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Are we allowed to riot yet? (Original Post) struggle4progress Sunday OP
Yes, but... ._. Sunday #1
Why does he need an excuse? Almost everything he does has had zero justification. Wiz Imp Sunday #11
No, if he declares martial law without grounds, he will get no support for it. Not from the Supreme Court and not from Martin68 Sunday #15
Idk... I hope so! (no support for it under that circumstance) electric_blue68 Tuesday #18
according to some DUers it is fine to ambush offensive people and shoot them in the back Skittles Sunday #2
That is probably not a great idea at this point- it could bring on martial law etc. Meowmee Sunday #3
For those who didn't watch ibegurpard Sunday #4
Message auto-removed Name removed Sunday #6
The point of a headline is to inform. This one infers and misleads. I come here to read, elocs Sunday #9
If you clicked on the thread ibegurpard Sunday #12
The point of having a title is to inform what the OP is all about. This one failed. elocs Monday #16
If there's going to be a riot, it better be like 500,000 people showing up at Mar-A-Lago and trashing the joint AZJonnie Sunday #5
IIRC, people went to jail for that occurrence. yagotme Sunday #7
Hence the 500,000 people and Mar A Lago parts of the equation AZJonnie Sunday #13
Not Federal property, but private property, yagotme Tuesday #17
So much of life is about choices & consequences. Are we ready for the consequences of rioting? elocs Sunday #8
I heard a lot of people say they would riot if Roe ever fell. WhiskeyGrinder Sunday #10
Riot too soon and Trump will declare martial law with the support of a majority of Americans. Martin68 Sunday #14

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(1,406 posts)
1. Yes, but...
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 03:46 AM
Sunday

Shitler is looking for an excuse to declare Martial law. If he does, the Republic is not just dead, but dead and buried.

Wiz Imp

(4,862 posts)
11. Why does he need an excuse? Almost everything he does has had zero justification.
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 11:25 AM
Sunday

This has always been a stupid argument. If he's going to declare martial law, he will do it regardless of anything else happening. He needs no excuse.

Martin68

(25,634 posts)
15. No, if he declares martial law without grounds, he will get no support for it. Not from the Supreme Court and not from
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 02:38 PM
Sunday

the military.

Skittles

(163,850 posts)
2. according to some DUers it is fine to ambush offensive people and shoot them in the back
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 03:54 AM
Sunday

rioting seems pretty tame compared to that

ibegurpard

(17,050 posts)
4. For those who didn't watch
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 04:21 AM
Sunday

And just react to the headlines... she says no and that people who advocate for violence are self-defeating and suspect.

Response to ibegurpard (Reply #4)

elocs

(24,192 posts)
9. The point of a headline is to inform. This one infers and misleads. I come here to read,
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 09:31 AM
Sunday

not to watch videos. So save your scolding of those of us who did not watch.

ibegurpard

(17,050 posts)
12. If you clicked on the thread
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 11:43 AM
Sunday

And saw it was a video and didn't watch it then chose to offer your opinion anyway then how is that informed?

elocs

(24,192 posts)
16. The point of having a title is to inform what the OP is all about. This one failed.
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 10:10 AM
Monday

"Are we allowed to riot yet?" is a question that teases the notion whether we should riot or not and I've never read any serious Democrat suggest such a thing. I responded based upon the title of the video, and just a couple of words added to that would have made things clearer.

AZJonnie

(784 posts)
5. If there's going to be a riot, it better be like 500,000 people showing up at Mar-A-Lago and trashing the joint
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 04:34 AM
Sunday

You know, like a January 6, part 2? Not hurting anyone, but maybe smearing feces on the walls, putting their feet up on Trump's desk, that kind of thing.

Hell, we already know that people who do that sort of thing are heroes and patriots, and even worthy of pardons, right?

But aside from that particular scenario ... I agree with her. Rioting is a bad look.

AZJonnie

(784 posts)
13. Hence the 500,000 people and Mar A Lago parts of the equation
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 12:42 PM
Sunday

That's too many to jail everyone, and also such an overwhelming number that perhaps there wouldn't need to be any fight, the people protecting it would more likely just walk away. Also there's no 'official proceeding' there to obstruct, it's not Federal property, etc. I'm not 'encouraging' it, nor would I be there. But if 500K other people did something like that, and it went down as I described? Let's just say I'd not be calling the attendees out for having done so

yagotme

(4,101 posts)
17. Not Federal property, but private property,
Tue Apr 29, 2025, 08:37 PM
Tuesday

owned by DJT, the current president of the US. I imagine any kind of "blocking", etc., will not be ignored, and the "protectors" will not likely walk away. Like the current large ICE arrests, they will just start grabbing people, and if you're caught, you're caught. The "too many to jail" argument kinda falls flat, if you don't get that many people that are willing to be jailed, to show up.

elocs

(24,192 posts)
8. So much of life is about choices & consequences. Are we ready for the consequences of rioting?
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 09:17 AM
Sunday

Because riots are never clean and pretty. Criminals will take advantage of a riot to loot and steal. It's not unlikely that people will be hurt or even killed. Most of all it will give Trump exactly what he hopes--the excuse to declare martial law. Then it will be all over but the shouting, or rather, the wailing.

Martin68

(25,634 posts)
14. Riot too soon and Trump will declare martial law with the support of a majority of Americans.
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 02:36 PM
Sunday

It would be a stupid move at this point.

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