11-15-2016, 09:34 AM
(11-14-2016, 10:33 PM)Maggot Wrote: How does one separate the maronic protesters from the un-maronic protesters?
The un-moronic ones know how to spell 'moronic'?
Seriously.....it’s pretty easy for me to differentiate between people carrying signs, chanting or shouting their messages, and marching in protest of threats (and perceived threats) to their existing rights VS. people throwing rocks, smashing windows, lighting fires, putting their hands on other people, and fucking with police just for the hell of it, Mags.
You might consider everybody who assembles in public to exercise their first amendment rights to be morons unless you agree with their views. Different strokes - I don’t think that way at all. Just like I don’t think all the people who exercise their second amendment rights to bear arms are morons, though there are some people who use their guns to engage in violence and vandalism and I think they’re moronic fucking idiots who deserve to be arrested too.
Anyway, collectively, tens of thousands of people have been protesting in a few large cities. One guy was shot in Portland, but fortunately he’s fine and it was two teen gang members unassociated with the protests who did the shooting. They were arrested and charged with attempted murder – good. A couple of hundred people have reportedly engaged in vandalism. They’ve been detained, fined, or locked-up as determined appropriate by local police -- good.
I hope the protests stay largely peaceful. Hopefully, they’ll dissipate soon and the really passionate protesters will get/stay involved in political activism to help protect their existing rights or advance their causes.