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flashman13

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Mon Oct 6, 2025, 02:59 PM 12 hrs ago

I am really curious as to what will happen on Oct 18 when mass protests are scheduled across the country. [View all]

I assume people will turn out in Portland in large numbers. Will Trump and DHS try to claim those protests are some sort of insurrection and will they then set their goons on the crowd? That would be a good way to get the actual riot they are looking for.

Same question in regards to L.A., Chicago, Washington D.C., etc. Will DHS declare war on the people exercising their right to peacefully and loudly protest? The demographics of these mass protests are much different than those of the people that show up to protest at ICE facilities. They include men and women, young and old, and children of all ages. Will the goons gas, pepper spray and beat (possibly shoot) these people because they "fear for their lives"? If that happens will it be the event that causes the general population to rise up in their righteous indignation?

I was very active in the Vietnam anti war movement. I was in school in what would now be considered a very red state. No one was more surprised than I that after the Kent State Massacre the vast majority of college campuses across the nation staged a three day general strike. It really was a general strike because, on my campus at least, the school faculty met and declared a strike before the various student organizations called for a strike. Kent state was a very galvanizing event. If the government declares war on the people, will that be a similarly galvanizing event? We will have those answers soon enough.

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