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(1,406 posts)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)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)the military.
electric_blue68
(21,221 posts)Skittles
(163,850 posts)rioting seems pretty tame compared to that
Meowmee
(8,906 posts)ibegurpard
(17,050 posts)And just react to the headlines... she says no and that people who advocate for violence are self-defeating and suspect.
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elocs
(24,192 posts)not to watch videos. So save your scolding of those of us who did not watch.
ibegurpard
(17,050 posts)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)"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)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.
yagotme
(4,101 posts)Is that what you're wanting?
AZJonnie
(784 posts)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)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)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.
WhiskeyGrinder
(24,768 posts)Martin68
(25,634 posts)It would be a stupid move at this point.