Riots and the media's response

[Hutch]

[quote author=XTR link=topic=51879.msg200604#msg200604 date=1610041333]
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.
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Well put, Wade !

[Corona84]

[quote author=Senor_Perfecto link=topic=51879.msg200836#msg200836 date=1610576769]
You might just be the biggest moron on OLH.

Wear that pointed white hat proudly boy!

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Haha nice cogent argument... You have no facts that's why you just say stupid shit all the time!

Wear that pink pussy hat proudly son!

:owned:

[burnem]

[quote author=Senor_Perfecto link=topic=51879.msg200836#msg200836 date=1610576769]
You might just be the biggest moron on OLH.

Wear that pointed white hat proudly boy!

:owned:
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That award goes to you!!

[HavanaDan]

[quote author=XTR link=topic=51879.msg200722#msg200722 date=1610295659]



Both of them may be exhibiting bad taste, but fortunately in the US we do have the right to express ourselves, even if it is offensive to others or even most everyone.  It's one of the advantages of being citizens not subjects.


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Wade,
I resent you tip-toeing around the fact that two citizens of the United States of America illegally entered the Capitol building wearing and displaying images and symbols of hate, intolerance and injustice. This should never be tolerated EVER. Any justification is just pure horseshit.
And btw, you banning Senor Perfecto goes against what you are quoted saying above.

[mbflash80]

[quote author=HavanaDan link=topic=51879.msg200862#msg200862 date=1610679180]
Wade,
I resent you tip-toeing around the fact that two citizens of the United States of America illegally entered the Capitol building wearing and displaying images and symbols of hate, intolerance and injustice. This should never be tolerated EVER. Any justification is just pure horseshit.
And btw, you banning Senor Perfecto goes against what you are quoted saying above.
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Perfecto was banned? Really?

[H Upmann]

We're not that lucky.

[Johnny-O!]

HD... Mr Light in the Loafers does not provide anything for the benefit of others here, just hater-aid. Deep down inside he has some hidden trauma like all trolls. I guess OLH is therapy for him. John

[mastershake72]

[quote author=HavanaDan link=topic=51879.msg200862#msg200862 date=1610679180]
And btw, you banning Senor Perfecto goes against what you are quoted saying above.
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1. It's Wade's playground and he can do as he pleases.
2. Just in case you didn't notice, and judging by your general attitude, you haven't, there's a little message next to the shoutbox that says "keep the flames in the BZ." And yet you and your cuntbag-in-arms Senor Dicksucko talk 24/7 shit often times without any provocation in the shoutbox just to attempt to rile the board up. You two are like the douchebags on every college campus with an acoustic guitar who can take any request and turn it into "Wonderwall," except your acoustic guitar is literally any topic ever and your "Wonderwall" is turning said topic into a political convo chock full of insulting comments.
3. While we're all adults here and a little terse language shouldn't send anyone running for the nearest box of Kleenex, there is a such thing as decorum and if I had to guess a large amount of people have read enough of the constant bullshit you two post around here.

[WadeFillingame]

[quote author=HavanaDan link=topic=51879.msg200862#msg200862 date=1610679180]
Wade,
I resent you tip-toeing around the fact that two citizens of the United States of America illegally entered the Capitol building wearing and displaying images and symbols of hate, intolerance and injustice. This should never be tolerated EVER. Any justification is just pure horseshit.
And btw, you banning Senor Perfecto goes against what you are quoted saying above.
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I don’t believe I tiptoed around anything. I don’t recall that I justified anything, though I will repeat that bad taste is not illegal, and trespassing in the capitol was.
As for señor perfecto, you obviously communicate with him directly. 

[u]Telling me what I can and can’t do here is not in your best interest if you want to continue to post.[/u]  And for the record he’s out of chances the next time I’ll hit the nuclear button and every post he’s ever made will be deleted along with his account.  he got 30 days this time. 

[tstoner86]

Perfuckto isn’t banned but what does he add to this site? Watch CNN and MSNBC and you can get the gist of what he barfs up.