Consider yourself a patriot? (stereotypes, politician, terrorists, leader)
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Then you should view the protesters (even "rioters") with forbearance. Study your history.
How History Turns Riots Into Tea Parties
The Boston Tea Party Was More Than That. It Was a Riot.
By Stacy Schiff
Well before the 1760s, imperial officials were run out of town. Effigies hung from trees and fueled bonfires. Townspeople broke windows and hurled stones. They tarred and feathered. They smeared the homes of their enemies in dung. In 1765, amid the Stamp Act protests, a “lawless rabble” dismantled most of Lt. Gov. Thomas Hutchinson’s Georgian mansion in a matter of hours.
I do try to do that. Ruckus equals results, and in some ways I’m glad there have been no mass gassings or beatings.
On the other hand, I don’t appreciate the notions of suppressing free speech foremost among the movement.
I’d say free to protest, not free to loot property. And let free speech be a marketplace of ideas where bad speech is shouted down by better speech.
Gee-wiz Clarallel, didn't the colonists just write their MPs in the British Parliament to express their grievances?
Rioters here in the US could contact their elected representatives in DC to make their complaints known the same way the colonists made their issues known to Parliament, right?
If they refuse to listen, then the "mostly peaceful protesters" could vote them out of office, right?
More to the point, since Benjamin Franklin and Robert Murray aren't around, who is going to pay for all the damages?
Then you should view the protesters (even "rioters") with forbearance. Study your history.
How History Turns Riots Into Tea Parties
The Boston Tea Party Was More Than That. It Was a Riot.
By Stacy Schiff
Well before the 1760s, imperial officials were run out of town. Effigies hung from trees and fueled bonfires. Townspeople broke windows and hurled stones. They tarred and feathered. They smeared the homes of their enemies in dung. In 1765, amid the Stamp Act protests, a “lawless rabble” dismantled most of Lt. Gov. Thomas Hutchinson’s Georgian mansion in a matter of hours.
It's amazing how the liberals of today, who have nothing but disdain for our founding fathers, try to use the actions of those very founding fathers to excuse the behavior of thugs and murderers today.
If today's Republicans were around at the Boston Tea Party, they would probably be going "Oh, could you not protest like that? You're destroying property."
"Oh, could you not chant things so loudly in my neighborhood? The British don't like it."
The real "patriots" (i.e. ones with common sense) are out fighting against police brutality and white supremacy.
Are they also burning, looting and murdering? Are the "real patriots" kicking people in the head, throwing bricks at people's heads, or shooting random people in the head?
Oh please. The rioting has been so overblown by the media & the right wingers. It's all they focus on. Meanwhile there has been peaceful protests in over 2,400 locations. A lot of the business owners who had property vandalized have spoken up & said they can replace their windows, goods, etc but you can't replace lives murdered by police.
Can you replace the lives murdered by leftist terrorists?
Oh please. The rioting has been so overblown by the media & the right wingers. It's all they focus on. Meanwhile there has been peaceful protests in over 2,400 locations. A lot of the business owners who had property vandalized have spoken up & said they can replace their windows, goods, etc but you can't replace lives murdered by police.
So initiating force against others is patriotic? You realize that is the same bile spewed by politicians since the dawn of time to justify murder, rape and theft. Somehow or another, there is some noble ideal that just totally justifies initiating force against innocents because...well...REASONS!!
All initiations of force are morally and logically wrong. Period. There is no justification for initiating force, ever.
PS - using the "patriot" ideal means gaining approval of a tyrant at some future point. If my initiation against an innocent is judged useful to the winning side later on down the road, that makes me a "patriot." Yeah...that sounds moral and proper...sure it does.
The real "patriots" (i.e. ones with common sense) are out fighting against police brutality and white supremacy.
Interesting. I just watched a video here in Pittsburgh that had black people attacking white people and yelling at them. One couple was elderly and they drank their beer and threw it to the ground. White supremacy? I am seeing racists from the black community, not the white ones. Sorry. At some point you need to control this crap or there will be nothing left of the cities that are dealing with these black racists.
If today's Republicans were around at the Boston Tea Party, they would probably be going "Oh, could you not protest like that? You're destroying property."
"Oh, could you not chant things so loudly in my neighborhood? The British don't like it."
The real "patriots" (i.e. ones with common sense) are out fighting against police brutality and white supremacy.
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