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Darkness Falls: The collapse of the rule of law across the country, intensified by Antifa radicals, is terrifying.
City Journal ^ | May 31, 2020 | Heather Mac Donald

Posted on 06/01/2020 7:16:22 AM PDT by karpov

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To: babble-on

21 posted on 06/01/2020 7:29:40 AM PDT by knarf
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To: karpov
people were outraged that the officer who had kept his knee on Floyd’s neck for a sickening eight-plus minutes had not yet been arrested and charged.

Outraged,

Yes, Outraged!

's why we burn down businesses, after we loots 'em bare.

22 posted on 06/01/2020 7:29:49 AM PDT by going hot (happiness is a momma deuce)
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To: karpov
But wait, Obama said :

"You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing's replaced them. And they fell through the Clinton administration, and the Bush administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not. And it's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy toward people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."

Who taught Obama to think like that? Who?

23 posted on 06/01/2020 7:30:21 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: karpov

During the two Obama presidential campaigns, the Democrats hired rooms full of social scientists to advise them.

What advice did the social scientists give the Democrats?

“Use fear. Fear is a strong motivator. Scared people will vote Democrat.”

Here we are.

The Democrats are trying to use fear for political gain.

Nice folks, eh?


24 posted on 06/01/2020 7:30:42 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: babble-on

Do you have a mini fridge in Mom and Dad’s basement so you can grab a Snack Pac pudding while you play Fortnight? Cool. We know you don’t work or date.


25 posted on 06/01/2020 7:32:53 AM PDT by AmericanMermaid
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To: BenLurkin

I think the radicalization goes back way farther. Charlie Manson, apparently, was a visionary. He thought race riots would bring down the American system. Helter-Skelter!!


26 posted on 06/01/2020 7:36:20 AM PDT by I-ambush (One foot in the grave, one foot on the pedal I was born to rebel.)
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To: I-ambush

Bugliosi fabricated most of the “helter-skelter” narrative as a cheap and easy path towards getting a conviction.


27 posted on 06/01/2020 7:37:38 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Carl Vehse
One solution is to turn over protection of the black community to the black community.

Give the money used to protect the black community (usually 90% of any large city police budget) to 'leaders' in the black community. Black 'leaders' can hire their own force, or put the money into non-profits run by their friends, or use the cash for 'outreach'...

Then draw a circle around the black community so blacks are ONLY protected by blacks under the power of black leaders.

Blacks protecting blacks. Nothing to riot over.

No blacks pulled over for driving while black, no suspicious looks, nothing. Protected by 'their own'... It's the answer to black's dreams. Protected by their own... zero racism. AND a large infusion of cash for black leaders.

Problem solved.

28 posted on 06/01/2020 7:37:52 AM PDT by GOPJ (The mood in the country changed last night. NO ONE backing looters will win.)
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To: karpov

Yep - Let the Dark Ages begin again - heck, we even have our own pandemic ...


29 posted on 06/01/2020 7:38:11 AM PDT by 11th_VA (May you live in interesting times - Ancient Chinese Proverb)
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To: karpov

“sending a powerful sign that society would not defend its most fundamental institutions of law and order.”

Exactly right. Meanwhile in Portland, Oregon, it is even worse. The mayor is ecstatic that her police officers obeyed the terrorist command to fall to their knees.


30 posted on 06/01/2020 7:41:09 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: karpov

Bump


31 posted on 06/01/2020 7:41:22 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: libertylover; BenLurkin

Actually the roots go back directly to the German Communists of the 1930s.


32 posted on 06/01/2020 7:43:08 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: karpov

No, it’s not terrifying, unless you are in the middle of it as it happens.

The lack of will to put a stop to it is disturbing though.

This is an unanswered war, an allowed destruction of our cities.

I new it was coming and moved away from the coming trouble years ago.


33 posted on 06/01/2020 7:43:23 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Just sit in your house until the food stops coming and then starve. You'll be safe.)
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To: GOPJ

How did your idea work out in various African countries?


34 posted on 06/01/2020 7:45:53 AM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: babble-on

‘I’d just like to put in a good word for right wing radicals, too.’

you mean all half dozen of them...?


35 posted on 06/01/2020 7:46:33 AM PDT by IrishBrigade
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To: blueunicorn6

Read somewhere that most people think America is at least 35% black when it is actually 13%. Media bias, black dominance in sports, and black overrepresentation in entertainment account for this.

Parts of the world where the only information about America comes from satellite believe that America is already a majority black country.

This fall it won’t be Democrats getting the scared people vote, it will be Trump and the Republicans. All over the media the chaos of today is being compared to the chaos of 1968.

In 1968 the scared majority voted for Nixon.


36 posted on 06/01/2020 7:47:24 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("Pres. Trump doesn't wear glasses. That's because he's got 2020.")
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To: karpov

The explosion of black rage is helping end racism,page two liberal hand book.


37 posted on 06/01/2020 7:49:12 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: GOPJ
Blacks protecting blacks. Nothing to riot over.

(snip)

Problem solved.

Nope, not even close to solved. The "oppression" that they keep yapping about refers to their being subject to the "white man's laws". IMO, there's no way to address that apart from starting over from scratch, which ain't happening.

38 posted on 06/01/2020 7:55:57 AM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: BenLurkin
1990s? It goes way back a lot further than that. Wiki has a good summary of the History of Anarchism.
The use of revolutionary political violence, known as Propaganda of the Deed, was employed by a small but influential part of the anarchist movement over a roughly four decade period, beginning in the 1880s. By the end of the 19th century, it became clear that Propaganda of the Deed was not going to spark a revolution. Though it was employed by only a minority of anarchists, it gave anarchism a violent reputation and it isolated anarchists from broader social movements. It was abandoned by the majority of the anarchist movement in the early 20th century.

Chicago was the centre of the American anarchist movement during the 19th century. On 1 May 1886, a general strike was called in several United States cities with the demand of an eight-hour work day, and anarchists allied themselves with the workers' movement despite seeing the objective as reformist. On May 3, a fight broke out in Chicago when strikebreakers attempted to cross the picket line. Two workers died when police opened fire on the crowd. The next day anarchists staged a rally at Chicago's Haymarket Square. A bomb was thrown from a side alley. In the ensuing panic, police opened fire on the crowd and each other. Seven police officers and at least four workers were killed. Eight anarchists, directly and indirectly related to the organisers of the rally, were arrested and charged with the murder of the deceased officers. They became international political celebrities in the labour movement. Four of the men were executed and a fifth committed suicide before his execution. The incident became known as the Haymarket affair and was a setback for the movement and the struggle for the eight-hour day.

Numerous heads of state were assassinated or attacked by members of the anarchist movement. In 1901, the Polish-American anarchist Leon Czolgosz assassinated the president of the United States, William McKinley. Emma Goldman, who was erroneously suspected of being involved, expressed some sympathy for Czolgosz and incurred a great deal of negative publicity.

The Wall Street bombing of September 16, 1920, in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City killed 30 people immediately, and another eight died later of wounds sustained in the blast. There were 143 seriously injured, and the total number of injured was in the hundreds. The bombing was never solved, although investigators and historians believe the Wall Street bombing was carried out by Galleanists (Italian anarchists), a group responsible for a series of bombings the previous year. The attack was related to postwar social unrest, labor struggles, and anti-capitalist agitation in the United States.

I fear that we are headed toward mass bombings. If only we had an FBI that could infiltrate and uproot these anarchists like they did in the late 1960s and early 1970s with the Weather Underground. Of course, that effort was only partially successful as witnessed by Obama's buddy who famously said "Guilty as hell, free as a bird."
39 posted on 06/01/2020 7:56:52 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: volunbeer
The riots will continue under these circumstances.

I fear it could get a lot worse than merely continuing riots. It is not unlikely that it will morph to widespread anarchist bombings. They sense fear, cowardice, and a complete lack of will to resist them.

40 posted on 06/01/2020 7:58:41 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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