Anti-Trump Protests Erupt after Victory

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10 Nov 2016, 11:42 am

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Seriously? Oakland is where the "Occupy Oakland" riots first started. I'm not surprised at all. That's been their MO all along when things aren't going their way - rioting and burning up everything. I have never seen anything equivalent from the Right. I say round them up and lock them up!

Indeed, though I wouldn't arrest them (Boston Tea Party and all that). The angriest of these kind of protestors always, without fail, seem to burn and riot in their own neighborhoods. "Wha?!? Okaaay, bust a gut for whatever its worth to ya."


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10 Nov 2016, 11:43 am

On a funny note........

Canada doesn't want you! :mrgreen:

Canadians Don’t Want America-Fleeing Liberals (Especially Lena Dunham). http://tiny.iavian.net/di2b


Guess for those Americans who want to flee, you'll have to go South......... TO MEXICO! :mrgreen:


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10 Nov 2016, 11:51 am

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i'm listening if you do, but i suspect we just fundamentally disagree. i'm a pragmatist, or at least i like to believe i am one, and i don't see idealism as a virtue
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It's not idealism, it's solidarity. It is people letting those who are frightened and aggrieved right now, "we are here with you". That has a tremendous amount of practical value. Beyond that, things like this are keenly watched by policy-makers, and inform their decision-making.

This is anything but "idealism."


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10 Nov 2016, 12:10 pm

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Beyond that, things like this are keenly watched by policy-makers, and inform their decision-making.

that's true. and as soon as there's the tiniest hint of violence or call for it, they can and will use it to public discredit and denounce whoever is (or can be) associated with it if it benefits them. making it abundantly and consistently clear that you don't condone or accept it is the only way to maintain credibility. or else you're only turning your allies into someone else's enemy. that's not solidarity, it's escalation


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10 Nov 2016, 12:52 pm

Ok. This will get me branded (if I'm not already) as a "conspiracy theorist", kind of like "extraterrestrial theorist."

But yesterday, as I watched the children rioting in the streets, a thought occurred to me: "What ever happened to all the disruption ISIS had promised for our election???"

And then a light bulb appeared over my head and I mused: "What is the likelihood of ISIS having planted student (or other) operatives within our population in the hopes of creating a general uprising??? Is this possible??? Is it likely ISIS could have any success with this type of attack???

In my puzzling I eventually thought #1-This WAS a possibility and #2-This would NOT be a sustainable disruption.

But then again.....?

During the "riots" of the '60s it was easy to see how people, especially uneducated people, could be fired up to demonstrate, break windows, etc., very similar to what I see happening now. I don't know how much credence I'd place in this thought, especially since I've yet to find anyone who agrees with me, but further investigation will tell.



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10 Nov 2016, 10:58 pm

Is it just me or does anyone else remember republican voters NOT rioting after Obama was elected in 2008?


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10 Nov 2016, 11:31 pm

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Is it just me or does anyone else remember republican voters NOT rioting after Obama was elected in 2008?


False equivalency.

Also, have you been paying attention to their behavior over the last eight years?


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10 Nov 2016, 11:32 pm

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I am too. I thought it was supposed to be the Trump supporters who were supposed to be the crazy violent ones. Looks like it's the Clinton gang who are the dangerous ones. I can't believe this is how they choose to represent themselves.



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10 Nov 2016, 11:35 pm

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I am too. I thought it was supposed to be the Trump supporters who were supposed to be the crazy violent ones. Looks like it's the Clinton gang who are the dangerous ones. I can't believe this is how they choose to represent themselves.


Just wait four years.


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10 Nov 2016, 11:42 pm

AJisHere wrote:
anagram wrote:
i'm listening if you do, but i suspect we just fundamentally disagree. i'm a pragmatist, or at least i like to believe i am one, and i don't see idealism as a virtue
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It's not idealism, it's solidarity. It is people letting those who are frightened and aggrieved right now, "we are here with you". That has a tremendous amount of practical value. Beyond that, things like this are keenly watched by policy-makers, and inform their decision-making.

This is anything but "idealism."


Come on now, if it was the other way around and these were Trump supporters wouldn't you be condemning their behavior?



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11 Nov 2016, 12:01 am

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I am too. I thought it was supposed to be the Trump supporters who were supposed to be the crazy violent ones. Looks like it's the Clinton gang who are the dangerous ones. I can't believe this is how they choose to represent themselves.


Congratulations, Brother Ezra. You just unhypnotized yourself. Many people go through their whole lives without accomplishing that. Now, stay woke.

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11 Nov 2016, 12:25 am

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Come on now, if it was the other way around and these were Trump supporters wouldn't you be condemning their behavior?


No. People have a right to protest.


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11 Nov 2016, 12:39 am

OH no,the Right never engages in violence.Learn your history.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-wing_terrorism


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11 Nov 2016, 12:45 am

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Come on now, if it was the other way around and these were Trump supporters wouldn't you be condemning their behavior?


No. People have a right to protest.


Be honest. You would because there's a thread about that here on this very site accusing the Right before we even knew the winner.


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11 Nov 2016, 12:54 am

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OH no,the Right never engages in violence.Learn your history.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-wing_terrorism


I don't think I saw any protests in that information you posted.

I thought that the Left prided themselves in a "smooth transition" of the presidency. What a bunch of BS!


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11 Nov 2016, 1:03 am

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Be honest. You would because there's a thread about that here on this very site accusing the Right before we even knew the winner.

be honest yourself. would you not be showing right-wing protesters your support if you had lost?

and, yes, it's only a rhetorical question, and i'm not going to believe you if you say "no" :). there's no way to test it anyway


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