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In reply to the discussion: Hopefully, I am permitted to ask this: if it was appropriate to shoot Ms Babbitt as she was [View all]Atticus
(15,124 posts)32. Essentially, I disagree with everything you said and although neither of us KNOW the
answers to your questions, I am sure my views about those would be very different than yours.
I don't know you, but you seem to believe that letting the insurrectionists have their way is preferable to doing something that might piss them off. Their delusions do not require our "feeding". They are a baked-in "given" that we must deal with.
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Hopefully, I am permitted to ask this: if it was appropriate to shoot Ms Babbitt as she was [View all]
Atticus
Sep 2021
OP
Also Ms. Babbitt would have let the mob into area which had about 60 Congress people...so
Demsrule86
Sep 2021
#3
Water canon and rubber bullets for breaking through the security perimeter, deadly force for
OnDoutside
Sep 2021
#5
They should not be allowed in the capitol preriod. They may have weapons and/or bombs. Now
Demsrule86
Sep 2021
#18
Sadly, we seem go be in a period when events that "should not" occur have become daily events.
Atticus
Sep 2021
#22
Essentially, I disagree with everything you said and although neither of us KNOW the
Atticus
Sep 2021
#32
Security personnel were outnumbered BY DESIGN. Trump's cronies held them back.
lagomorph777
Sep 2021
#39
If that situation hasn't been remedied, something is seriously wrong with security in D.C. ( n/t )
Make7
Sep 2021
#58
As soon as any demonstration turns decidedly violent, civil disobedience protections are no longer
hlthe2b
Sep 2021
#13
Where do you think the warning shots should go in a heavily populated city
bottomofthehill
Sep 2021
#44