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(1,390 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
(4,796 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
(25,580 posts)the military.
Skittles
(163,678 posts)rioting seems pretty tame compared to that
Meowmee
(8,786 posts)ibegurpard
(17,047 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
(24,132 posts)not to watch videos. So save your scolding of those of us who did not watch.
ibegurpard
(17,047 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
(24,132 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
(763 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
(4,094 posts)Is that what you're wanting?
AZJonnie
(763 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
elocs
(24,132 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
(24,729 posts)Martin68
(25,580 posts)It would be a stupid move at this point.