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Dan Rather
@DanRather
Can you even begin to imagine what would happen if these caravans were made up of Black people? The thought experiment is the very definition of systemic racism and White privilege.
5:07 PM · Nov 1, 2020
SWBTATTReg
(22,059 posts)caravans that trump made a big how to do that were supposedly approaching the US borders from the Mexican side of the border. Same effect. Mr. Rather makes a very on the nail head observation.
MyOwnPeace
(16,913 posts)"The caravans are coming from 'inside the country!'"
brush
(53,726 posts)bluestarone
(16,849 posts)True words here!
intheflow
(28,442 posts)Ford_Prefect
(7,867 posts)The grand-children of those who attacked the Freedom buses are driving the flag-waving pickups, or giving them uniformed escort, while following the family traditions of racist oppression.
NoMoreRepugs
(9,363 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,694 posts)WyattKansas
(1,648 posts)Yes, Republicans are all that unstable and nuts.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,558 posts)AmericanCanuck
(1,102 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)In Portland, peaceful demonstrators downtown were targets for vehicles driven by both the police and right wing domestic terrorists. They were gassed, shot with "less lethal" rounds, beaten with batons, and scooped up in unmarked vans by nameless law enforcement personnel.
bdamomma
(63,789 posts)Domestic terrorists in our own country.
This must stop.
SledDriver
(2,057 posts)Seriously, is this
all that different from this?
Evolve Dammit
(16,694 posts)eppur_se_muova
(36,246 posts)LiberalLovinLug
(14,164 posts)And not just appropriate another one and claim it represents them.
Neema
(1,151 posts)strife and hardship. What the fuck are the MAGAs even protesting? Their butthurt that they can't use the N word in public?
Cha
(296,750 posts)and it's been ugly by the police.
They'd better make these Maggot Morons pay for their crimes.
Klaralven
(7,510 posts)Demonstrators Close Down I-94 In St. Paul In Protest Of Breonna Taylors Death
https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/09/23/the-whole-thing-is-just-a-mess-minnesotans-speak-out-after-indictment-in-breonna-taylors-death/
Protesters shut down I-35W in Minneapolis during rush hour; 41 arrested
https://www.startribune.com/protesters-block-i-35w-in-minneapolis/386622281/
The Brooklyn Bridge is shut down by protesters fairly regularly. It is not an Interstate, but it connects I-278 with Manhattan.
Blocking highways has become a fairly conventional protest tactic.
LisaM
(27,792 posts)I don't think it's quite the same. Reckless driving can cause serious accidents and death.
Klaralven
(7,510 posts)A few dozen cars driving across all lanes at a few mph isn't particularly reckless.
LisaM
(27,792 posts)So yeah.
Klaralven
(7,510 posts)intheflow
(28,442 posts)protests in favor of injustices. The left's protests are nonviolent. The right uses fear and intimidation. You can't equate the actions because both the aims and the intent are miles apart.
Klaralven
(7,510 posts)If a protest were held somewhere that did not bother people, an abandoned mall parking lot, for example, it wouldn't get covered by the media and nobody would care.
intheflow
(28,442 posts)Bridge/road blocks by the left are not led by people wielding guns. When peaceful protesters block a road it is to raise awareness, to disrupt power. That is in no way the same tactic as using fear and intimidation.
Klaralven
(7,510 posts)intheflow
(28,442 posts)I've been peacefully protesting for 35 years, the only fear I've ever felt was from the police and other racists/warmongers who opposed us. GTFO with your wildly distorted and unsubstantiated views.
KentuckyWoman
(6,679 posts)Sitting at a lunch counter minding your own business is not fear and intimidation. Walking down the street with a sign is not fear and intimidation. Encouraging people to look at their own wrongness is not intimidation. Demanding justice is not intimidation.
They provoked yes. But fear and intimidate, no.
Fla Dem
(23,569 posts)KentuckyWoman
(6,679 posts)Impeding traffic, aggressive driving, and flashing guns is intimidation.
If it's just MAGA pride then leave the damn guns at home and obey the traffic laws. Don't drive aggressive. But ... no...
They ARE terrorizing people. Not because of the Trump decor. That just makes them stupid.
dalton99a
(81,384 posts)Blue Owl
(50,235 posts)eppur_se_muova
(36,246 posts)all they brought was prayer. And cops considered them enough of a threat to pepper-spray them.
Neema
(1,151 posts)Someone tried to help a woman in a wheelchair who was having a seizure due to the pepper spray and they got gassed too, just trying to retrieve her wheelchair.
llashram
(6,265 posts)always...