07-02-2020, 04:52 PM
(07-02-2020, 03:16 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: I am really most familiar with the VA protests. There were threats of violence that had occurred that caused the emergency declaration and the rule put in place that firearms could not be carried onto capitol grounds. I know there is a lot of doubt from some of the pro-2A folks about that, but there were legitimate concerns. Now, there was quite the mix going on in that crowd. Alex Jones in a vehicle with Info Wars plastered all over it, plenty of boogaloo kits out and about, and some other things definitely did not help that image. But that wasn't everyone, and many people from the VCDL tried hard to convince people not to come like that. Then they showed up with a guillotine. That was such a shit show all around.
That doesn't change the fact that they lawfully assembled, only one arrest was made (charges later dropped) and actually picked up their own trash. None of this stopped the media from labeling it a gathering of extremists.
(07-02-2020, 03:19 PM)fredtoast Wrote: The only ones I have problems with are the ones that carried guns.
The guns served no purpose other than intimidation.
The entire point of protest is intimidation. The guns were carried lawfully and not a single arrest was made in MI. The law trumps people's feelings.
(07-02-2020, 03:58 PM)Dill Wrote: I am not in control of your decision to call me racist. Not now, not in the future.
I said you made a racist statement. This is not the same as calling you a racist, this is a very obvious and important distinction.
Quote:Sure, people often don't "see their own misconduct," including conduct such as frequently "pointing out" things that aren't there.
No evidence I have "engaged in that type of conduct." If you disagree, point it out to a moderator.
I made a general statement. If you felt it applied to you that is not my fault.
Quote:Normally I would say some things here about how to apply definitions and support assertions with evidence, how to prove rather than assume. But I am not. Toxic to continue this theme. So I'll not.
Yet you just did exactly that.
Quote:So, yes?
Being in opposition with the Democratic party does not inherently mean you'll vote for Trump. Again, a great example of the binary thinking that seems to dominate today's discourse.
