The Protest Thread

[BurtReynolds]

Meh I don't really have a dog in this fight.

[epilogue]

Ha! Clearly!

[simple schoolboy]

So, whats the resolution here? Should the feds just abandon the courthouse, go for a CHAZ II type thing?

[Mickey]

Just wondering when the anti-tyranny crowd is going to show up to denounce the warrantless apprehension of protestors off the streets by unidentified cops, or if that's different from the kind of threats to liberty that scare them.

[Mickey]

A guy gets screamed at online in a case of mistaken identity? This is scary!

Federal cops putting people in the back of minivans? I dunno man honestly sounds fake, going to need to wait to see more about this.

[BurtReynolds]

Just wondering when the anti-tyranny crowd is going to show up to denounce the warrantless apprehension of protestors off the streets by unidentified cops, or if that's different from the kind of threats to liberty that scare them.

Meh I don't really have a dog in this fight.

[Rob]

Just wondering when the anti-tyranny crowd is going to show up to denounce the warrantless apprehension of protestors off the streets by unidentified cops, or if that's different from the kind of threats to liberty that scare them.

Meh I don't really have a dog in this fight.

So you're up in arms when those pesky, woke Libs "threaten" your 1st amendment rights, but not when the government does? Just further proof that this is always about owning/hating the libs, nothing more.

[BurtReynolds]

Just wondering when the anti-tyranny crowd is going to show up to denounce the warrantless apprehension of protestors off the streets by unidentified cops, or if that's different from the kind of threats to liberty that scare them.

Meh I don't really have a dog in this fight.

So you're up in arms when those pesky, woke Libs "threaten" your 1st amendment rights, but not when the government does? Just further proof that this is always about owning/hating the libs, nothing more.

Wtf are you talking about?

One authoritarian group is attacking another (the one most likely to beat me to death, for a dozen reasons.)

But I'm supposed to grab my guns and go protect Portland rioters? Lol who gives a fuck.

Ideally, this would result in mutual destruction.

[Mickey]

Just wondering when the anti-tyranny crowd is going to show up to denounce the warrantless apprehension of protestors off the streets by unidentified cops, or if that's different from the kind of threats to liberty that scare them.

Meh I don't really have a dog in this fight.

So you're up in arms when those pesky, woke Libs "threaten" your 1st amendment rights, but not when the government does? Just further proof that this is always about owning/hating the libs, nothing more.

Wtf are you talking about?

One authoritarian group is attacking another (the one most likely to beat me to death, for a dozen reasons.)

But I'm supposed to grab my guns and go protect Portland rioters? Lol who gives a fuck.

Ideally, this would result in mutual destruction.

Lmao you are such a world-historical dipshit it's unreal.

[BurtReynolds]

Antifa isn't real. Also it just means anti fascism.

Never mind that I've actually seen these people with my own two eyes.

I know exactly what they are.

[Mickey]

I know exactly what they are! I'm smart! Not like everybody says...

[BurtReynolds]

I've engaged in Portland riot/protest tourism a few times (it's a thriving industry if your store doesn't get looted.)

You should leave your indoctrination center to come see it for yourself. Wear some American flag apparel to get the full experience. Come alone for bonus content.

[McParadigm]

Burt is the quintessential very online guy who talks a big “you’re a fool to trust the government” game but will 100% support aggressive government intervention against protestors because a group of college kids upset him. It’s hardly surprising that he digs a militarized government force throwing people he’s scared of into unmarked vans.

I still agitate for more freedom, more decentralization, more anarchy, even though its hard to see any trends that says we can go that way (Brexit maybe? Nah). That doesn't seem to be where history is taking us.

[BurtReynolds]

I don't understand how "I don't give a shit" translates to supporting cops in your mind.

THERE ARE NO GOOD GUYS HERE I WILL NOT PICK A SIDE I'M SO SORRY

[BurtReynolds]

If I thought for a second that these people wouldn't set up their own death squads if given an ounce of power, I might support them (and did initially until they proved to be thugs and morons. I was banned at the time, so you wouldn't have known that.)

[Rob]

If I thought for a second that these people wouldn't set up their own death squads if given an ounce of power, I might support them (and did initially until they proved to be thugs and morons. I was banned at the time, so you wouldn't have known that.)

Are you more afraid of the hypothetical, dystopian future when Antifa is the one party, or of what the actual government just did? That seems easy, especially for someone so concerned with rights. No?

[BurtReynolds]

If I thought for a second that these people wouldn't set up their own death squads if given an ounce of power, I might support them (and did initially until they proved to be thugs and morons. I was banned at the time, so you wouldn't have known that.)

Are you more afraid of the hypothetical, dystopian future when Antifa is the one party, or of what the actual government just did? That seems easy, especially for someone so concerned with rights. No?

It is easy. It's the first one.

[BurtReynolds]

Some of us just see farther than others. It's a blessing and a curse.

[McParadigm]

I rest my case.

[BurtReynolds]

I rest my case.

Don't you have some Russian interference posting to do?