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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,232 posts)
23. Thank you. Anymore, it's turning into a badge of honor.
Sat May 30, 2020, 08:41 PM
May 2020

We're getting a lot of DUers who are easily offended. Almost every time I'm on a jury, I vote to keep the "offending" post in place. Think of it as my own personal jury nullification.

Best wishes, and keep up the good fight. I leave you with the words of John Lewis. But what would he know?

Walter Shaub Retweeted

I know your pain, your rage, your sense of despair and hopelessness. Justice has, indeed, been denied for far too long. Rioting, looting, and burning is not the way. Organize. Demonstrate. Sit-in. Stand-up. Vote. Be constructive, not destructive.


Let's burn yours. mahatmakanejeeves May 2020 #1
I would gladly volunteer my vehicle to the fires of social change PTWB May 2020 #3
Go for it. MichMan May 2020 #4
What are you waiting for? Video or it didn't happen. NT mahatmakanejeeves May 2020 #5
Sure. Drive it where the protests are. LisaL May 2020 #6
Just because you want to volunteer, others don't Claustrum May 2020 #11
We will wait for pics. EllieBC May 2020 #16
Ok, then why don't you jump into your car this very moment dware May 2020 #17
I find that straight white males are usually the ones offering up "BURN IT ALL DOWN." Malmsy May 2020 #19
When civilization goes south? gibraltar72 May 2020 #27
This is precisely why the OP has a point ecstatic May 2020 #31
Isn't that what they call stereotyping? NT mahatmakanejeeves May 2020 #36
The language our leaders understand is money. Why do you think Trump is stirring this pot? Midnight Writer May 2020 #52
you got that right Skittles May 2020 #44
And your vehicle hasn't been burned yet...why? Dial H For Hero May 2020 #42
How many lives will be saved if you burn your car to the ground? hughee99 May 2020 #81
.... dware May 2020 #14
Post removed Post removed May 2020 #18
Someone alerted on that? dware May 2020 #22
I didn't see the post but some that get removed just amaze me ripcord May 2020 #38
Whose Was It, Sir? The Magistrate May 2020 #45
I don't know, I wish I did, but I don't. nt dware May 2020 #77
Thank you. Anymore, it's turning into a badge of honor. mahatmakanejeeves May 2020 #23
Lots of alert humping. EllieBC May 2020 #24
Thank you. Malmsy May 2020 #25
Set your own on fire in a show of solidarity MichMan May 2020 #2
Destruction of property gets more coverage and emotion than of people uppityperson May 2020 #7
How would you feel if it was your small business The Velveteen Ocelot May 2020 #8
No doubt Livluvgrow May 2020 #9
Don't forget mail. Nobody needs that. LisaL May 2020 #13
Here's what happened to my post office last night. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2020 #21
It doesn't do the cause of "mail in voting" any good either. n/t pink May 2020 #47
I don't believe for a minute that people fighting for racial equality Blue_true May 2020 #48
I think that's probably true, although it's also possible The Velveteen Ocelot May 2020 #50
The people doing this are mostly anarchists who don't care about anything LeftInTX May 2020 #56
How many black and minority owned business should be burned down by nihilists who don't give a shit scarletwoman May 2020 #10
Ah, Such A Beautiful Fiery Dream You Dream, Little One The Magistrate May 2020 #12
You really think that advances causes? Have at. nolabear May 2020 #15
Yeah, screw all that MLK/Ghandi crap... What did they ever accomplish anyway? Malmsy May 2020 #20
The Original Poster Is So Much Smarter than All of Us Stallion May 2020 #49
People sure get upset BigMin28 May 2020 #26
Seriously? We are all very upset about the injustice and unnecessary deaths Claustrum May 2020 #28
+100 dware May 2020 #30
I'm not condoning it BigMin28 May 2020 #35
And what does burning things down accomplish? Claustrum May 2020 #39
Hard core? BigMin28 May 2020 #46
It Gets Assholes Like Nixon, Reagan and Trump Elected Stallion May 2020 #51
What good is it to destroy the property of someone who might support your cause? ripcord May 2020 #40
Bullshit!!!!!!!!!!!!! dware May 2020 #29
Uh, no MustLoveBeagles May 2020 #34
And people vote Republican when they see destruction of property LeftInTX May 2020 #57
Property is not valuable I_UndergroundPanther May 2020 #32
You know what to do. NT mahatmakanejeeves May 2020 #33
So other people's right don't matter? ripcord May 2020 #41
Really? SlimJimmy May 2020 #78
I respectfully assert my right to be heartbroken and revolted Olafjoy May 2020 #37
that is just wrong Skittles May 2020 #43
Burning property doesn't accomplish anything npk May 2020 #53
How many more years of peaceful protest, while black men are murdered indiscriminately by police... PTWB May 2020 #54
I understand your anger, I do npk May 2020 #55
Well the protests (at least any not done by right wing agitators) mvd May 2020 #58
What happens when they burn down your house? zak247 May 2020 #59
Trump and Putin are pieces of shit. gulliver May 2020 #60
Sure, 312, *totally* believable. SMC22307 May 2020 #61
Post removed Post removed May 2020 #62
Good thing you don't get to decide who is blue and who isn't. PTWB May 2020 #63
Enough with the valuing property over the lives of black men talking point Claustrum May 2020 #64
I suspect that the protesters think if enough burns, they wont be ignored any longer. PTWB May 2020 #65
Where is your volunteered burned car at? n/t Claustrum May 2020 #66
Where is your genuine outrage at? n/t PTWB May 2020 #67
I thought so. All talk no action. Claustrum May 2020 #68
I'd duck out quickly too if I tried to justify valuing property over people. Have a great night! PTWB May 2020 #69
Who are you to say who is and isn't genuinely outraged? Crunchy Frog May 2020 #72
Not stirring shit. I'm not naming names but there is an awful lot of pearl clutching PTWB May 2020 #73
I haven't been seeing pearl clutching but I have been seeing shit stirring. Crunchy Frog May 2020 #76
Pearl clutching? SlimJimmy May 2020 #79
It certainly doesn't help generate empathy, and... Buckeye_Democrat May 2020 #70
I don't think so. That's not acceptable destroy peoples' homes rockfordfile May 2020 #71
I don't think you know what "inherently" means dpibel May 2020 #74
I love the smell of a burning Volvo GusBob May 2020 #75
They create backlash. The violence in Chicago during the conventions hurt the progressives, pnwmom May 2020 #80
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