It's about November. It's about maintaining a constant state 9f
exhaustion. There isnt any actual cause behind it
On Sun, Jul 19, 2020, 7:00 PM <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
The whole occupy whatever, set fire to whatever,
irrespective of the adopted noble cause seems like a way to
get away with being hooligans and spinning it as some form
of justifiable act. I guess so they can have bragging
rights later on. I believe them to be disingenuous and
hypocritical.
This says it far better than I can:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8532541/Portland-cop-calls-BLM-protesters-hypocritical-not-having-minorities-department.html
*From:* Ken Hohhof
*Sent:* Sunday, July 19, 2020 5:17 PM
*To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group'
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT - political
“Peaceful protesters hold signs in support of other people”
doesn’t make the news. So most likely you are thinking of a
small percentage of the protesters, because they are the
ones who make the news. I’m not saying it’s “fake news”,
just that boring news doesn’t get ratings and advertising
dollars.
Also not sure what your threshold is for “misbehaving”.
Spray painting graffiti on government buildings? Probably
only a few people are doing that, but still, is that
anarchy? Throwing rocks or burning stuff, yes, that
probably crosses a line. But holding up a speaker? News
like this, if true (as seems likely), is disturbing:
https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2020/07/police-shoot-portland-protester-in-head-with-impact-weapon-causing-severe-injuries.html
What puzzles me is why you single out white kids and a noble
cause as being childish. Do you expect them to only go out
and demonstrate for causes that directly benefit them or
people who look like them? Are we that polarized and
selfish now?
I live in a suburb that is mostly white middle class. But I
am seeing a lot of yard signs that say “Injustice anywhere
is a threat to justice everywhere.” That’s probably the
sentiment of _most_ of the protesters in Portland. If the
cops can go all Judge Dredd on George Floyd, maybe that
threatens all of us, even if the street judges aren’t coming
for people that look like us. Yet.
Maybe think back to 1978 when some Nazis wanted to march in
heavily Jewish Skokie, IL and the ACLU defended their right
to free speech. Pretty much nobody wanted marching Nazis,
but if you take away their rights, whose rights are next?
(But I still laugh at the Illinois Nazis scene in Blues
Brothers.)
*From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Colin
Stanners
*Sent:* Sunday, July 19, 2020 5:31 PM
*To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com>
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT - political
www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/anti-fascist-teenagers-seeking-revolution-behind-continued-portland-riots
<http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/anti-fascist-teenagers-seeking-revolution-behind-continued-portland-riots>
I don't want to encourage political threads on AFMUG but...
Some people just want to watch the world burn. Current
situations in the world mean that those people can tag onto
a reason or (pretext to) join a group or find support to
help them in those desires. And somehow, a lot of those
people live around Portland?
On Sun, Jul 19, 2020, 3:49 PM <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
Not trying to break lent, but I am lacking understanding.
What are the young white kids rioting about in Portland?
I am from Oregon, I remember protests in the 60s and 70s
over Vietnam.
I also remember a line of State Police walking through a
park downtown and busting heads of those that did not
clear out. Actually one of my first telco bosses had
been one of those State Bull Cops.
Are young white kids just aching for a chance at
anarchy? I don’t get it.
Misbehaving while trying to wrap some kind of noble
cause around you is pretty childish.
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