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TM99

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5. No one has condoned any acts of violence
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 11:52 PM
Mar 2016

and thankfully it has been from a very small subset of said protesters. Only five were arrested in Chicago and then the idiot who tried to get on the stage with Trump.

Now, he is a BLM supporter and they have been pushing boundaries. They got away with forcing themselves on to the podium with Sanders in Seattle long before he had SS protection. If he had had it then, we would have seen the same thing that occurred with this kid.

Fear is real, and it is equally real for the young especially to want to stand up and fight back against such bigotry, hatred, and racism that is coming from a subset of the Trump supporters.

If you were fine with BLM all last year with NN15, Seattle, MN, etc., then you can't really speak out against this with any congruency.

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