Well, people who study political movements are fairly confident that America's left-wing violence is a communist revolution. Even the unschooled like me can see the similarities between what is going on here and what happened in China and Russia before the communists came to power. I think the problem is that the hard-left, which controls all the institutional power in this country, are part of it and are facilitating the takeover by every means possible, i.e., the courts, the media, the schools, etc. While "opposition" is basically ineffective at best, and cowardly and complicit at worst. There is no excuse for remaining silent while our history, culture and population are destroyed because you are afraid that the Amazon/Washington Post will publish an unfavorable article about you or your supporters, but that's where we are.
I'm way sick of having to wonder whether I will be trapped in Grand Central or stuck in my car at Grand Army Plaza or whether I dare take the Brooklyn Bridge -- or, for that matter, nowadays, whether going to the kosher bakery is a good idea. (For my weekly pull-apart -- you bet it's a good idea!)
No demonstration is "peaceful" if it keeps a busy city and its residents and guests blocked from their rounds.
The George Floyd riots were vicious. That is true also for these masked pro-Hamas demonstrations. Mobs all.
If you told me that the National Guard was called up to jail or deport these so-called peaceful demonstrators who vandalize and burn their way through our city, I'd cheer. They are Marxist thugs defending thugs.
Beyond clueless. You literally do not understand what constitutes peaceful protest. I have seen demonstrations calling for a ceasefire in multiple cities, all peaceful, all multi-faith, and none of them causing disruption to traffic much greater than the exodus after a sporting event, and way less than a city-sanctioned run-for-a-cause.
Absolutely okay with collateral damage caused when savage louts massacre over a thousand people in the space of hours and then hide behind their own civilian population. Just as you are okay with the massacre of Jews.
These pro-Hamas protests are over the top -- and the protesters a sad mix of deluded, or gullible, or brutal: indoctrinated high school snd college kids, Arab street thugs, sappy Jews for Peace, and Marxist provocateurs.
No, I’m not like you. You do not get to justify your sociopathic approval of the slaughter of innocent people by accusing me, the one calling for peace all along, of being okay with the massacre of Jews or anyone else.
And, when you attack me instead of addressing my arguments, I only feel reaffirmed that I am right as you have nothing else to say.
I guess you're not a New Yorker. Believe me, these mobs are not peaceful, and no sporting events have ever closed down the Manhattan Bridge, or the Brooklyn Bridge, or Bay Ridge's Fifth Avenue, Barklay Center, Grand Army Plaza, Union Square, Grand Central Station, or other areas for 3-4 hours or more the way these protestors whom you admire so much have.
Their advertisements say "Shut It Down for Palestine."
That's not peaceful protesting, that's interfering with transportation, commerce, and people's lives, and most of us are sick of it.
Yes. That is exactly peaceful protesting. I get that it annoys you. I’m sorry that that bothers you more than a thousand Palestinian children being killed every week. So sorry to bother you, carry on with the ethnic cleansing, rah rah for munitions makers, industrialized death is great for business.
You can expect more protests (civil ie peaceful disobedience), more uncivil obedience (use the rules against the system), and more monkeywrenching (Jessica Reznicek is a recent heroic example) for this and other causes, particularly to end fossil fuels which are a scam for converting negative externalities into privatized profit.
And btw I lived in Manhattan 82-86.
And I participated in protests and sit-ins then too, there and elsewhere. I’ve helped stop useless, ill-conceived expressways from destroying vibrant city neighborhoods. I was part of a class action that set precedents preventing unscrupulous landlords from turning negligence & poor maintenance into forced “improvements” with attendant capital cost indexed rent hikes.
Sometimes we actually have to answer the call to witness, my friend. As you can see, it can be effective. You just don’t want to listen to the message.
Perhaps you’ll be okay with the cascading death that is ramping up due to starvation and disease, because the people of Gaza have been thoroughly besieged, no food, no clean water, no electricity or fuel, no medical supplies or facilities, no shelter, all destroyed by insane amounts of indiscriminate bombing (those are war crimes. Just a tad bit more annoying than being stuck in traffic). The lies from the IDF and Bibi’s administration about how careful they are being to minimize harm to civilians, would make Goebbels blush. We are witnessing a final Gazan solution. But traffic. :(
Well, people who study political movements as if their life and liberty depends on it have for years now identified RIGHT WING terrorism as America’s greatest internal threat.
I know, I know, that’s because all those loyal-to-the-constitution folk are secretly marxists and the hard left is really running the show...
The only problem with such a theory is everybody even vaguely left of centre wonders what planet this is where they hold such sway. Neoliberalism is not the hard left, folks.
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Genocide Joe and 45 are both sociopaths, unfit for office. Everybody is disgruntled and we each have our list of least favourite institutions that have betrayed us.
All human achievement is predicated on cooperation. Morality can be achieved by reason, whereas faith and rules from a deity are distractions and often conflict with morality.
Ultimately it’s all a class war, everything is a rich man’s trick, and remember: men with guns always want to speak too soon (and happily appropriate the grievances of others to do so). More men with guns are not the answer to men with guns, never has been...and most women would agree.
One more thing (total side note): if you want to stop abortion, always ejaculate responsibly. Always. Every fucking time.
"Americans must become confident again that their government will enforce the law, without fear or favor." Wait a minute. The public isn't confident BECAUSE the government has demonstrated that it won't enforce the law against Leftist rioters. You can't just conjure up public confidence when the government, at all levels - federal, state, and local - has shown that it will not do so. The first step is for government to grow a pair and stop giving the Left a free pass. There have been violent riots in D.C. at both the White House and the DNC's headquarters. I could count the number of arrests on the fingers of one hand. At the DNC, six cops were injured and there was one arrest. Yet, arrests are still being made of people who walked through the Capital, through open doors, nearly three years ago. No wonder people don't, and shouldn't, have confidence in the equal application of law.
You will be astounded, dismayed, deeply frustrated and saddened by the information, complete with documented evidence and actual video cam footage, to back up the claims of this Documentary, Produced by Liz Collin, Written and Directed by Dr. JC Chaix.
You can't help but cheer for this righteous exposure as you cry over the senseless suffering caused by all the immoral and unlawful deceptions played upon the American public.
My heart was broken 💔 as I watched footage of what our Law Enforcement Officers were so UNJUSTLY put through to push an EVIL narrative filled with out-right lies, cover-ups and disgraceful inhumanity to the very people who have dedicated their lives to serve for the good of our Communities, States and Nation. Our Police Officers were FAILED by the cowardice of the City Government of Minneapolis (as well as other Administrations failing Officers across our Nation).
There is no doubt of the deeply challenging and difficult situations in which cities found themselves with the unruly rioting mobs. The liberal extremists voted in to run their City and State Governments carry a major burden of fault for these injustices.
Where has the desire to have Leaders of Integrity gone? More times than not, we reap what we sow.
Our Law Enforcement across our country are owed a BIG APOLOGY for the hatred, unkind actions and deep disrespect they were unjustly shown. Shame on those who participated.
"Federal law enforcement should intervene." 'Social Justice' 'Protests' should be called by their right name.....mostly orgies of spoilt-brat self indulgence with looting added benefits. The judiciary should be above the partisan political fray. Police should not have taken the knee to the BLM racket. SO MANY SHOULDS. But the biggest problem is the millions of Americans who SHOULD never have been taken in by all this Social Justice 'activism' nonsense in the first place. Before there can be any serious disruption of these networks, a braver kind of politician is sooner or later going to have to confront these millions of (mostly) Democrat-voting electors with some hard truths about how full of s*** they are.
(You of course are doing some great work on this score.)
Yeah wtaf is going on with law enforcement? They seem to be repeatedly siding with pro Hamas, Antifa, BLM and Trans Activist demonstrators. In Massachusetts they're going into public schools to warn students about hate speech (like "misgendering"?) which is a chilling message for our First Ammendment rights. Easy to guess their next step of disarming citizens if patriots aren't vigilant.
I wouldn't read too much into it. The cops are going the extra mile to indemnify themselves against a campaign of charges to smear the entire lot of them as racist psychopaths. They aren't turning into speech police, and the idea that anyone is getting arrested for "misgendering" is a fantasy.
I think that for the most part, police are doing a good job of showing that all they really want to do is keep the public safe from harm by criminals. The police officers I've seen in media appearances definitely come off better before the camera than the hyperbolic accusers who seek to put the entire profession under suspicion.
Demonstrations are only a small part of police work, even in the larger cities where most of them happen. And I've seen no evidence of them "repeatedly siding with pro Hamas, Antifa, BLM and Trans Activist demonstrators." It sounds to me as if you're simply upset that they aren't cracking the skulls of people you don't like. But, if you have some factual evidence, link it...
Nov 20 2023: "A new state police unit will work with other law enforcement agencies and community partners as MA Gov. Maura Healey's administration looks to bolster strategies for addressing hate-based incidents tied to race, ethnicity and religion, among other biases." First Ammendment advocates had better keep a close watch on these initiatives!
You don't have to defend law enforcement to me. Those who put their lives on the line to protect and serve have my utmost respect, but if you're not wondering what their leadership is up to you aren't paying attention. Antifa and trans activists have been treated with kid gloves, and now the same with the pro terrorist Hamas demonstrators. It's concerning to say the least.
I agree, Timothy. One has to be careful what one asks for. Federal law enforcement is corrupt and firmly in bed with the left. If the right is ever in charge the best move is to end the FBI, not to try to direct it against local thugs. If the Feds hadn't been exercising "oversight" of local law enforcement these past years, we'd be better off.
The Constitution grants the federal government the authority to ensure that states have a republican form of government.
Also, there is that 14th Amendment thingy. The whole reason for federal hate crime laws was because of selective prosecution in the South back in the day. Now, Northern Democrats are playing that game.
Don't be fooled. The "reason" for federal hate crime laws is that it gives the Feds more arbitrary power over everyone. What you stated is their BS cover. As Rand said (paraphrasing): What fun is it to govern over a bunch of innocent people? Make everyone a criminal and then you have real power.
Sounds a bit fantastical. Only a few years ago "we" were in power and the entire apparatus worked night and day against their boss, Mr. Trump (they're still at it now). What are the odds that "next time will be different"?
Vivek has the right idea here. It's possible, however long the odds, that the FBI could be eliminated. That'd be a huge win for freedom, budgets, and crime reduction.
The odds of reforming or wielding the FBI are so close to zero that it's not worth dreaming about.
The problem with your theory is that antifa is not, in fact, a network. It's goons. Their goonery, when they get up to it, attracts every goon for a hundred miles. There is no grand plan.
There is, as a result, no danger of revolution from this quarter. You mention CHAZ, so you should see why. They cannot organize anything, even something as small as a city park. They start to eat each other alive in micro-factional conflict.
These people are completely unaware that "seizing the means of production" involves continuing to work - in fact, it means working harder. They, like most young folks today, want to be noticed, more than they want anything else.
In making them out to be some organized & dangerous faction, you are giving them a hundred times more respect than they deserve. That they invoke the horrors of fascism to justify their goonish attention-seeking behavior is a disgrace and an embarrassment far more than a danger.
They don't need a grand plan. That's why they're dangerous. All they have to do is disrupt and destroy to win. The Marxist game is to simply tear everything down; the culture, the infrastructure, the institutions. Once it's sufficiently wrecked, they grab for control. If they don't get control, at least they've wrecked their enemy. Rinse and repeat.
It's a very effective strategy. You don't need organization, you don't need smart soldiers. You just need goons willing to cause trouble. And if you can get local courts to show favoritism to your goons, it really empowers them. The Nazi's did exactly that during Hitler's rise. Lenin had the same strategy. These guys aren't very creative but they have a very powerful and effective strategy that they all copy.
So they are, in fact, very dangerous. We let them fly under the radar at our peril.
And I think they are better organized -- and secretly FUNDED by the usual suspects of Democrat oligarchs -- than most people know. Similar to the “pro-Palestinian” goons who are continuing the disruptions currently...take a look at the funding of the main organizers.
Unorganized rebellion only works if its an authentic expression of majority public opinion, like the overthrow of Ceaucescu in Romania. Antifa is a self-indulgent lunatic fringe. Their most prominent impact is serving as a source of fantasy for the lunatic fringe right wing.
show me references to what you're talking about. Direct funding links to Antifa chapters. It's practically impossible for organizers to ensure that everyone in a rally of thousands of people can be trusted to know how to act. That's what the police are there for. It's also why I can't stand demonstrations that demonize all police per se. The marchers should be offering them water, instead. Humanizing them, not objectifying them. Communicating with them on the front lines. I was a cab driver for many years. Me and the police get each other. What it can be like out there. (I get dope dealers, too. Part of the cab game is being a diplomat.)
I get that Black Lives Matter chapters have gotten funding, and that some of the local leaders and spokespeople (not all of them) have expressed extreme positions and implicit support for criminal acts in their rhetoric. But vague insinuations of some massive conspiracy don't impress me.
The shoplifting swarming rings empowered by the Internet smartphone era's ease of organization show a lot more coordination and organization than anything I've seen from Antifa, and they aren't being covertly funded by [favorite political enemy name-check here.] They're just being bandits. And the police and the statutes are in the position of having to play catch-up with the newest innovations in criminality.
American gun worship is also bearing bitter fruit, following decades of nurturing and flowering, and runaway adaptions of military tech (banana clips for rifles were not a thing prior to the explosion of the street retail markets for cocaine in the 1980s.)
Firearms are instant empowerment; anyone who is old enough to pull a trigger knows that all they have to do to strike fear into others is to point one. That message has been sent over and over by media entertainment and video games. There's no way to have 400 million of them in private hands without abundant opportunities for diversion. If you oppose even the most sensible measures for limiting the killing power of firearms and accountability in possessing them, own the consequences. We had gun control discussions and debates in my high school in the 1970s, and support for firearms ownership prevailed. But "rifle" implied a bolt-action 30.06, not an AR15 knockoff with a banana clip.
> show me references to what you're talking about. Direct funding links to Antifa chapters.
The most obvious links is Soros supporting the campaigns of far-left DAs who then order the police to stand down in the pace of antifa violence and then refuse to prosecute them.
that isn't a reference. It's a claim. The second part is an inference that's unsupported.
As far back as I've been reading the news, it's been common for the less serious charges against arrested participants in mass demonstrations to eventually be dismissed. It's mostly a matter of practicality for overloaded city courts, or insufficient evidence.
Antifa are the Democrats' Brownshirts, on call 24/7 to do the dangerous, illegal stuff that the "respectables" won't do themselves. And as Democrats morph into a more openly Communist dictatorship, Antifa will become their Red Guard.
You've got it, fully. Antifa is an undisciplined rabble. Breaking windows and starting fires is child's play, and that's their level. It takes more skill and effort to properly wash a sink full of dishes.
Granted, the perpetrators are capable of doing adult-size damage, and they deserve to be charged as adults for their criminal actions.
Leftists justify violence using Marxist ideology. Examples include the critical race theory displayed during the 2020 riots and the post-colonial theory enacted during pro-Palestinian protests on campuses. Marxists believe the end justifies the means and have adopted the slogan "by any means possible." When you see these clues you can clearly identify the ideology as Marxism, which includes classic Marxism and all of its mutated variants.
You will be astounded, dismayed, deeply frustrated and saddened by the information, complete with documented evidence and actual video cam footage, to back up the claims of this Documentary, Produced by Liz Collin, Written and Directed by Dr. JC Chaix.
You can't help but cheer for this righteous exposure as you cry over the senseless suffering caused by all the immoral and unlawful deceptions played upon the American public.
My heart was broken 💔 as I watched footage of what our Law Enforcement Officers were so UNJUSTLY put through to push an EVIL narrative filled with out-right lies, cover-ups and disgraceful inhumanity to the very people who have dedicated their lives to serve for the good of our Communities, States and Nation. Our Police Officers were FAILED by the cowardice of the City Government of Minneapolis (as well as other Administrations failing Officers across our Nation).
There is no doubt of the deeply challenging and difficult situations in which cities found themselves with the unruly rioting mobs. The liberal extremists voted in to run their City and State Governments carry a major burden of fault for these injustices.
Where has the desire to have Leaders of Integrity gone? More times than not, we reap what we sow.
Our Law Enforcement across our country are owed a BIG APOLOGY for the hatred, unkind actions and deep disrespect they were unjustly shown. Shame on those who participated.
Antifa is concentrated in progressive cities which are uniformly blue.
The Progressive Left is getting what they voted for, and will continue tolerate it as some sort of Virtuous Hairshirt of Penance for their privilege.
Eventually they will tire of it, but in the meantime be thankful that unless you live in a leftist West Coast city, you don't have to actually deal with them.
It sucks here. If I could get my wife and the cats out safely and enough of these antifa we're here, id happily call for fire on my position and done in Valhalla
Democrats welcomed political violence in 2020, when luminaries of the party, Pelosi, Harris, Waters and others, stoked BLM and Antifa riots with thinly veiled calls for destruction.
Barack Obama spoke in violent terms as well. “Republicans are the enemy.” “Get in their faces.” “If they bring a knife, we bring a gun.”
Maxine Waters exhorted leftists to attack Trump officials. Some, in fact, were attacked on the streets, and in restaurants.
It was delicious to see the DNC under attack by violent leftists last week. Democrat congresspeople in the building were scared to death. They were hoisted on the petard of their own doing.
Your entire recommendation is that federal law enforcement should intervene? How could the feds have time? They are too busy prosecuting people who just happened to be in D.C. on 1/6/21, including those who never set foot in the Capitol or trespassed or did damage anywhere else. Actually I meant just "Republicans": https://dianelgruber.substack.com/p/joseph-bolanos-fbi-and-nbc-made-a
It's an ideology, not an organization or group. /s You can't even get the federal government to acknowledge that left-wing extremism exists. I can tell you the amount of resources dedicated to extremism on the left is 1:10 while they overturn every rock in every media and assembly looking for "white supremacists" and right-wingers with inconvenient thoughts. You can very easily find tens of websites in an hour focusing on left-wing tactics on disruptive and destructive practices and guidance against the government, in addition to gathering places and rally points where they organize activities. This is all fine according to authorities, because they are practicing their first amendments right of free speech and assembly. The same could not be said of authorities against right-wingers who communicate and gather. The left is aware of this fact and are emboldened by it. I resist claiming that the agencies are in on the charade, but the cesspool that is the DHS and FBI don't inspire much confidence.
Well, people who study political movements are fairly confident that America's left-wing violence is a communist revolution. Even the unschooled like me can see the similarities between what is going on here and what happened in China and Russia before the communists came to power. I think the problem is that the hard-left, which controls all the institutional power in this country, are part of it and are facilitating the takeover by every means possible, i.e., the courts, the media, the schools, etc. While "opposition" is basically ineffective at best, and cowardly and complicit at worst. There is no excuse for remaining silent while our history, culture and population are destroyed because you are afraid that the Amazon/Washington Post will publish an unfavorable article about you or your supporters, but that's where we are.
I'm way sick of having to wonder whether I will be trapped in Grand Central or stuck in my car at Grand Army Plaza or whether I dare take the Brooklyn Bridge -- or, for that matter, nowadays, whether going to the kosher bakery is a good idea. (For my weekly pull-apart -- you bet it's a good idea!)
No demonstration is "peaceful" if it keeps a busy city and its residents and guests blocked from their rounds.
The George Floyd riots were vicious. That is true also for these masked pro-Hamas demonstrations. Mobs all.
If you told me that the National Guard was called up to jail or deport these so-called peaceful demonstrators who vandalize and burn their way through our city, I'd cheer. They are Marxist thugs defending thugs.
Beyond clueless. You literally do not understand what constitutes peaceful protest. I have seen demonstrations calling for a ceasefire in multiple cities, all peaceful, all multi-faith, and none of them causing disruption to traffic much greater than the exodus after a sporting event, and way less than a city-sanctioned run-for-a-cause.
Absolutely okay with collateral damage caused when savage louts massacre over a thousand people in the space of hours and then hide behind their own civilian population. Just as you are okay with the massacre of Jews.
These pro-Hamas protests are over the top -- and the protesters a sad mix of deluded, or gullible, or brutal: indoctrinated high school snd college kids, Arab street thugs, sappy Jews for Peace, and Marxist provocateurs.
So long, Jeremy.
No, I’m not like you. You do not get to justify your sociopathic approval of the slaughter of innocent people by accusing me, the one calling for peace all along, of being okay with the massacre of Jews or anyone else.
And, when you attack me instead of addressing my arguments, I only feel reaffirmed that I am right as you have nothing else to say.
I guess you're not a New Yorker. Believe me, these mobs are not peaceful, and no sporting events have ever closed down the Manhattan Bridge, or the Brooklyn Bridge, or Bay Ridge's Fifth Avenue, Barklay Center, Grand Army Plaza, Union Square, Grand Central Station, or other areas for 3-4 hours or more the way these protestors whom you admire so much have.
Their advertisements say "Shut It Down for Palestine."
That's not peaceful protesting, that's interfering with transportation, commerce, and people's lives, and most of us are sick of it.
The people who applaud are sadly misinformed.
Like you.
Yes. That is exactly peaceful protesting. I get that it annoys you. I’m sorry that that bothers you more than a thousand Palestinian children being killed every week. So sorry to bother you, carry on with the ethnic cleansing, rah rah for munitions makers, industrialized death is great for business.
You can expect more protests (civil ie peaceful disobedience), more uncivil obedience (use the rules against the system), and more monkeywrenching (Jessica Reznicek is a recent heroic example) for this and other causes, particularly to end fossil fuels which are a scam for converting negative externalities into privatized profit.
And btw I lived in Manhattan 82-86.
And I participated in protests and sit-ins then too, there and elsewhere. I’ve helped stop useless, ill-conceived expressways from destroying vibrant city neighborhoods. I was part of a class action that set precedents preventing unscrupulous landlords from turning negligence & poor maintenance into forced “improvements” with attendant capital cost indexed rent hikes.
Sometimes we actually have to answer the call to witness, my friend. As you can see, it can be effective. You just don’t want to listen to the message.
Perhaps you’ll be okay with the cascading death that is ramping up due to starvation and disease, because the people of Gaza have been thoroughly besieged, no food, no clean water, no electricity or fuel, no medical supplies or facilities, no shelter, all destroyed by insane amounts of indiscriminate bombing (those are war crimes. Just a tad bit more annoying than being stuck in traffic). The lies from the IDF and Bibi’s administration about how careful they are being to minimize harm to civilians, would make Goebbels blush. We are witnessing a final Gazan solution. But traffic. :(
Well, people who study political movements as if their life and liberty depends on it have for years now identified RIGHT WING terrorism as America’s greatest internal threat.
I know, I know, that’s because all those loyal-to-the-constitution folk are secretly marxists and the hard left is really running the show...
The only problem with such a theory is everybody even vaguely left of centre wonders what planet this is where they hold such sway. Neoliberalism is not the hard left, folks.
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Genocide Joe and 45 are both sociopaths, unfit for office. Everybody is disgruntled and we each have our list of least favourite institutions that have betrayed us.
All human achievement is predicated on cooperation. Morality can be achieved by reason, whereas faith and rules from a deity are distractions and often conflict with morality.
Ultimately it’s all a class war, everything is a rich man’s trick, and remember: men with guns always want to speak too soon (and happily appropriate the grievances of others to do so). More men with guns are not the answer to men with guns, never has been...and most women would agree.
One more thing (total side note): if you want to stop abortion, always ejaculate responsibly. Always. Every fucking time.
"Americans must become confident again that their government will enforce the law, without fear or favor." Wait a minute. The public isn't confident BECAUSE the government has demonstrated that it won't enforce the law against Leftist rioters. You can't just conjure up public confidence when the government, at all levels - federal, state, and local - has shown that it will not do so. The first step is for government to grow a pair and stop giving the Left a free pass. There have been violent riots in D.C. at both the White House and the DNC's headquarters. I could count the number of arrests on the fingers of one hand. At the DNC, six cops were injured and there was one arrest. Yet, arrests are still being made of people who walked through the Capital, through open doors, nearly three years ago. No wonder people don't, and shouldn't, have confidence in the equal application of law.
The government is the left.
Keep exposing the truth. Watch "The Fall of Minneapolis" to see what was not allowed to be seen.
THE FALL of MINNEAPOLIS
https://www.thefallofminneapolis.com/
You will be astounded, dismayed, deeply frustrated and saddened by the information, complete with documented evidence and actual video cam footage, to back up the claims of this Documentary, Produced by Liz Collin, Written and Directed by Dr. JC Chaix.
You can't help but cheer for this righteous exposure as you cry over the senseless suffering caused by all the immoral and unlawful deceptions played upon the American public.
My heart was broken 💔 as I watched footage of what our Law Enforcement Officers were so UNJUSTLY put through to push an EVIL narrative filled with out-right lies, cover-ups and disgraceful inhumanity to the very people who have dedicated their lives to serve for the good of our Communities, States and Nation. Our Police Officers were FAILED by the cowardice of the City Government of Minneapolis (as well as other Administrations failing Officers across our Nation).
There is no doubt of the deeply challenging and difficult situations in which cities found themselves with the unruly rioting mobs. The liberal extremists voted in to run their City and State Governments carry a major burden of fault for these injustices.
Where has the desire to have Leaders of Integrity gone? More times than not, we reap what we sow.
Our Law Enforcement across our country are owed a BIG APOLOGY for the hatred, unkind actions and deep disrespect they were unjustly shown. Shame on those who participated.
Dunno if I’ll invest that much of my time considering where the producers are located on the truth in media continuum:
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/fake-news/
https://www.thefallofminneapolis.com/
"Federal law enforcement should intervene." 'Social Justice' 'Protests' should be called by their right name.....mostly orgies of spoilt-brat self indulgence with looting added benefits. The judiciary should be above the partisan political fray. Police should not have taken the knee to the BLM racket. SO MANY SHOULDS. But the biggest problem is the millions of Americans who SHOULD never have been taken in by all this Social Justice 'activism' nonsense in the first place. Before there can be any serious disruption of these networks, a braver kind of politician is sooner or later going to have to confront these millions of (mostly) Democrat-voting electors with some hard truths about how full of s*** they are.
(You of course are doing some great work on this score.)
Law enforcement has to enforce the law against these thugs vigorously on all levels not just the federal level
Yeah wtaf is going on with law enforcement? They seem to be repeatedly siding with pro Hamas, Antifa, BLM and Trans Activist demonstrators. In Massachusetts they're going into public schools to warn students about hate speech (like "misgendering"?) which is a chilling message for our First Ammendment rights. Easy to guess their next step of disarming citizens if patriots aren't vigilant.
This is disappointing and VERY DISTURBING to hear.
I wouldn't read too much into it. The cops are going the extra mile to indemnify themselves against a campaign of charges to smear the entire lot of them as racist psychopaths. They aren't turning into speech police, and the idea that anyone is getting arrested for "misgendering" is a fantasy.
I think that for the most part, police are doing a good job of showing that all they really want to do is keep the public safe from harm by criminals. The police officers I've seen in media appearances definitely come off better before the camera than the hyperbolic accusers who seek to put the entire profession under suspicion.
Demonstrations are only a small part of police work, even in the larger cities where most of them happen. And I've seen no evidence of them "repeatedly siding with pro Hamas, Antifa, BLM and Trans Activist demonstrators." It sounds to me as if you're simply upset that they aren't cracking the skulls of people you don't like. But, if you have some factual evidence, link it...
> and the idea that anyone is getting arrested for "misgendering" is a fantasy.
This has actually happened in Canada and the UK.
UNBELIEVABLE❗️ WAKE UP AMERICA!
Nov 20 2023: "A new state police unit will work with other law enforcement agencies and community partners as MA Gov. Maura Healey's administration looks to bolster strategies for addressing hate-based incidents tied to race, ethnicity and religion, among other biases." First Ammendment advocates had better keep a close watch on these initiatives!
I'd like a link to the references. Even if the incidents you allege occurred in Canada and the UK, not the US.
You don't have to defend law enforcement to me. Those who put their lives on the line to protect and serve have my utmost respect, but if you're not wondering what their leadership is up to you aren't paying attention. Antifa and trans activists have been treated with kid gloves, and now the same with the pro terrorist Hamas demonstrators. It's concerning to say the least.
This "CD Reade" is acting suspiciously like a concern troll.
Why the Feds? Why not local authorities with local insights and awareness? This is the United STATES of America, not AMERICA of States.
I agree, Timothy. One has to be careful what one asks for. Federal law enforcement is corrupt and firmly in bed with the left. If the right is ever in charge the best move is to end the FBI, not to try to direct it against local thugs. If the Feds hadn't been exercising "oversight" of local law enforcement these past years, we'd be better off.
The Constitution grants the federal government the authority to ensure that states have a republican form of government.
Also, there is that 14th Amendment thingy. The whole reason for federal hate crime laws was because of selective prosecution in the South back in the day. Now, Northern Democrats are playing that game.
Don't be fooled. The "reason" for federal hate crime laws is that it gives the Feds more arbitrary power over everyone. What you stated is their BS cover. As Rand said (paraphrasing): What fun is it to govern over a bunch of innocent people? Make everyone a criminal and then you have real power.
Even if so, we could use their BS against them next time we get in power at the federal level.
(If we ever get in power at the federal level...)
Sounds a bit fantastical. Only a few years ago "we" were in power and the entire apparatus worked night and day against their boss, Mr. Trump (they're still at it now). What are the odds that "next time will be different"?
Vivek has the right idea here. It's possible, however long the odds, that the FBI could be eliminated. That'd be a huge win for freedom, budgets, and crime reduction.
The odds of reforming or wielding the FBI are so close to zero that it's not worth dreaming about.
The problem with your theory is that antifa is not, in fact, a network. It's goons. Their goonery, when they get up to it, attracts every goon for a hundred miles. There is no grand plan.
There is, as a result, no danger of revolution from this quarter. You mention CHAZ, so you should see why. They cannot organize anything, even something as small as a city park. They start to eat each other alive in micro-factional conflict.
These people are completely unaware that "seizing the means of production" involves continuing to work - in fact, it means working harder. They, like most young folks today, want to be noticed, more than they want anything else.
In making them out to be some organized & dangerous faction, you are giving them a hundred times more respect than they deserve. That they invoke the horrors of fascism to justify their goonish attention-seeking behavior is a disgrace and an embarrassment far more than a danger.
They don't need a grand plan. That's why they're dangerous. All they have to do is disrupt and destroy to win. The Marxist game is to simply tear everything down; the culture, the infrastructure, the institutions. Once it's sufficiently wrecked, they grab for control. If they don't get control, at least they've wrecked their enemy. Rinse and repeat.
It's a very effective strategy. You don't need organization, you don't need smart soldiers. You just need goons willing to cause trouble. And if you can get local courts to show favoritism to your goons, it really empowers them. The Nazi's did exactly that during Hitler's rise. Lenin had the same strategy. These guys aren't very creative but they have a very powerful and effective strategy that they all copy.
So they are, in fact, very dangerous. We let them fly under the radar at our peril.
And I think they are better organized -- and secretly FUNDED by the usual suspects of Democrat oligarchs -- than most people know. Similar to the “pro-Palestinian” goons who are continuing the disruptions currently...take a look at the funding of the main organizers.
Unorganized rebellion only works if its an authentic expression of majority public opinion, like the overthrow of Ceaucescu in Romania. Antifa is a self-indulgent lunatic fringe. Their most prominent impact is serving as a source of fantasy for the lunatic fringe right wing.
The problem is that there is significant organization standing behind it, even if the low level thugs are just there to break stuff.
show me references to what you're talking about. Direct funding links to Antifa chapters. It's practically impossible for organizers to ensure that everyone in a rally of thousands of people can be trusted to know how to act. That's what the police are there for. It's also why I can't stand demonstrations that demonize all police per se. The marchers should be offering them water, instead. Humanizing them, not objectifying them. Communicating with them on the front lines. I was a cab driver for many years. Me and the police get each other. What it can be like out there. (I get dope dealers, too. Part of the cab game is being a diplomat.)
I get that Black Lives Matter chapters have gotten funding, and that some of the local leaders and spokespeople (not all of them) have expressed extreme positions and implicit support for criminal acts in their rhetoric. But vague insinuations of some massive conspiracy don't impress me.
The shoplifting swarming rings empowered by the Internet smartphone era's ease of organization show a lot more coordination and organization than anything I've seen from Antifa, and they aren't being covertly funded by [favorite political enemy name-check here.] They're just being bandits. And the police and the statutes are in the position of having to play catch-up with the newest innovations in criminality.
American gun worship is also bearing bitter fruit, following decades of nurturing and flowering, and runaway adaptions of military tech (banana clips for rifles were not a thing prior to the explosion of the street retail markets for cocaine in the 1980s.)
Firearms are instant empowerment; anyone who is old enough to pull a trigger knows that all they have to do to strike fear into others is to point one. That message has been sent over and over by media entertainment and video games. There's no way to have 400 million of them in private hands without abundant opportunities for diversion. If you oppose even the most sensible measures for limiting the killing power of firearms and accountability in possessing them, own the consequences. We had gun control discussions and debates in my high school in the 1970s, and support for firearms ownership prevailed. But "rifle" implied a bolt-action 30.06, not an AR15 knockoff with a banana clip.
> show me references to what you're talking about. Direct funding links to Antifa chapters.
The most obvious links is Soros supporting the campaigns of far-left DAs who then order the police to stand down in the pace of antifa violence and then refuse to prosecute them.
that isn't a reference. It's a claim. The second part is an inference that's unsupported.
As far back as I've been reading the news, it's been common for the less serious charges against arrested participants in mass demonstrations to eventually be dismissed. It's mostly a matter of practicality for overloaded city courts, or insufficient evidence.
https://www.nytimes.com/1971/08/30/archives/mayday-charges-for-800-dropped-government-asks-dismissal-in-capitol.html
https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1991-04-10-1991100021-story.html
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2003-06-20-0306200333-story.html
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/occupy-wall-street-charges-dropped-brooklyn-bridge/1972110/
Antifa are the Democrats' Brownshirts, on call 24/7 to do the dangerous, illegal stuff that the "respectables" won't do themselves. And as Democrats morph into a more openly Communist dictatorship, Antifa will become their Red Guard.
😱 I hope you're wrong!
You've got it, fully. Antifa is an undisciplined rabble. Breaking windows and starting fires is child's play, and that's their level. It takes more skill and effort to properly wash a sink full of dishes.
Granted, the perpetrators are capable of doing adult-size damage, and they deserve to be charged as adults for their criminal actions.
Leftists justify violence using Marxist ideology. Examples include the critical race theory displayed during the 2020 riots and the post-colonial theory enacted during pro-Palestinian protests on campuses. Marxists believe the end justifies the means and have adopted the slogan "by any means possible." When you see these clues you can clearly identify the ideology as Marxism, which includes classic Marxism and all of its mutated variants.
I agree. They're only doing as well as they are through intimidation tactics, and those can be stopped if we find people with the will to do it.
Have you seen the documentary the Fall of Minneapolis?
No - where’s that available?
https://www.thefallofminneapolis.com/
Thanks!
That was absolutely shocking! Much worse than I had thought previously.
It should be required watching in every school and media in the nation. Thanks for posting.
THE FALL of MINNEAPOLIS
https://www.thefallofminneapolis.com/
You will be astounded, dismayed, deeply frustrated and saddened by the information, complete with documented evidence and actual video cam footage, to back up the claims of this Documentary, Produced by Liz Collin, Written and Directed by Dr. JC Chaix.
You can't help but cheer for this righteous exposure as you cry over the senseless suffering caused by all the immoral and unlawful deceptions played upon the American public.
My heart was broken 💔 as I watched footage of what our Law Enforcement Officers were so UNJUSTLY put through to push an EVIL narrative filled with out-right lies, cover-ups and disgraceful inhumanity to the very people who have dedicated their lives to serve for the good of our Communities, States and Nation. Our Police Officers were FAILED by the cowardice of the City Government of Minneapolis (as well as other Administrations failing Officers across our Nation).
There is no doubt of the deeply challenging and difficult situations in which cities found themselves with the unruly rioting mobs. The liberal extremists voted in to run their City and State Governments carry a major burden of fault for these injustices.
Where has the desire to have Leaders of Integrity gone? More times than not, we reap what we sow.
Our Law Enforcement across our country are owed a BIG APOLOGY for the hatred, unkind actions and deep disrespect they were unjustly shown. Shame on those who participated.
Antifa is concentrated in progressive cities which are uniformly blue.
The Progressive Left is getting what they voted for, and will continue tolerate it as some sort of Virtuous Hairshirt of Penance for their privilege.
Eventually they will tire of it, but in the meantime be thankful that unless you live in a leftist West Coast city, you don't have to actually deal with them.
It sucks here. If I could get my wife and the cats out safely and enough of these antifa we're here, id happily call for fire on my position and done in Valhalla
Were and done. Damn android keyboard
Democrats welcomed political violence in 2020, when luminaries of the party, Pelosi, Harris, Waters and others, stoked BLM and Antifa riots with thinly veiled calls for destruction.
Barack Obama spoke in violent terms as well. “Republicans are the enemy.” “Get in their faces.” “If they bring a knife, we bring a gun.”
Maxine Waters exhorted leftists to attack Trump officials. Some, in fact, were attacked on the streets, and in restaurants.
It was delicious to see the DNC under attack by violent leftists last week. Democrat congresspeople in the building were scared to death. They were hoisted on the petard of their own doing.
Your entire recommendation is that federal law enforcement should intervene? How could the feds have time? They are too busy prosecuting people who just happened to be in D.C. on 1/6/21, including those who never set foot in the Capitol or trespassed or did damage anywhere else. Actually I meant just "Republicans": https://dianelgruber.substack.com/p/joseph-bolanos-fbi-and-nbc-made-a
The weaponization of the DoJ and the upper levels of the FBI is outrageous, dangerous and totally unacceptable.
I can only imagine the frustration and anger that grass-roots agents in the FBI are feeling.
It's an ideology, not an organization or group. /s You can't even get the federal government to acknowledge that left-wing extremism exists. I can tell you the amount of resources dedicated to extremism on the left is 1:10 while they overturn every rock in every media and assembly looking for "white supremacists" and right-wingers with inconvenient thoughts. You can very easily find tens of websites in an hour focusing on left-wing tactics on disruptive and destructive practices and guidance against the government, in addition to gathering places and rally points where they organize activities. This is all fine according to authorities, because they are practicing their first amendments right of free speech and assembly. The same could not be said of authorities against right-wingers who communicate and gather. The left is aware of this fact and are emboldened by it. I resist claiming that the agencies are in on the charade, but the cesspool that is the DHS and FBI don't inspire much confidence.
Same seems to be happening in UK