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Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
1. That's what the Hong Kong protesters have been doing, although they rarely
Sat May 30, 2020, 12:11 PM
May 2020

"beat the shit out of them" but they do make their presence felt, unmask and completely humiliate them on camera for all eternity. (I've only seen one provocateur get the shit beat out of him in Hong Kong, but he'll survive). The Hong Kong protesters have got this down to a science. They are so organized and methodical, they really should write a book about protesting.

walkingman

(7,582 posts)
2. How would you suggest that people of color stop the murders of their people? They have tried
Sat May 30, 2020, 12:14 PM
May 2020

peaceful protest forever and nothing has changed. At some point people's lives "trump" property.

walkingman

(7,582 posts)
4. OK - Let's start with the WH and most of the white evangelicals. Be honest nothing will change
Sat May 30, 2020, 02:48 PM
May 2020

and you know it. We are a divided nation with one half of the country who despises anyone that doesn't look like them and the other half struggling to get by. I'm 70 years old and have heard the same old tired rhetoric all of my life. The young people are the only ones that can change things and by whatever means possible.

If nothing else the election of Trump has clearly identified the enemy - but never underestimate nasty white people.

Crunchy Frog

(26,578 posts)
6. So you think it's okay for white provacateurs to engage in violence and peg it on black protesters?
Sat May 30, 2020, 02:55 PM
May 2020

Violent protest is likely to get us another 4 years of Trump, and the race war that the "Boogaloo Bois" want.

walkingman

(7,582 posts)
7. No I don't. In fact I was just reading that all of the arrests in MN were out-of-towners. I stand
Sat May 30, 2020, 03:00 PM
May 2020

corrected. I have just seen time after time that a cop kills an unarmed black person and they are NEVER held accountable so I have very little faith in the system.

Anyone that would vote for Trump in my mind is part of the problem, regardless of the reason.

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