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IronLionZion

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5. They want an excuse to send feds into another blue city in a swing state

Reply to durablend (Original post)

Mon Jul 27, 2020, 10:22 AM

Jul 2020

to start some shit. This is all about the election and making paranoid rural conservatives think Democrats are destroying cities in anarchy and chaos. There have been lots of memes online about rural people shooting rioters, running them over with trucks, feeding them to pigs, etc. Because they like fantasies with very low probability of occurrence.

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Multiple Philadelphia police vehicles set on fire across the city overnight [View all] durablend Jul 2020 OP

My thought too Dan Jul 2020 #1

White male...hummm?! Thekaspervote Jul 2020 #2

Jared cushner giving trump a reason to send in the feds Garion_55 Jul 2020 #3

A flannel what? Bayard Jul 2020 #4

"...wearing a flannel" stood out. They want to be perceived as something Merlot Jul 2020 #10

They want an excuse to send feds into another blue city in a swing state IronLionZion Jul 2020 #5

I expect WH goon squad attempting to instigate shit nationwide right before the election BumRushDaShow Jul 2020 #6

Pretext to bring his goon squads in CanonRay Jul 2020 #7

i don't doubt it. I'm starting to think these protests are giving the Idiot's administration reason onetexan Jul 2020 #13

Reichstag shit. Lucky Luciano Jul 2020 #8

The suspect could just as likely be a disgruntled cop! NewDayOranges Jul 2020 #9

What did the vehicles do to provoke it? Aristus Jul 2020 #11

White vehicles can go anywhere they like at any time. KY_EnviroGuy Jul 2020 #16

Damn, we really are living the end of Joker. Initech Jul 2020 #12

Really, It Could Be RobinA Jul 2020 #14

Not good optics in this photo.... KY_EnviroGuy Jul 2020 #15

There's police mini station at 7th and Chestnut. One block from independence Hall. malachi Jul 2020 #17

No update in the Inquirer today. KY_EnviroGuy Jul 2020 #19

Was he wearing a Tiki shirt? marble falls Jul 2020 #18