[Chainmail]

"And even the federal officers are standing down instead of beating down these little bastards as they should, right?"

It's a trap: the organized Left wants the federal officers to try mass arrests or even better, to kill someone. That's why they keep escalating things and are at it, night after night.

If they succeed in getting federal officers to respond violently, their narrative is preloaded to blame the President to sway voters to abandon him in November. You've already seen the distortion in the media - "peaceful protesters" with no mention of the blinding lasers or the burn casualties.

Our federal officers are being heroic in the face of nearly unbelievable provocation.

I've seen exactly the same garbage before in 1970, as the violent Leftists attacked police and rioted in the streets and the press called it "anti Vietnam War protests". Same kind of people, same objectives, same tactics.

That time, they got the President and caused the enemy to win.

[equaviator]

"It's a trap: the organized Left wants the federal officers to try mass arrests or even better, to kill someone."

Because of TV and the Internet, authorities are too concerned with how things will appear to the world.

Why can't we just say that "It's too bad that it had to happen this way but they left us no other choice". It ispossible for state and federal defenders to be forced into a situation where deadly force must be used, and nobody should act surprised if/when it does happen.

[Gratia]

Re # 5: 100% agree.

These riots are purely about a Kent State moment, and the rioters know that. They are consciously trying to provoke a “massacre.” Every rioter involved aspires to be a martyr, knowing that only a few are needed and so the chances of being “the one” are quite small.

The rioters are inspired with a heroic vision of themselves as willing to sacrifice their lives in order to spark a bigger, more violent situation involving millions. The inspiration (IMO) is fueled by drugs, brainwashing, delusions of grandeur, and the high of inflicting destruction.

The true wonderment is that both law enforcement and our side in general have been almost miraculous in not taking the bait. It is frustrating to see, but necessary to avoid Kent State, which would truly be a smashing communist success and the start of general chaos and violence which we have not seen since the Civil War.

[patriotspride]

It’s a trap: the organized Left wants the federal officers to try mass arrests or even better, to kill someone. That’s why they keep escalating things and are at it, night after night.

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Bingo. The MSM keeps supporting the peaceful protestors side in spite of the actual videos.

They got away with it in some of the Ferguson riots , and now with the Minneapolis destruction.

Hopefully the more than silent majority has seen through this theater...