Thoughts on Minneapolis and the riots

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  1. FoxHastings

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    FoxHastings said:
    NO, THIS is what I said:FoxHastings said:
    To the "historically illiterate: "Violent protest" is what started this country.""




    YOU have NOT proven it didn't....NO one has proven that statement incorrect no matter how they twisted and misrepresented and lied about it...
     
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    Nope they fired back when fired upon. The statist goons in the South who thought the government's job was to help them maintain control of their slaves were definitely not conservatives. Conservatives favor smaller government
     
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    My thoughts are that the "peaceful protests" need to stop. These people have had their say, they've been heard, they've done their thing. Now they need to stop. It seems that many of the "peaceful protesters" evolve into rioters after dark. And even the ones who don't stay out and contribute to the chaos, making it difficult for law enforcement to differentiate between the violent and the peaceful. If they truly care about their cities and our country, they will call it a day, and let the justice process proceed.
     
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    There was going to be war. Even the cadets at West Point knew that in the early to mid-1850's. But it wasn't short like everybody thought it would be, and it wasn't a light burden like everybody thought it would be.
     
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    Representative letter from Madison to Jefferson regarding the new constitution:

    It is true nevertheless that not a few, particularly in Virginia have contended for the proposed alterations from the most honorable & patriotic motives; and that among the advocates for the Constitution, there are some who wish for further guards to public liberty & individual rights. As far as these may consist of a constitutional declaration of the most essential rights, it is probable they will be added; though there are many who think such addition unnecessary, and not a few who think it misplaced in such a Constitution.

    Representative text from Thug 1 to Thug 2: We need more gasoline to burn some **** because fascism and racism.
     
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    FoxHastings said:
    NO, THIS is what I said:FoxHastings said:
    To the "historically illiterate: "Violent protest" is what started this country.""




    YOU have NOT proven it didn't....NO one has proven that statement incorrect no matter how they twisted and misrepresented and lied about it...



    DUH, I guess some "Americans" haven't heard of a little thing called the Revolution....for the historically challenged, that was a WAR...and it was violent like most wars..
     
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    From: "When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them ...

    To: "Duh"


    Progressivism on parade.:(
     
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    Conservatism favors the power of the wealthy, which included the holding and control of slaves.
     
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    That is the problem. The justice system is horribly broken.
     
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    True enough when one takes into account all the political slimeballs who skate on stuff that you and I would be under the jail for.
     
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    Nope conservatives favor freedom for all. More government equals less freedom.
     
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    It's not even malfunctioning, never mind "horribly broken." The officer has been fired and charged with murder. Per the justice system. He will be given a fair trial in a well functioning system, with several avenues for appeal. Per the system. Civil remedies are available to the family of the victim in both the state and federal systems.

    No change to the system will prevent occurrences of abuse.

    There are over 800,000 cops on the USA, mist if whom do not kill suspects, and justice is usually served when they do
     
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    It favors the protection of property rights. Enslavement is not a property right. It never was. That's why the enslaved Jews in the Old Testament were sympathetically depicted, and ultimately liberated.

    Liberalism spits on the Bible.
     
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    Exactly. Nobody knows.

    But we do know that he was a unionized government employee in a city that Democrats have controlled for decades.

    That's who killed George Floyd: The government.

    And everyone knows that liberal Democrats love the government.
     
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    Uh, no.

    Individuals involved in the movement tend to hold anti-capitalist[29][20] and anti-government views,[20] and subscribe to a range of left-wing ideologies.[36] A majority of adherents are socialists, anarchists, and communists who describe themselves as revolutionaries,[42] although some social democrats and other leftists adhere to the Antifa parole.[42] The movement is pan-leftist and non-hierarchical,[42] and is united by opposition to right-wing extremism and white supremacy[.]

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    I think there is substantial outside manipulation, but despite the claims of outsiders actually being in the crowds, local arrests indicate that around 80% in Minneapolis were local and metro, others from around the state- and a few from outside. I think the people making these things explode are using the locals for pawns; cannon fodder so to speak, while they remain anonymous.
     
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    yes, that is what I said, Antifa is somewhere in-between that Christian group that protests funerals, attacks gays, ect... and the kkk

    it's just on the opposite side of the spectrum
     
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    Mobs lose Wars. They are constitutionally unable to fight them efficiently or effectively. War requires discipline and thought mobs are largely incapable of either.
     
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    For liberals who have faith in government as our savior, the government’s inept response to the looting and arson must come as a surprise.

    But for conservatives, this is not shocking. We know placing faith in government to protect you and your family is incredibly stupid.
     
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    I read some accounts from folks in the protests, before Occupy Wall Street, I don't remember what they called themselves, but there were White Box Protesters and Black Box Rioters, and everyone within the protest group, knew which was who.

    So yes, there is a mixture, very dangerous animals hiding out with the protesters, and also the pack mentality that those in the grips of their emotions will exhibit committing crimes, engaging in felonies, when in normal life they would not engage in these behaviors.

    Lawless Put On Notice To Respect The Sanctity Of The Florida Home:

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    Actually no Antifa are Marxist revolutionaries and by definition terrorists.
     

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