It's about November. It's about maintaining a constant state 9f exhaustion. There isnt any actual cause behind it
On Sun, Jul 19, 2020, 7:00 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > The whole occupy whatever, set fire to whatever, irrespective of the > adopted noble cause seems like a way to get away with being hooligans and > spinning it as some form of justifiable act. I guess so they can have > bragging rights later on. I believe them to be disingenuous and > hypocritical. > > This says it far better than I can: > > https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8532541/Portland-cop-calls-BLM-protesters-hypocritical-not-having-minorities-department.html > > > > > > *From:* Ken Hohhof > *Sent:* Sunday, July 19, 2020 5:17 PM > *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT - political > > > “Peaceful protesters hold signs in support of other people” doesn’t make > the news. So most likely you are thinking of a small percentage of the > protesters, because they are the ones who make the news. I’m not saying > it’s “fake news”, just that boring news doesn’t get ratings and advertising > dollars. > > > > Also not sure what your threshold is for “misbehaving”. Spray painting > graffiti on government buildings? Probably only a few people are doing > that, but still, is that anarchy? Throwing rocks or burning stuff, yes, > that probably crosses a line. But holding up a speaker? News like this, > if true (as seems likely), is disturbing: > > > https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2020/07/police-shoot-portland-protester-in-head-with-impact-weapon-causing-severe-injuries.html > > > > What puzzles me is why you single out white kids and a noble cause as > being childish. Do you expect them to only go out and demonstrate for > causes that directly benefit them or people who look like them? Are we > that polarized and selfish now? > > > > I live in a suburb that is mostly white middle class. But I am seeing a > lot of yard signs that say “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice > everywhere.” That’s probably the sentiment of _most_ of the protesters in > Portland. If the cops can go all Judge Dredd on George Floyd, maybe that > threatens all of us, even if the street judges aren’t coming for people > that look like us. Yet. > > > > Maybe think back to 1978 when some Nazis wanted to march in heavily Jewish > Skokie, IL and the ACLU defended their right to free speech. Pretty much > nobody wanted marching Nazis, but if you take away their rights, whose > rights are next? (But I still laugh at the Illinois Nazis scene in Blues > Brothers.) > > > > > > *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Colin Stanners > *Sent:* Sunday, July 19, 2020 5:31 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT - political > > > > > www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/anti-fascist-teenagers-seeking-revolution-behind-continued-portland-riots > > > > I don't want to encourage political threads on AFMUG but... > > > > Some people just want to watch the world burn. Current situations in the > world mean that those people can tag onto a reason or (pretext to) join a > group or find support to help them in those desires. And somehow, a lot of > those people live around Portland? > > > > On Sun, Jul 19, 2020, 3:49 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > > Not trying to break lent, but I am lacking understanding. > > > > What are the young white kids rioting about in Portland? > > > > I am from Oregon, I remember protests in the 60s and 70s over Vietnam. > I also remember a line of State Police walking through a park downtown and > busting heads of those that did not clear out. Actually one of my first > telco bosses had been one of those State Bull Cops. > > > > Are young white kids just aching for a chance at anarchy? I don’t get it. > > Misbehaving while trying to wrap some kind of noble cause around you is > pretty childish. > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > ------------------------------ > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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