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old salt wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 10:52 pm

a fan wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 10:32 pm

old salt wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 10:20 pm They react to what they see is tolerated, rationalized, & even implicitly encouraged & celebrated, then reply in kind.

"peaceful protests", at a time when other public gatherings were restricted or banned, were allowed & celebrated.

We are now reaping the whirlwind. So you don't think these are just kids blowing off steam ?

Right. Today happened because of Black Lives Matter.

I think I'm gonna go ahead and check out of this conversation.....

It happened because mob violence, aka peaceful protests, has been tolerated, normalized & tacitly encouraged.

DMac wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 10:51 pm

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 10:27 pm

jhu72 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 10:17 pm Woman killed in riot today is Ashli Babbit from San Diego.

I had posted that I suspected many people storming the capitol were ex-military...but decided to delete it after I typed it. Really sad. Trump cost that lady her life.

Actually, a gal (or anyone) who was a "high level security officer" in the military would/should realize that storming, and then ending up, "inside the U.S. Capitol" is putting her life on the line. This is the hill she chose to die on, her choice. Not saying Trump isn't the instigator, but you've really got to be smarter than that. Idiotic move by all of them, dead or alive.

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 10:27 pm

jhu72 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 10:17 pm Woman killed in riot today is Ashli Babbit from San Diego.

I had posted that I suspected many people storming the capitol were ex-military...but decided to delete it after I typed it. Really sad. Trump cost that lady her life.

DocBarrister wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 11:04 pm

old salt wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 10:52 pm

a fan wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 10:32 pm

old salt wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 10:20 pm They react to what they see is tolerated, rationalized, & even implicitly encouraged & celebrated, then reply in kind.

"peaceful protests", at a time when other public gatherings were restricted or banned, were allowed & celebrated.

We are now reaping the whirlwind. So you don't think these are just kids blowing off steam ?

Right. Today happened because of Black Lives Matter.

I think I'm gonna go ahead and check out of this conversation.....

It happened because mob violence, aka peaceful protests, has been tolerated, normalized & tacitly encouraged.

I reject your premise ... it is unquestionably wrong.

However, it should be noted that the BLM movement had something very legitimate to protest ... police brutality and inequality in the administration of justice.

The same is not true of Trump or his thugs. There was no “stolen election.” There was no voter fraud. There was no Trump “landside.” They are all lies spewed by a malignant narcissist ... a malignant piece of trash that you have repeatedly defended on this forum.

Enough of this nonsense. Just stop.

DocBarrister

kramerica.inc wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 11:05 pm

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 10:27 pm

jhu72 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 10:17 pm Woman killed in riot today is Ashli Babbit from San Diego.

I had posted that I suspected many people storming the capitol were ex-military...but decided to delete it after I typed it. Really sad. Trump cost that lady her life.

I get what you’re saying as far as Trump’s fault.

But she went through a door she shouldn’t have.

She was part of lawlessness and intimidation. So not a lot of sympathy here. Play stupid games.

Free will. The choices we make.

old salt wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 11:10 pm

kramerica.inc wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 11:05 pm

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 10:27 pm

jhu72 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 10:17 pm Woman killed in riot today is Ashli Babbit from San Diego.

I had posted that I suspected many people storming the capitol were ex-military...but decided to delete it after I typed it. Really sad. Trump cost that lady her life.

I get what you’re saying as far as Trump’s fault.

But she went through a door she shouldn’t have.

She was part of lawlessness and intimidation. So not a lot of sympathy here. Play stupid games.

Free will. The choices we make.

She cost herself her own life. Given her experience, she should have known the risk she was taking in breaching that space.

Matnum PI wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 10:48 pm US Senate votes 93-6 to reject the Republican effort to block counting Arizona’s electoral votes for Joe Biden.

The 6 US senators who voted in favor of the effort:

• Sen. Cruz, R-Texas
• Sen. Hawley, R-Missouri
• Sen. Kennedy, R-Louisiana
• Sen. Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi
• Sen. Marshall, R-Kansas
• Sen. Tuberville, R-Alabama

kramerica.inc wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 11:05 pm

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 10:27 pm

jhu72 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 10:17 pm Woman killed in riot today is Ashli Babbit from San Diego.

I had posted that I suspected many people storming the capitol were ex-military...but decided to delete it after I typed it. Really sad. Trump cost that lady her life.

I get what you’re saying as far as Trump’s fault.

But she went through a door she shouldn’t have.

She was part of lawlessness and intimidation. So not a lot of sympathy here. Play stupid games.

Free will. The choices we make.

jhu72 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 11:13 pm All slave states and bloody Kansas. Like anyone should be surprised.

Matnum PI wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 10:48 pm The 6 US senators who voted in favor of [Trump's coup d'etat]:

• Sen. Cruz, R-Texas
• Sen. Hawley, R-Missouri
• Sen. Kennedy, R-Louisiana
• Sen. Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi
• Sen. Marshall, R-Kansas
• Sen. Tuberville, R-Alabama

old salt wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 11:07 pm

DocBarrister wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 11:04 pm

old salt wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 10:52 pm

a fan wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 10:32 pm

old salt wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 10:20 pm They react to what they see is tolerated, rationalized, & even implicitly encouraged & celebrated, then reply in kind.

"peaceful protests", at a time when other public gatherings were restricted or banned, were allowed & celebrated.

We are now reaping the whirlwind. So you don't think these are just kids blowing off steam ?

Right. Today happened because of Black Lives Matter.

I think I'm gonna go ahead and check out of this conversation.....

It happened because mob violence, aka peaceful protests, has been tolerated, normalized & tacitly encouraged.

I reject your premise ... it is unquestionably wrong.

However, it should be noted that the BLM movement had something very legitimate to protest ... police brutality and inequality in the administration of justice.

The same is not true of Trump or his thugs. There was no “stolen election.” There was no voter fraud. There was no Trump “landside.” They are all lies spewed by a malignant narcissist ... a malignant piece of trash that you have repeatedly defended on this forum.

Enough of this nonsense. Just stop.

DocBarrister

I condemn this mob violence, just as I condemn the BLM/Antifa violence we have had to endure. Do you ?

old salt wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 11:05 pm
The fact that she got out after 14 years might be a tell. At 15 years, if promoted, she should have qualified for a reduced pension, & at 20 years for a 50% of base pay pension. Maybe she failed to promote or was asked to leave for other reasons.

kramerica.inc wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 11:05 pm

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 10:27 pm

jhu72 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 10:17 pm Woman killed in riot today is Ashli Babbit from San Diego.

I had posted that I suspected many people storming the capitol were ex-military...but decided to delete it after I typed it. Really sad. Trump cost that lady her life.

I get what you’re saying as far as Trump’s fault.

But she went through a door she shouldn’t have.

She was part of lawlessness and intimidation. So not a lot of sympathy here. Play stupid games.

Free will. The choices we make.

jhu72 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 11:13 pm

Matnum PI wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 10:48 pm US Senate votes 93-6 to reject the Republican effort to block counting Arizona’s electoral votes for Joe Biden.

The 6 US senators who voted in favor of the effort:

• Sen. Cruz, R-Texas
• Sen. Hawley, R-Missouri
• Sen. Kennedy, R-Louisiana
• Sen. Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi
• Sen. Marshall, R-Kansas
• Sen. Tuberville, R-Alabama

All slave states and bloody Kansas. Like anyone should be surprised.

former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Wednesday accused Trump of using the presidency to "destroy trust in our election and to poison our respect for fellow citizens."

“Today’s violent assault on our Capitol, an effort to subjugate American democracy by mob rule, was fomented by Mr. Trump," Mattis wrote. "His use of the Presidency to destroy trust in our election and to poison our respect for fellow citizens has been enabled by pseudo political leaders whose names will live in infamy as profiles in cowardice."

Matnum PI wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 11:16 pm

jhu72 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 11:13 pm All slave states and bloody Kansas. Like anyone should be surprised.

After today, an understatement to call it a unique day, I am surprised. I expected two. i hoped for 0.

Matnum PI wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 11:17 pm WASHINGTON (AP) -- DC Police: 4 people died as Trump supporters occupied Capitol; 1 woman shot by police, 3 in medical emergencies.