Out of control Anarchism only hastens eventual loss of freedoms ...

[dogtag]

No Society can tolerate this kind of destructive behavior for too long.
Peaceable protests are a thing of the past. Now, on the flimsiest of
excuses the Antifa type mobs take over and turn the crowd into an
uncontrollable rabble intent of burning and looting.
My thought is that anyone caught either looting or setting fires
deserves to be shot and ringleaders deserve lengthy prison sentences,
otherwise they'll never be an incentive for these rioters to stop.
If nothing serious is done this time in the way of sentencing they'll
just be another riot the next time there's an excuse. The more times
these thugs get away with these antics the more brazen they become
and the more violent. Sooner or later a real crackdown will occur and
we'll all be the worse off for it. Freedoms get eroded slowly anyway so
there's no reason to hasten the process.
Hopefully AG Barr will put an end to this nonsense before that happens.

[Major Tom]

Trump announced today that the government is calling these riots "a terrorist act".

[m1ashooter]

I think the President is correct. We are seeing a few different things going on. Attacks by masked white people on facilities which fits the MO of the Antifa groups and then general looting of free stuff by the groups that loot free stuff. I'm also betting that some organized crime stealing is also mixed in to the chaos.

[Vern Humphrey]

As Napoleon said about controlling riots, "A whiff of grapeshot."

[dogtag]

As Napoleon said about controlling riots, "A whiff of grapeshot."

Yes, and he actually did it. He gave the order to fire grapeshot into the crowd.

[Roadkingtrax]

Trump's Reichstag fire. Consolidation of power is a scary prospect.

[rayg]

Trump's Reichstag fire. Consolidation of power is a scary prospect.

Do you ever post anything that sensible?

[shadycon]

Open protection of private property. If you own, it you can protect by any means! Sit in you store with a semi auto and lots of ammo.

[Roadkingtrax]

Do you ever post anything that sensible?

Well, he is cowering in a bunker? No Russian artillery to deal with.

Go play with Togor, I'm not interested.

[togor]

Here's a paradox and I would love it if someone could explain it to me.

When protesters are destroying property (but not killing) lethal force is called for, a strong government response, even at the Federal level coming down into the states.

When a lethal pandemic is hitting the county, a strong government response is called tyranny, and an effective Federal response is considered an abrogation of states rights.

When a natural disaster comes through and wipes out people's stuff, but the people are alive, we are told that it is a blessing from God, that the lives are spared and material things can be replaced.

See the unevenness there?

(Note: this is is no endorsement of property destruction, looting and theft. These acts do damage the very communities who are expressing grievance. But is it really the proper response to say if you smash stuff we're going to kill you?)

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Well, he is cowering in a bunker? No Russian artillery to deal with.

Go play with Togor, I'm not interested.

Leave me out of it please

[rayg]

Well, he is cowering in a bunker? No Russian artillery to deal with.

Go play with Togor, I'm not interested.

Yes..You never post any thing of interest..

[oscars]

Subsequent to the Baltimore riots and the piss poor performance of Marilyn Mosby, arrests went from 40000 in 2014 to 20000 a year later. Homicides went from under 200 in 2014 to over 300 in 2015, remaining at that level for the past 5 years. Police are afraid that a bad arrest will cost jobs, and possibly, charges.

[Roadkingtrax]

Yes..You never post any thing of interest..

Say what you mean...anything that you agree with. That's your problem, not mine.

[clintonhater]

Here's a paradox and I would love it if someone could explain it to me.

When protesters are destroying property (but not killing) lethal force is called for, a strong government response, even at the Federal level coming down into the states.

When a lethal pandemic is hitting the county, a strong government response is called tyranny, and an effective Federal response is considered an abrogation of states rights.

There is no paradox to explain, because there's no rational comparability between willful destruction by rioters by & natural disasters, inc. epidemics.

When property is destroyed, society as a whole is hurt, because somebody has to pay for the destruction. When worthless lives are destroyed (which isn't happening, unfortunately) society benefits, because these criminals & social parasites are no longer around to prey on the productive members of society.

[rayg]

RT Quote..Say what you mean...anything that you agree with. That's your problem, not mine.

Ray.. my statement was for you.. as you never post any thing of value, just crap...