone they don’t like posted it thus making it a fake video.
teachercd
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Or that it is not that big of a deal because it was only (insert # of police cars that are not a big deal here).
That would be like J6 backers being like "It is not a big deal, those J6 people ONLY broke into one house"
Correct. “Well most of the people were peacefully protesting, so we won’t discuss the agitators that got riled up by Trump otherwise they totally wouldn’t have ever gotten riled up and forced to burn cars and throw rocks and scooters from overpasses”.
teachercd
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Plus EVERYONE over 35 has seen those videos, usually in school, of kids tossing stuff over the overpass and killing people.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/teen-threw-rock-off-highway-overpass-killing-man/story?id=66631347
Dr. Strangelove
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Can somebody explain what, exactly, the group of people in LA are protesting?
The Trump Administration orchestrated the most obvious political bait imaginable, and it's working.
The Trump Administration orchestrated the most obvious political bait imaginable, and it's working.
Guy Chamberlin
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Right?
No one has denied things took a "turn for the worse" until they took a turn for the worse. It's also perfectly correct to credit much of the escalation to "chaos from Washington." Newsom wasn't wrong about anything.
How can you watch America for the past six months and still underestimate chaos from Washington? There's virtually no avoidable crisis this idiot hasn't doubled down on. The architect of MAGA literally built his strategy on chaos. Let's not clutch our pearls when they get exactly the reaction they were hoping for.
If this is the part where I'm supposed to say agitators also shouldn't be throwing rocks at cops, sure.
Hey, you rationalize these rioters anyway you see fit. I’m certainly not gonna stop you and I actually encourage you to do more of it.
Guy Chamberlin
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You could also look at the LAPD Chief's statement as an analysis of typical mob behavior, which if extended to the 4th and 5th night situations typically start to dissipate without an additional inciting incident. The fact that the National Guard had been summoned and Trump's rhetoric edged towards martial law sure as hell didn't de-escalate things, and the fact that the National Guard wasn't "much" there yet is hardly proof Trump didn't deserve the blame, especially since he's thrilled this is happening. You can keep pretending these are ICE agents simply doing their honest job, but everything about Trump's deportation strategy is riddled with holes, hypocrisy, and often straight-up cruelty.
As mentioned, there is always a segment of the population that sees chaos in the streets and wants to join in with some senseless violence. A significant portion is quasi-political mob behavior, including J6. The politically savvy folk who are monitoring and fighting the unmistakable moves towards a federal police state aren't wrong. I'm sure they're not crazy about the stupidest additions to the mob getting all the news footage.
The LAPD Chief very much wanted everyone to know his department could handle the rioting, but he is also committed to working with the National Guard and not blaming Trump. The city had already been working closely with the National Guard after the Pallisades fires. You may recall Trump took credit for putting out those fires by turning on a big water spigot that nobody else was powerful enough to do. We're really tired of this f#&%ing idiot.
Guy Chamberlin
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They're protesting ICE raids, which so far have been wildly inconsistent and possibly unconstitutional. Some are no doubt protesting Trump more generically, along with the martial law road show he's previewing.
Another option is to do nothing.