Mostly Peaceful

[Highlander]

I am pleased as punch to observe that looting in the LA area is mostly peaceful. Except when the police detain and arrest a looter, creating violence. It goes without saying that the protests and demonstrations are nearly all peaceful. So it must be the repressive cops and soldiers and such who are burning and stoning their own cars.

[zeno]

[Doom]

I considered myself a liberal Democrat, like my parents, until the 1992 Los Angeles riots when I was 17. What disgusted me about the riots then is the same that disgusts me now: the Democrats reflexively side with the rioters and looters. What I realized at the time, and what has become more and more apparent in the 30+ years since, is that the left has a fascination and obsession with violence. What was once said about Bertrand Russell specifically is true of the entire left in general: "To him, any excuse is a good enough excuse to commit homicide." Violence and. brutality is not something that just kind of sort of happens by accident, it is the essence of what the left is. This is why the left admires, and has always admired, dictators, especially the ones like Stalin, Castro, or Hugo Chavez, who murder on a mass scale. When Michael Moore described Castro's Cuba and Saddam Hussein's Iraq as paradises on Earth, he didn't admire these societies despite the mass murder, but because of it.

[anawim]

I agree with Doom.
Except for me the change came about during Reagan's first administration. I made a shift to the right, but it was more subtle. I used to think William F. Buckley was a radical. Then when reading one of his editorials, I found myself agreeing with him. I thought, 'what happened? Either he changed, or I did'.
I was the one who changed.

[Highlander]

I must admit that my lying eyes have to be deceiving me. After being informed by some in government in positions of power that the mostly peaceful demonstrations had had no impact upon the civil life of LA, my untrustworthy eyes showed the 101 at a dead stop. That was impossible, since responsible spokespeople had told me otherwise. I just don't know what to do with my vision; probably put on blue tinted glasses to correct it.

I must also express my admiration for the mostly peaceful demonstrators who religiously don masks to prevent the spread of Covid and other harmful diseases. I feel that should be acknowledged as exemplars for all to follow.

[zeno]

Well, it isn't unusual for the freeways in LA to be at a dead stop...

[Highlander]

Oh, the humanity! I saw with my own eyes cops placing themselves in the path of mostly peaceful fireworks being used by mostly peaceful demonstrators in a celebration of peace. love, and brotherhood. And, perhaps, a belated Cinco de Mayo. I'm sure, that, if a cop were to be injured due to his or her negligent and reckless behavior, some pernicious persons would try to link it to the actions of the mostly peaceful.

[Riverboat]

She just doesn't know when or how to quit talking.

https://x.com/i/status/1931787700282991064

[Highlander]

Should one doubt the mostly peaceful nature of the demonstrators, one only has to consider that some are providing the various law enforcement and NG with refreshment. In the form of a Russian drink, some sort of cocktail, which they have to toss over the barricades to the recipients. Shame, shame, I say, on those who deny their mostly peaceful intent in this generous and selfless action.

[Stella]

I considered myself a liberal Democrat, like my parents, until the 1992 Los Angeles riots when I was 17. What disgusted me about the riots then is the same that disgusts me now: the Democrats reflexively side with the rioters and looters. What I realized at the time, and what has become more and more apparent in the 30+ years since, is that the left has a fascination and obsession with violence. What was once said about Bertrand Russell specifically is true of the entire left in general: "To him, any excuse is a good enough excuse to commit homicide." Violence and. brutality is not something that just kind of sort of happens by accident, it is the essence of what the left is. This is why the left admires, and has always admired, dictators, especially the ones like Stalin, Castro, or Hugo Chavez, who murder on a mass scale. When Michael Moore described Castro's Cuba and Saddam Hussein's Iraq as paradises on Earth, he didn't admire these societies despite the mass murder, but because of it.

i'm not American but I know that Democrats didn't side with the Jan 6 rioters. We are getting daily news of the LA riots here and think it's perfectly reasonable to send in the national services to manage it, but to think this situation of violence is worse than Jan 6 has to be solely political bias.

[zeno]

I have read the quoted post over and over and nowhere do I see "January 6" referred to.

Perhaps familiarize yourself with the event that is actually mentioned - the Rodney King riots of 1992. Or the George Floyd/BLM riots of 2020. Or CHAZ/CHOP. And what consequences were there for those "mostly peaceful protestors?" (Hint - virtually none.) Maybe you will get an inkling of why your constant referencing of January 6 elicits

[Riverboat]

Shame, shame, I say, on those who deny their mostly peaceful intent in this generous and selfless action.

The sarcasm is strong with this one!

I'm willing to bet you're related to me.

[Stella]

Apologies I should have isolated the statement I was addressing.

What I realized at the time, and what has become more and more apparent in the 30+ years since, is that the left has a fascination and obsession with violence.

I would say that's demonstrably inaccurate considering not just Jan 6 but also the great majority of mass violent attacks in that time have been by far right ideologists.

Violent ideology knows no borders.

[zeno]

That's silly. The example Doom gave and I gave are endorsed by Democrats and excused away by them. I think you'd be hard pressed to find the equivalent on the mainstream American right.

[anawim]

While the left is far more violent than any demonstration by the right, the 2nd Battalion of the Seventh Marines will fix that :

https://www.tiktok.com/@pettycrocker88/ ... EVHj-Woo_w

[zeno]

Babylon Bee strikes again
"CNN Reports Peaceful Evening in LA as Majority of Cars not on Fire"

https://babylonbee.com/news/cnn-reports ... ot-on-fire

[Doom]

And now, with the actual assassination of two members of the Minnesota state legislature and their wives, as well as the murder of the CEO of United Healthcare, the violence of the left is no longer merely hypothetical; it is real. And I suspect we are going to see a lot more assassinations before this is over.

The chief suspect in the assassination of these two State representatives is a government employee, a Democrat of course, who was appointed by Tim Walz.

[anawim]

And now, with the actual assassination of two members of the Minnesota state legislature and their wives, as well as the murder of the CEO of United Healthcare, the violence of the left is no longer merely hypothetical; it is real. And I suspect we are going to see a lot more assassinations before this is over.

The chief suspect in the assassination of these two State representatives is a government employee, a Democrat of course, who was appointed by Tim Walz.

A Minnesota state representative and her husband were shot and killed, and a state senator and his wife were shot and wounded.

[zeno]

When one adheres to a moral code that says the ends justify the means there isn't much that's off the table.

[Doom]

When one adheres to a moral code that says the ends justify the means there isn't much that's off the table.

And if you listen to their rhetoric, it is clear they aren't discouraging it. I couldn't help but notice that after both the murder of the United Health CEO and the attempted assassination of Trump, the Democrats and the media (but then I repeat myself) didn't condemn either attack, and in both cases blamed the victim. The media spin was that Trump's "hateful rhetoric" brought on the attack (in other words, Trump deserved it), and both Elizabeth Warren and AOC said that "while I condemn the assassination", the United Health CEO was "callous and ruined people's lives" (in short, I condemn it but i don't think it was wrong)