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The democratic governors should call out the SWAT teams or (Original Post) Hotler Apr 2020 OP
Absolutely not. Don't make martyrs of those assholes. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2020 #1
I don't agree with you. EndlessWire Apr 2020 #10
No. Just no. no_hypocrisy Apr 2020 #2
I concur SheltieLover Apr 2020 #3
Don't feed the trolls. Squinch Apr 2020 #4
No Vogon_Glory Apr 2020 #5
Democratic AND Retrumplican Governors ought to call out the National Guard maxrandb Apr 2020 #6
National Guard would do nicely. roamer65 Apr 2020 #7
Good Dog there are some authoritarian ideas sarisataka Apr 2020 #8
Absolutely tired of it. EndlessWire Apr 2020 #9
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EndlessWire

(6,546 posts)
10. I don't agree with you.
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 03:46 AM
Apr 2020

It is not desirable, but we have to have push back against clear, unambiguous threats such as this. It is appalling that tRump would be the source of the unrest, but this is what happened when tRump did not get tossed out of office.

He is well known for sending out trial balloons and gauging the reactions to them. So, he commits sedition and no one says a damned thing. He will escalate exponentially until we have a real incident committed by those bozos who think that tRump will have their backs. What will we say when they harm somebody in the name of tRump?

no_hypocrisy

(46,137 posts)
2. No. Just no.
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 08:58 PM
Apr 2020

You'd be giving Trump what he really enjoys for entertainment: chaos, violence, calamity.

Not only would it take his rallies to the next logical step, but you'd have bigger crowds the next day and in all 50 states.

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
3. I concur
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 09:07 PM
Apr 2020

Charge them with domestic terrorism & rocket docket them to 20+ yrs each, esp the ones who blocked the ambulance road to the MI hospital!

Coddling these morons not only is endangering others, but it only serves to embolden them.

Vogon_Glory

(9,123 posts)
5. No
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 10:12 PM
Apr 2020

As much as I hate to say it, I believe that the best thing to do with these right-wing Liber-Tea fools is to let them assemble. A lot of these idiots will wise up the hard way in a few weeks and if they’re lucky, they’ll be recovering as well as politically discredited.

I hate to think about the public health consequences, but this is a choice between bad and worse.

maxrandb

(15,337 posts)
6. Democratic AND Retrumplican Governors ought to call out the National Guard
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 10:58 PM
Apr 2020

Hell, when young people were protesting a senseless war, they were shot!

Don't give these fucksticks an inch, or the next thing you know, the media will be doing 24/7 coverage of a handful of batshit crazy racist as if they're some kind of fucking majority.

roamer65

(36,745 posts)
7. National Guard would do nicely.
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 11:11 PM
Apr 2020

And if they resist apply the force needed to suppress the situation.

That means if one of them uses a gun, shoot them dead.

sarisataka

(18,684 posts)
8. Good Dog there are some authoritarian ideas
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 11:49 PM
Apr 2020

Being floated lately. Some bloodthirsty comments as well.

Is Nietzsche correct or have people always been like this and are just not hiding it anymore?

EndlessWire

(6,546 posts)
9. Absolutely tired of it.
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 03:34 AM
Apr 2020

It is a matter of where they chose to assemble while toting guns. And the fact that they impeded an ambulance.

I also think that the National Guard in each of those states should be placed on alert.

For the sake of peace, and at all costs to our Democracy, we will sit and watch while Trump and his minions take it from us. Everyone of those who obstructed the ambulance should have been arrested. And, the obvious threat to the Governors should have been strongly opposed.

Trump is a sorry Mofo who needs to be impeached for sedition.

#Impeachment No. 2. C'mon, Nancy. Fight on.

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