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Soph0571

(9,685 posts)
Sun Aug 30, 2020, 08:29 AM Aug 2020

Of COURSE they are demonstrating in democratic run cities

This theme about the ‘violence’ on the streets is all in democratic run cities is illogical. By virtue of the fact that people have the good sense to vote blue means that they will also be more civically engaged than the trump cult swamp monsters that dwell in republican areas of America. Those people have shown they will only march to intimidate people who do not agree with them, to wave their guns around and be very very nazi. The right wing loves a bit of unrest when they are waving their slave flags on the back of trucks plastered with cult stickers shouting blues lives matter as a white supremacist dog whistle. They just don’t like it when the shoe is on the other foot.

And so, of course they are demonstrating in democratic cities, where else are they supposed to do it? Maybe they should do what the real trouble makers and boogaloo’s are doing and bus themselves into republican run cities to demonstrate, the way the far right is busy bussing themselves into Portland & Kenosha, waving their guns about, killing and intimidating the local population – even as one of them ends up dead as a result. I think we all know who is the real danger to America… and it is not those using their first amendment rights to demonstrate in democratic run cities.

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Of COURSE they are demonstrating in democratic run cities (Original Post) Soph0571 Aug 2020 OP
They are driving the urban and suburban vote towards the Democratic Party. roamer65 Aug 2020 #1
As long as we get out the vote, we will win. For those that don't feel they can trust the postal still_one Aug 2020 #2
Most dangerous cities JustAnotherGen Aug 2020 #3
This mixes "metro area" and "city" concepts. Klaralven Aug 2020 #4

roamer65

(36,745 posts)
1. They are driving the urban and suburban vote towards the Democratic Party.
Sun Aug 30, 2020, 08:35 AM
Aug 2020

They won’t win on rural white voters.

still_one

(92,190 posts)
2. As long as we get out the vote, we will win. For those that don't feel they can trust the postal
Sun Aug 30, 2020, 08:46 AM
Aug 2020

service, then vote as early as you can taking proper safety precautions


JustAnotherGen

(31,823 posts)
3. Most dangerous cities
Sun Aug 30, 2020, 09:02 AM
Aug 2020
https://www.safewise.com/blog/most-dangerous-cities/



Top Ten

Anchorage, Alaska
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Memphis, Tennessee
Wichita, Kansas
Lubbock, Texas
Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, Michigan
Spokane-Spokane Valley, Washington
Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana
Corpus Christi, Texas
Mobile, Alabama

Crazy - only three are in states with Democratic Governors.

 

Klaralven

(7,510 posts)
4. This mixes "metro area" and "city" concepts.
Sun Aug 30, 2020, 10:20 AM
Aug 2020

If you look at city data, rather than metro area data, number 2 Albuquerque is actually behind Anchorage, St. Louis, Detroit, Baltimore, Memphis, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Cleveland, and Stockton.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_crime_rate

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