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55 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

There are alot of disenfranchised Americans. No doubt about that. But the black folks have it the worst. There is still rampant racism in the US and it is nowhere near a level playing field. 

 

What is the most glaring in all this is that massive amounts of white people showed up and demonstrated recently over the shutdown. No problem. They were welcomed by the cops. But, when people of color demonstrate they are all labeled rioters and terrorists. Granted there was some rioting. But most were peaceful, at least until the cops started bashing them and gassing them. Based on his recent language, how can we fairly describe the leader of the "free world"? Vicious dogs. The best armed military is coming after you! 

 the people I have seen creating the most destruction and fomenting the most fear and conflict were young White men, though some females too. Twitterwill give you a much better idea of what's going on than the mainstream news will. It may be that the revolution IS being televized.

1 hour ago, Logosone said:

It was done before, in 1992 during the Rodney King Riots. Worked like a charm.

 

If the governors can't keep the vandals under control clearly somebody has to. 

 

You can't let these people destroy cities with impunity.

 

Let's see how well the Antifa tactics work against the latest US military hardware. 

C'mon man, get a grip, These are your fellow countrymen. They're probably only a little more/less wrong than you are. That's not to say either one of you are right. What you want is a cohesive society for the benefit of all.

9 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Easy to say, but what if you find yourself starving in the street with your assets forcibly expropriated and no redress, that you now take for granted?

That is what I am expecting. As you say it is easy to say, but if you have children, I'd rather undertake it then have them undertake it.

9 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

You have a sociopath in the White House who boasts of grabbing women, defrauding contractors ( good business ), spreading blatant lies on social media, and disrespecting anyone who disagrees with him. Pardons felons. He is not scum?

Oh, he is surely scum. I didn't mean to give the impression that he isn't. I see him and Biden similarly, although Trump is more useful in moving the country forward, once we dispense with him with someone who isn't a DNC corporate sponsored retread. 

8 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Be careful what you wish for. If Trump gets in again, I'm predicting tyranny. There'll be no stopping him in a second term.

 The upside is that may foment a revolution. This democracy is getting a little bit long in the tooth. Most, if not all never last this long. It may be time to hit the refresh key.

14 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

There's a book called "Black Like Me", by John Howard Griffin. It's the real-life account of a white man who darkened his skin to pass for black, then went traveling through various areas of America. Read it, and you'll get an answer to your question.

There's an irony that has kept educated blacks amused for decades. Some of the most racist and hate-filled white people actually have an ancestor who passed for white one or two centuries ago.

Read it in 7th grade.

16 minutes ago, JensenZ said:

I see you've kicked off your election campaigning in earnest. You and the Democrats are savouring the pandemic and the rioting, hoping that finally Trump will fall. There's only one problem with that fantasy. You need someone with half a brain to replace him. That's the way you win an election. Not by praying for someone's demise, but putting up a good candidate with good ideas to beat him.

 

I suggest you stock up on tissues for November to last 4 years, after you lose yet again.

In Trump years there's about 900 months before the election.

4 minutes ago, Logosone said:

Biden irresponsibly fanned the flame of hysteria by attacking Trumps plan to send in the military.

 

All for partisanship and personal gain.

 

Biden really acted in a rogue manner in this conflict.

Biden is scum. That said Trump shouldn't be threatening to send in the military. You can't get more Third World than that.

7 minutes ago, J Town said:

You couldn't be more wrong. If you really believe that, then you're part of the problem.

_{I encourage you to look at some poverty statistics in America. While it may be true that African Americans, per capita are more impoverished, it is not even close to true that they are the  most impoverished Americans. That of course is an entirely seperate issue to their unjust treatment by the police/justice system.}

Here's why nobody should be hitching their wagon to Trump. Faced with a crime, not of his making, and a justice system steered toward authorities not under his jurisdiction, he should have condemned them from the first minute. No skin off his nose. Even most of his base might see that.

Joe Biden, sexual assaulter though he is, knows at least to call out sexual assault as long as it doesn't lead back to himself.

6 minutes ago, BobBKK said:

Police might not be perfect but try living in a world without them. The vast majority, I still believe, are sound and calling them scum is vile hypocrisy.  

It's not hypocrisy to call most of them scum and to say some of them are decent working within a corrupt system.

23 minutes ago, BobBKK said:

Police are scum?  if your house is ever burgled or your wife raped tell that to the officers who come to your rescue.

You mean the guys that take your statement after the fact? Yes, they are largely scum. Some ofthem are good but they work within a toxic system.

2 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Some might. 

Mine didn't. 

I've never met a white person that mentioned theirs did. 

In any case black parents really need to because its a fact that black people are stopped more often, searched more often, and murdered more often by the police. 

That is true because police hassle Black folks  more than they do White folks. It is also true they are just as liable to execute a White person once in possesion as they are a Black person. It's not a racial thing so much as it is a cop thing.

18 minutes ago, rabas said:

Do you have the original of that quote that can be verified? At this time of high venerability it's a good idea to remember Russia's heavy use of disinformation to interfere in Western affairs.

I'm not sure that's Russian disinformation, but it might be. What you can be sure of it's that's coming, as is Chinese disinformation. You can also be sure that some of us will bite on it if it fits our narritive. Brave New World.

37 minutes ago, CorpusChristie said:

And are the Left Wingers all sat at home hoping  that this will all blow over and there will be no more trouble ?

  

What's that mean? Please elucidate.

40 minutes ago, KhunFred said:

Because protests are the problem in Trump's view, NOT the killing of black people. Trump is NOT a rational leader and most of the world recognizes this.

That is true, but I think you're imagining Biden's response might have been better. Biden said today "You ought to shoot them in the leg instead of the heart" amongst other malaprops. Of course every thing he says has the benefit of being a reaction to the worst president has ever seen. Personally, I don't see that as cause enough to elect the second worse president America will ever see. I'd rather clean the slate.

25 minutes ago, CorpusChristie said:

What was that pandemic ?

I think it was called H3N2 virus.

I think George Floyd's needless death provided a trigger to the riots we see, but I don't think that's the reason people are rioting. The zeitgeist is not well and people are now able to look 4.5 years into the future and see whichever way they vote it's not likely to get much better. Platitudes signifying nothing or honest hatred, that's a bad choice. Me, I'd rather conquer the enemy than invite them within. That said, I'm not voting for either of them.

22 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

Well, with 100,000+ dead Americans from the coronavirus under his failing watch, he already ought to be a shoo-in!  That kind of success, you just can't argue with...

 

MADA - Make Americans Dead Again

It's kind of like that year Woodstock was held in the midst of a global pandemic. I, myselfwas born in the midst of a global pandemic that happened to target infants. 

1 hour ago, jimmyswale said:

That is the President's job - but he has proved unfit to hold the office at a time of national peril. Since he chose to brandish the Bible in front of the church I would like to remind him of Matthew 7:15-20

 

15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them.

That's a good argument for burning it all down, because there are no clean actors in this mess. Still, I hope we stop short of that and choose a different path. Leaders are chosen by their parties. The primaries were a sham. Give us two better leaders to choose from.

3 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Wouldn't be shocking. 

How else could 45 stay in power? 

He certainly can't win a fair election. 

Could Biden, if there were even one more entrant?