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  1. 2 minutes ago, Rougarou said:

    I guess I'm confused at your confusion. This is more of a civil war between Americans based on values, privilege, race, jobs, education, a whole plethora of things, more than it is anything else politically. Right?

    Oh, also you were the guy who had the horrible take about Target being to blame for this too lol

    "Looting and burning the Target, which is headquartered in Minneapolis and has a ton of political power there, and thus arguably shares some degree of responsibility for the city’s repeated failures to reign in its police department, seems completely appropriate."

    Is the Target a more or less appropriate, er target, for looting than a business owned by a member of their community?

  2. 1 minute ago, Rougarou said:

    My $.02 is that anyone talking about 1776!!!11, PATRIOTS! BoStOn TeA PaRtY and "okay, boomer tory",  is silly. This isn't anything like that. If you wanted to draw an analogy of war/revolution, it would be more akin to the Civil War and Confederates vs Union.

    I also find it laughable to the person who is justifying looting a Target because they have culpability for the white cop who killed the black man because they are a big F200 organization HQ'ed in the city and should have ostensibly been funneling back some of their top line spend into programs to train police or help the city be more harmonious, instead of re-investing in their own business, or hiring people, etc. Especially considering they are one of the more progressive public companies around, already. 

    I don't mind the justification for looting a Target because of convenience to the looters and rioters, geographically or because it's an easy opportunity to loot (Target employees are probably told to leave and Target has great insurance so nobody is going to fire back on you like the pawn shop owner), but the idea that Target is owed this because of George's death is a horrible take.

    ...what the fuck?

  3. 1 minute ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

    Is anyone really bothered by seeing a Target being looted like that? I'm not agreeing with it but I understand people being upset.  I am upset by this situation. I haven't read up on the story but I really hope that no one at Target (employees or customers) were hurt during the looting. Lock up anyone that hurt somebody but I also hope that 0 employees got in the way of the riot/looting. It's only property.

    I'm sure there is someone online or at Texags that are up in arms about Target but does anyone really care about their opinions?

    It was closed and no employees were there. It sucks for anyone who worked there and will lose their job, but Target will be fine. We'll probably never know for sure one way or the other, but I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out that protesters didn't start the fire there. The guy who started shit at the AutoZone sure doesn't look like a local protester:

     

  4. 3 hours ago, RPM said:

    Problem is they're burning the wrong shit. Police stations and city hall should be the focus, not otherwise innocent bystanders.

    Looting and burning the Target, which is headquartered in Minneapolis and has a ton of political power there, and thus arguably shares some degree of responsibility for the city’s repeated failures to reign in its police department, seems completely appropriate.

     

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  5. 19 minutes ago, DCA_HORN said:
    28 minutes ago, Topper13 said:
    No need for a talking head to show you news in this era, just go to the source. I've been watching a few different feeds for hours. Here's one:
    https://www.pscp.tv/w/1nAKEdprelaxL

    Yeah I know. Started with the boston marathon but just figured they would be all over it.

    Like 40,000 journalists have lost their jobs in the last couple months due to covid/shitty ownership of media companies.

  6. 1 hour ago, Celery Man said:


    Man this is just fucking wild. The President of the United States of America’s just quote tweeted a video that starts with “I’ve come to believe that the only good democrat is a dead democrat.”

    A month from now Trump is going to be openly encouraging right wing terrorist groups.

  7. Conservative media is going to dedicate 1,000,000,000 times more coverage to black people looting a target than they will to Trump and the GOP letting a virus kill over a hundred thousand Americans.

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  8. Just now, lemonlime said:

    Or the 12% who approve, but don't strongly approve.  I don't know how anyone who hasn't drunk the Kool Aid could possibly approve....

    That's just the older Republicans who love the tax cuts and poisoning the earth but prefer to keep the racism a little quieter.

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  9. 1 hour ago, FondrenRoad said:

    There will be no leadership like a sheriff involved. Leaders in Trumpism are similar to radical imams. They don't put themselves on the line. They incite others to act alone or in small groups.

    There will likely be a huge uptick in lone wolf incel terror attacks, and no doubt that many Americans will be in the wrong place at the wrong time, but there will be no insurrection.

    While Trumptards may make up 35%, you have to remember that most of them are just whiny self proclaimed victims. There are some who are dangerous, but they are a minority. 

    How many of those fat gun toters at the Michigan statehouse do you believe actually have the balls to use the weapon they carry?  Those crowds are actually beneficial to us all since it gives guys like that friends that they wouldn't ordinarily have and limits their likelihood to shoot up a mall as a depressed solo shooter.

    It doesn't take balls to shoot someone.

    I agree that the largest threat is probably lone wolf-type mass shooters. But there has been a lot of growth in the far right militias.  Small, loosely organized groups with a modicum of strategic and tactical intelligence could do some serious damage for a time. They wouldn't "win" in any real sense of the word, but they could cause some real problems, particularly if law enforcement isn't committed to stopping them. Luckily, most of their members are dumb and/or certifiably crazy, but they include plenty of veterans who know their shit too. And the massive unemployment of people under 40 that we're seeing now will only swell their numbers.  You're underestimating the threat they pose.

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  10. 54 minutes ago, Turkleton said:

    I see the snowflakes are out today.  Always said this on the Shag, you neg in the CR you are a complete pussy. This is how I know if the civil war ever gets hot, it will be a short one.

    It will be. There actually aren't that many of you morons willing to fight, most of you are grossly overweight, you're all complete idiots, and we've got a lot more guns than you realize.

    You think your side has the will because y'all get furious over being temporarily denied haircuts. You don't know righteous anger. Your political resentments will end up resulting in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans because you couldn't stand the thought of a black president or the sight of gay people on tv. If you morons start shit, we'll show you real fury.

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  11. I feel pretty confident that the DOJ's line of reasoning about materiality of a lie is going to be thrown in their face hundreds of times by defense attorneys going forward, and that the DOJ will not once go "oops, you're right, our bad!" and drop charges.

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  12. 7 hours ago, Gatorubet said:

    One thousand times this.  Back in the  80s and early 90s  my bil was aware that he knew nothing about most everything. Great guy, but the low achiever in the family, and the only one without a college degree.  Not that a college degree is a sign of smarts, but his educational failure was linked to his lack of critical thinking, reading skills, etc  

    Fast forward to today, he is convinced that he knows everything you need to know about any political topic, and that his highly educated multiple degree holding siblings are now misguided.  Or, as he puts it, "libtards are stupid."      Even today he can't really articulate anything deeper than the shallow Fox talking point, but he is full on convinced he is right even though he cannot begin to explain what he means when pressed on it.  He gets mad because YOU are a dummy.    I think that is a large part of what draws the Trumpkins - - when they join the club they can ignore all of the people who acted so smart-like.    Now THEY are the smart ones.    YOU'RE THE DUMB ONE!!   <insert Trump You're the puppet! gif> 

    It’s just Fredos all the way down.

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