Riots and the media's response

[WadeFillingame]

I started putting together some links to clips of what the media has been saying for the last yr or so and found that someone has already done it:

[url=https://dailycaller.com/2020/09/03/media-justified-explained-away-rioting-looting/][color=blue]Media Justified Rioting and Looting[/color][/url]


[b]What happened yesterday was wrong.  
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What has happened for the last yr+ has also been wrong and has worked to set it up.  Trump didn't cause that scene.  Sure, his statements may inspire or provoke, and did nothing to prevent it, but there needs to be fertile ground for his ranting to result in what we saw yesterday.

Not only the media downplayed the events of the past yr, but the leaders of the Democrat party have failed to condemn it or to take aggressive action to prevent or respond when it happened in areas that they controlled.  

[url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/09/01/fact-check-kamala-harris-said-protests-arent-going-stop/5678687002/][color=blue]Kamala Harri[/color]s[/url]

[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z8yhQMTIiI][color=blue]People do what they do - Nancy Pelosi[/color][/url]

There are lots of other examples from the talking heads if you take the time to look.

The responsibility for what happened yesterday rests squarely at the feet of those who committed the acts of violence, but the blame for the climate for that to occur rests with those who have tacitly condoned similar acts over the past yr when they were conducted by people whose ideology supported their narrative, and then seem outraged and indignant when the "other side" does the same crap.  Look back at all the articles in the last yr and they call those in the street "protesters" and the events "protests" yet every article in the last 24 hours calls it a "violent riot" and the participants "rioters".  Folks, if the "protest" breaks stuff it's a riot, and the participants are a rioters.  



Here is the part that is important.  A huge percentage of the population believes that the election we just held was compromised.  Not necessarily that the results would have been changed, but that the election was not held in a fair manner and that because of that it is just possible that voting doesn't make a difference.  If people don't think voting will make a difference then they start storming the Bastille and hanging El Duce from a bridge.  

What is more, the mob strikes out at those they perceive as the face of those opposed to them.  The ones with a .gov email will get protection, but if the media continues to be perceived as a partisan enemy they will be the soft target, and while the 7 figure salaries will be able to afford protection those who support them will not.  If the press doesn't quit treating this like a game pitting one side against another then I believe they are going to find themselves in the fray not on the sidelines and that this is just a preview.

Unfortunately I think this is going to get worse before it gets better.

[WadeFillingame]

[quote author=Senor_Perfecto link=topic=51879.msg200608#msg200608 date=1610048966]
Equating people marching for racial justice with what happened yesterday is utter horse shit.
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Burning and looting is not "marching for racial justice".
Invading the capitol building is not protesting for fair elections.
Both are rioting and criminal acts and should be identified as such buy those reporting on them.

So to be clear, I don't equate "marching for racial justice" with invading the capitol building. I equate invading the capitol with the Burning and looting, on the other hand, you seem to equate burning and looting with "marching for racial justice" which is exactly how the media and others have forgiven it for the past yr+.

Is that you Prize Pig did you move to CA?

[Paulie Walnuts]

[quote author=XTR link=topic=51879.msg200611#msg200611 date=1610053350]
Burning and looting is not "marching for racial justice".
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Amen.


If Black Lives Mattered they would be out protesting black on black murders.

[tstoner86]

[quote author=XTR link=topic=51879.msg200611#msg200611 date=1610053350]


Is that you Prize Pig did you move to CA?
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Not smart enough. Thinking its EZDad.

[mbflash80]

I don't disagree with the general sentiment here but I will only add that looting the capitol building is a bigger deal than looting Jim's Outdoorsman...and god bless Jim's but we are talking about one of the symbols of our democracy and that shit yesterday was a complete disgrace. As previously stated I loathe all protesters and rioters in general...my hate knows no color creed or religion. 

[Lotusguy]

[quote author=mbflash80 link=topic=51879.msg200623#msg200623 date=1610060585]
I don't disagree with the general sentiment here but I will only add that looting the capitol building is a bigger deal than looting Jim's Outdoorsman...and god bless Jim's but we are talking about one of the symbols of our democracy and that shit yesterday was a complete disgrace. As previously stated I loathe all protesters and rioters in general...my hate knows no color creed or religion. 
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What blew my mind was how goddamn easy it was for the rioters to gain entry - the Capitol police was either woefully underprepared (how could they when this was basically pre-announced weeks in advance?) or some parts of them were secretly supporting it. Either way, the entire leadership there needs to be shitcanned.

[Diplomatico]

[quote author=mbflash80 link=topic=51879.msg200623#msg200623 date=1610060585]
I don't disagree with the general sentiment here but I will only add that looting the capitol building is a bigger deal than looting Jim's Outdoorsman...and god bless Jim's but we are talking about one of the symbols of our democracy and that shit yesterday was a complete disgrace. As previously stated I loathe all protesters and rioters in general...my hate knows no color creed or religion.  
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 Spot on.

 What's hilarious is how - when rioters and looters were [u]pretending[/u] to march against "racial injustice" - Congresspersons like Pelosi and Schumer didn't care that others' livelihoods were being impacted.  (Nor did the Biden supporting media outlets.)  Anyone else remember Kamala Harris soliciting donations via social media for a [u]bail fund[i][/i][/u] for the a-holes that burned down Minneapolis?

 But when rioters and looters impact the [u]politicians'[/u] livelihoods, then their perspectives are 180 degrees different.  Complete hypocrisy by a group of deceitful con persons.

 As you implied, though, all of the rioters and looters should have been/should be prosecuted, no matter under what auspices they attempt to justify their law breaking actions.

[WadeFillingame]

[url=https://youtu.be/jYh2X77HkSs]https://youtu.be/jYh2X77HkSs[/url]




[url=https://youtu.be/5nAuUs-6gKs]https://youtu.be/5nAuUs-6gKs[/url]

[BramSmoker]

You're right, when Jim's Outdoorsman is burned and looted his entire life's work is gone, his employees no longer have jobs. As Jim tries to get his insurance company to pay out so he can rebuild, he no longer has a stream of revenue and he has no product to sell. While they wait, all his customers buy their good on Amazon. Now they might go back to Jim's when he opens back up after rebuilding over the course of two years. That's if he can get permits to rebuild which the city is withholding until future years property taxes are paid, which Jim doesn't have the money for because he has no store or business after it was burned and looted. When the halls of Congress are looted our bottomless tax dollars fix the destruction the next day.

[perfectoman]

[quote author=BramSmoker link=topic=51879.msg200643#msg200643 date=1610110057]
You're right, when Jim's Outdoorsman is burned and looted his entire life's work is gone, his employees no longer have jobs. As Jim tries to get his insurance company to pay out so he can rebuild, he no longer has a stream of revenue and he has no product to sell. While they wait, all his customers buy their good on Amazon. Now they might go back to Jim's when he opens back up after rebuilding over the course of two years. That's if he can get permits to rebuild which the city is withholding until future years property taxes are paid, which Jim doesn't have the money for because he has no store or business after it was burned and looted. When the halls of Congress are looted our bottomless tax dollars fix the destruction the next day.
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Or.....Jim takes his insurance money, buys a nice RV, goes on the road and retires happily ever after.
Hypotheticals are possible everywhere.

The problem with social media and news outlets are they have all have agendas and will suck you in if you allow it.  Nothing good happens on facebook.