And Bad for Tax Payers, the Local Businesses and the citizens.
My Liberal FB friends are LIVID about the US Federal government "taking over" cities.Some comparing it to Germany invading Poland pre-WWII. Here is how the conversation usually goes. (I am the Green text)
Stop the occupation of Portland
Now that one made me smile. 🙂 Apparently the Portland Metro area has a population of 2,478,810 people....
The Federal government has sent ~200 law enforcement personnel there and their efforts are focused in a ~6 block area centered around the Federal Court House...
How do you see that as an "occupation"? 🙂
The reality is that the Protesters and the White House are getting what they want out of this situation. They both want cameras, news and social media focused on them.
The Conservatives will use it as propaganda regarding the lawlessness of Liberal cities.
The Liberals will use it as propaganda regarding the excesses of the law enforcement system.
When in reality the protesters could relocate 5 blocks away and there would be no conflict... Both sides are doing a wonderful job of manipulating the emotions of their bases. 🙂 As I see
daily on the news and on my social media. 🙁
Have you heard Pres Trump (aka the art of the deal) trying to talk to the protesters? Sit down with them and listen to them and their demands? I haven’t. Until then, Portland is Iraq.
Why in the world should the US government be extorted by a small minority of our citizens?
10,000 of 2,478,810 people are protesting (some violently unfortunately) and demanding change...
Does that mean we should change? (ie capitulate)
If they want change, then tell them to get out and vote... And if they really want to change, tell them to figure out how to fix the root causes of the problem... (see below)
Unfortunately as long as Black and Hispanic males make up the majority of our country's gang members, all men in those population groups will suffer. So how do we get them out of the gangs?
Do you think the protesters are willing to accept these simple facts?
Thoughts?
My Liberal FB friends are LIVID about the US Federal government "taking over" cities.Some comparing it to Germany invading Poland pre-WWII. Here is how the conversation usually goes. (I am the Green text)
Stop the occupation of Portland
Now that one made me smile. 🙂 Apparently the Portland Metro area has a population of 2,478,810 people....
The Federal government has sent ~200 law enforcement personnel there and their efforts are focused in a ~6 block area centered around the Federal Court House...
How do you see that as an "occupation"? 🙂
The reality is that the Protesters and the White House are getting what they want out of this situation. They both want cameras, news and social media focused on them.
The Conservatives will use it as propaganda regarding the lawlessness of Liberal cities.
The Liberals will use it as propaganda regarding the excesses of the law enforcement system.
When in reality the protesters could relocate 5 blocks away and there would be no conflict... Both sides are doing a wonderful job of manipulating the emotions of their bases. 🙂 As I see
daily on the news and on my social media. 🙁
Have you heard Pres Trump (aka the art of the deal) trying to talk to the protesters? Sit down with them and listen to them and their demands? I haven’t. Until then, Portland is Iraq.
Why in the world should the US government be extorted by a small minority of our citizens?
10,000 of 2,478,810 people are protesting (some violently unfortunately) and demanding change...
Does that mean we should change? (ie capitulate)
If they want change, then tell them to get out and vote... And if they really want to change, tell them to figure out how to fix the root causes of the problem... (see below)
Unfortunately as long as Black and Hispanic males make up the majority of our country's gang members, all men in those population groups will suffer. So how do we get them out of the gangs?
Do you think the protesters are willing to accept these simple facts?
Thoughts?
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Politics at the point of a gun
Conservative armed groups move into politics as backlash builds against protests, stay-at-home orders
Definitely "crazies" on both sides of this mess... :-)
I have been asking my Liberal friends why the Portland Protestors need to "Protest" after 10 PM, and why "Protesting" includes attacking the Federal court house fences and grounds...
They keep trying to point back at the FEDs... And insisting that "it is their right to protest"...
Really, the important issue isn't whether it's good for either or both sides, but whether it's good for America.
--Hiram
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Both sides are adamant that their actions are best for America...
How can things go wrong? :-)
I don't know that the adamantness of sides counts for anything.
Is what's happening good for America? Maybe we should have an answer to that question before we pick sides, not after. Then we can decide how adamantine we want to be.
--Hiram
How would you define "good"?
Both siderism isn't exactly my thing. Both sides, in general, do not do it. But this may be a case when both siderist thinking may not be inappropriate. Maybe the rioting and the suppressing hurt both sides.
--Hiram
How do you define "hurt"?
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