Posted on 06/11/2020 5:50:00 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The news out of Seattle is that Antifa has captured a seven-block area in central Seattle that they've dubbed the Capital Hill Autonomous Zone, or CHAZ for short.
Given the protests (read: riots) across the country over the past two weeks and the feckless (at best) handling of said riots by leftist mayors and governors, that Seattle permitted this to occur is not surprising.
Seattle's Mayor, Jenny Durkan all-but encouraged the takeover of her city when she proclaimed:
Keeping demonstrations peaceful must be a joint effort between our community members and law enforcement. I am hopeful that tonight, with these operational changes, our city can peacefully move forward together.
Of course, these operational changes were "letting these thugs overrun her city and confiscate a seven-block section of the Capital Hill district of Seattle."
Seattle, along with Portland and other hard-left run cities, has long been a cesspool of minimally tepid, if not enthusiastic support for Antifa and Black Lives Matter.
While my friends on social media are clamoring for the president to send in the National Guard and reclaim the city, I believe that a different tack is in order — let the people of Seattle stew in their own excrement. Really.
You see, the challenge in our current debate (which is not really a debate, because whenever facts are presented, the left shuts down dialogue and lobs the ever present term "racist") is that the media have glorified the most heinous of acts in urban centers throughout the country in the name of justice. But it's not about justice. It's about rubbing raw the sores of discontent, as Saul Alinsky asserted in Rules for Radicals. Rubbing these sores, as their tactic goes, energizes the most radical elements of the movement.
Seattle suburbanites have been tacitly down with the struggle,
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
That is the first thing I thought of also. Cordon the area, cut off water, electricity, natural gas, traffic, etc. When they idiots start eating each other, demand peaceful and unconditional surrender with the understanding that everyone left alive inside of the CHAZ will be going to jail for life.
—okay—
No cops, no soldiers. Let Obama’s Civilian Security Force handle it... https://youtu.be/Tt2yGzHfy7s
Oops, I meant Obama’s Civilian National Security Force (CNSF).
I propose sending in the Army to:
1) create a ring of control around the area - seal off all entrances and exits. Concertina wire fenses, etc.
2) Leave one and only one exit. That exit should limit the flow outbound to one at a time. Have cameras and finger print readers at the exit. Stop all who are exiting for photographs and finger prints. Document their presence. Arrest those who will not identify.
3) Notify those in the “zone” that they will have X hours to leave and if they do so by then, they will only be documented at the exit point. However, if they do not leave by the time limit, they will be arrested at the exit point.
4) Enforce the fence with water cannons, pepper spray, rubber bullets, and even baynets if needed to prevent a breach of the fense
5) Nothing in - only those who surrender for arrest allowed out
6) wait
I got my picture taken with a bunch of protesters in front of the Capitol building. I have a bunch of happy liberals surrounding me (I need to get a poster made).
Madison and Milwaukee are liberal hotbeds, but at least Madison has a good selection of restaurants.
RE: LOL! It happened through Occupy Wall Street and the protests around the Capitol building and the bizarre tent city squalor allowed for what seemed like “forever.”
OK, now you’ve tantalized me with your tale. What happened after that? Don’t tell me that these Occupiers are still there...
I worked downtown seattle when the WTO thing was going on. I remember walking by lines of “stormtroopers” on my way to work with vacant streets. I don’t know who the mayor was then, but no protesters took over any of the town. ;)
People need to understand that this tiny four block area is peopled by the folks that “took it over” and this thing is utterly symbolic. If they try to expand it, though, things could get ugly. I think the city is taking a “wait them out” sort of position and, from the looks of things, won’t have to wait long.
This weekend is sure gonna be interesting, though. And we’re flyhing there Saturday, and my son lives just a couple of blocks from this site.
They don’t have a problem cracking down on the members of the sovereign citizen movement, I’d like to know what’s the difference with this bunch, other than that they’re even more provocative.
“Occupy Madison has been working alongside people experiencing homelessness since they formed in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement in 2011. The group had a large encampment in Madison, which like many other Occupy camps across the country attracted people with nowhere else to go — including the homeless.”
“We had our general assembly meetings and over time more and more of the people there on site were not political activists, but homeless people,” Clemente said.
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/11/16/madison-homelessoccupy.html
They merged with the homeless, for those who were left after that first full winter. Now, the few left have “tiny houses.”
My point is to make aware that we hear almost nothing about our northern states, which is how obumbles got the sommali influx from Maine to Minnesota
I believe that they think of him (Trump) because he is the only adult in the room. The mayor, the city council, the Washington state patrol, and the governor are all feckless moronic leftists, unable to tie their own shoelaces.
Burn the building squarely in the middle, turn off the water, and have a Winnie roast.
And that’s the gist of it. This is nothing more than the worst block party ever with some low level rapper using it to spruce up his street cred. Idiots all.
As a result of all this, there are many, many people who simply don’t give a sh!t about what happens in our cities anymore.
Bingo.
I think cities that have been under Democrat control for decades are going to do very, very poorly. And I think the President is going to make this very clear to voters as we approach November.
The Democrats want him to screw up. I think he’s sitting back, watching them screw up.
And the MSM with them
But Chicago “borders,” well, Lake Michigan. East of Chicago, across the lake, is Michigan (and the Michigan UP is north of Chicago, via the lake); directly north is Wisconsin; southeast is Indiana. There quite simply is no way to get to the Canadian border from Chicago without going through another US state or its territorial waters.
The enemy doesn’t micro manage its troops ... just gets them into relative position .... I hear Chicago is beautiful .... this time of year.
“I hear Chicago is beautiful .... this time of year.”
You know, it is one of the most beautiful urban shorelines as seen from Lake Michigan on a clear day.
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