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dballance

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9. So you're saying the revolutionaries didn't loot the ships?

Reply to cwydro (Reply #5)

Mon Apr 27, 2015, 08:05 PM

Apr 2015

Sure, the Tea Party was quite focused on the scourge of British Taxes.

That doesn't excuse the fact that private merchant ships, like private liquor stores and CVS, were looted and set afire.

How will looting and destruction help curb police brutality? It will help in the same way that our Founding Fathers and revolutionaries stood up to the police of their day. The British troops.

You really must get back in touch with history. You must realize that there was guerrilla warfare waged by our founders against the monarchy. Businesses that were known to be loyal to the Crown were burned. Tories left the US for Britain.

Opposing the status quo and those in power is never pretty.

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W/ Respect to Baltimore and Freddie Gray. Have you forgotten the origins of the US? [View all] dballance Apr 2015 OP

Many folks sit back in their easy chair and judge the actions of people they have no clue NoJusticeNoPeace Apr 2015 #1

I wish we could avoid violence. dballance Apr 2015 #4

And even that last part of what you say, while true, they werent defending anybody when they NoJusticeNoPeace Apr 2015 #6

K&R marym625 Apr 2015 #2

the am rev was not a peasant uprising. it was a tax revolt by the rich. KG Apr 2015 #3

KG, You are Correct dballance Apr 2015 #8

Oh please, the tea was thrown in the water. cwydro Apr 2015 #5

So you're saying the revolutionaries didn't loot the ships? dballance Apr 2015 #9

Ridiculous cwydro Apr 2015 #14

I've never read anywhere that the ships were burned. Only that the tea was dumped. cherokeeprogressive Apr 2015 #17

spurious. The Tea Party was a result of planned action cali Apr 2015 #7

Yes. cwydro Apr 2015 #15

I generally agree with your posts Cali. Not this time. dballance Apr 2015 #18

It's not the same...this riot won't solve anything at all. davidn3600 Apr 2015 #19

I was talking to sheshe about the Boston Massacre last year after the Ferguson showtrial was over. Major Hogwash Apr 2015 #10

false. The tea party was a carefully planned and executed action cali Apr 2015 #13

Nothing good can come from a land that has blood on it's hands.. HipChick Apr 2015 #11

Speaking of history...I'm reading a book that recounts a VERY similar wiggs Apr 2015 #12

And The Labor Movement: WillyT Apr 2015 #16

Let's not forget the slaughter of the native peoples who were living here LiberalEsto Apr 2015 #20