Posted on 08/14/2020 9:18:00 AM PDT by rktman
This is a conflict where many captains and generals side with the opposition. Nancy Pelosi has tweeted about "Unidentified stormtroopers. Unmarked cars. Kidnapping protesters and causing severe injuries in response to graffiti." The intelligence agencies and the organizations that provide information (CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS) side with the opposition. The judicial system often sides with the rioters. "Prisoners of war" are captured and immediately released to rejoin the battle. These POWs have been augmented by criminals who were released because of the coronavirus.
Police are being handicapped by rules of engagement that do not apply to the insurgents. Cities like Seattle and Portland have banned the use of tear gas and pepper spray. There do not appear to be any restrictions of the weapons used by the insurgency. In addition to rocks and bottles, they have been using lasers. A laser safety site claims they are used to temporarily flashblind law enforcement. The site warns, "Be wary of any official accounts of eye injuries. They may not be accurate." Revealing where the site stands on this issue is its remark that government claims that three officers may not recover their sight appeared to be untrue. They quote an official: "We've had a number of officers (113) who had days-long blindness. So far, they've all kind of come back, if you will." Yes, "kind of." Insurgents in Portland have also used a mortar to launch commercial-grade fireworks at police.
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So far the citizens have shown great restraint.
That will not last forever.
The $64,000 question becomes “What do we do about it?” followed by “When?”
A ChiTown suburb has already thrown blm and antiAmerica out of their town.
These idiots do not realize that there are many, many folks on the conservative side who can hit a man-sized target from 500 yards away... with iron sights.
Or, once our calmer, peaceable side has prevailed, just load up paint ball ammo with skunk oil and fluorescent dye and "Tag" all you idiots.
If I am attacked by Antifa I will shoot them. Full stop. They are a terrorist organization. They are the enemy. We can’t count on anyone in authority doing anything about them. Sure, there are a couple of sheriffs who have declared their anarchy unacceptable, but they are the exception. It is up to us to push back. If the government won’t stop them we have no other choice.
RoE? When our side starts to play, there won’t be any.
CIVILIZATION
Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage’s whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.
The precondition of a civilized society is the barring of physical force from social relationships—thus establishing the principle that if men wish to deal with one another, they may do so only by means of reason: by discussion, persuasion and voluntary, uncoerced agreement.
The necessary consequence of man’s right to life is his right to self-defense. In a civilized society, force may be used only in retaliation and only against those who initiate its use.
Ayn Rand
PREPARE to act UNCIVILIZED toward the UNCIVL (pick and choose your battles for YOUR life carefully)
bkmk
The response will then be used as a pretext for extreme restrictions on the citizenry, and the necessity of removing President Trump to stop the violence.
I believe you are correct.
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