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Nova Bromelia
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Postby Nova Bromelia » Wed Jan 06, 2021 12:33 pm

My goodness, I am actually starting to get afraid here.
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Postby Kiu Ghesik » Wed Jan 06, 2021 12:33 pm

Absolon-7 wrote:Why the fuck are the police being so pussyfooted with these traitors storming the capitol building? this is a fucking crisis compared to the BLM protests!

Because there's good people on both sides, obviously. Y'know, nothing to worry about, because they're waving El Presidente's flag.
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Postby The Alma Mater » Wed Jan 06, 2021 12:33 pm

Andsed wrote:
Jedi Council wrote:Please show us where BLM activists stormed the Capitol to interrupt the peaceful transition of power.

I will wait..

I mean to be fair there times when BLM did also attempt to storm government buildings.

And were called terrorists for it.

Still waiting for that happening with the whiteboys here.
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Jedi Council
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Postby Jedi Council » Wed Jan 06, 2021 12:34 pm

Andsed wrote:
Jedi Council wrote:Please show us where BLM activists stormed the Capitol to interrupt the peaceful transition of power.

I will wait..

I mean to be fair there times when BLM did also attempt to storm government buildings.

But not the freaking US Capitol in the middle of what should be a symbol of the peaceful transition of power.

Theres a big difference between that and a Justice centre somewhere in Portland, or has nuance been tossed by the wayside?
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Postby Greed and Death » Wed Jan 06, 2021 12:34 pm

Nova Bromelia wrote:My goodness, I am actually starting to get afraid here.


You shouldn't be, I've been warning you all since November.
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Postby Zurkerx » Wed Jan 06, 2021 12:34 pm

Nuroblav wrote:So what I gather is that the dems might be taking control of the Senate, Pence has defied the president for some reason, and Trump supporters have stormed the Capitol.

Am I following this correctly?


Correct though they'll take the Senate.

Vassenor wrote:Possible reports of shots fired at the Capitol.


Yep, I suspected this will come this way though I'll wait for reports on that. But yeah, they're getting violent.
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Postby CoraSpia » Wed Jan 06, 2021 12:34 pm

Farnhamia wrote:
Greed and Death wrote:DC police keep asking for the Guard to assist Trump keeps ordering them to stand down.

Source?

I think it's the same source that told us about the ruso-turkish war a few years ago.
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Postby Andsed » Wed Jan 06, 2021 12:34 pm

All Trump had to do was concede. Thats was it. All he had to fucking do. God I hate that man.
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San Lumen
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Postby San Lumen » Wed Jan 06, 2021 12:34 pm

Nakena wrote:
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This is getting really scary. Hopefully they don’t enter the building.


They are reported to have brought siege equipment.

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Arrest these people and break up with force this coup attempt.

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The Black Forrest
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Postby The Black Forrest » Wed Jan 06, 2021 12:34 pm

The Alma Mater wrote:
Thermodolia wrote:Dude we all watched the videos. They moved a fence and got pushed back after getting tear gas to the face.

It’s a not a riot, and it’s not a storming of the Capitol

Butbut.. when BLM does it, it is called "destroying a city in a terrorist act"...


Makes you wonder what the response would have been if these protesters would have been BLM.

Remember the pink protests? How many buildings and businesses were invaded?
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Postby Loben III » Wed Jan 06, 2021 12:34 pm

Jedi Council wrote:
Andsed wrote:I mean to be fair there times when BLM did also attempt to storm government buildings.

But not the freaking US Capitol in the middle of what should be a symbol of the peaceful transition of power.

Theres a big difference between that and a Justice centre somewhere in Portland, or has nuance been tossed by the wayside?


oh no the US capital, not that shining gaggle of self serving cunts.
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The Alma Mater
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Postby The Alma Mater » Wed Jan 06, 2021 12:34 pm

Absolon-7 wrote:Why the fuck are the police being so pussyfooted with these traitors storming the capitol building? this is a fucking crisis compared to the BLM protests!


I think we can safely say defunding the police is an excellent idea. They cannot even keep a few protesters out of a building - so what good are they.
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Postby Untecna » Wed Jan 06, 2021 12:34 pm

Nova Bromelia wrote:My goodness, I am actually starting to get afraid here.

I started actually giving two craps about the senators
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An Alan Smithee Nation
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Postby An Alan Smithee Nation » Wed Jan 06, 2021 12:35 pm

Greed and Death wrote:
Nova Bromelia wrote:My goodness, I am actually starting to get afraid here.


You shouldn't be, I've been warning you all since November.


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Kowani
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Postby Kowani » Wed Jan 06, 2021 12:35 pm

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San Lumen
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Postby San Lumen » Wed Jan 06, 2021 12:35 pm

The secret service should walk off the job and abandon Trump.

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CoraSpia
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Postby CoraSpia » Wed Jan 06, 2021 12:35 pm

Kiu Ghesik wrote:
Absolon-7 wrote:Why the fuck are the police being so pussyfooted with these traitors storming the capitol building? this is a fucking crisis compared to the BLM protests!

Because there's good people on both sides, obviously. Y'know, nothing to worry about, because they're waving El Presidente's flag.

Maybe because it's bad when the police hurt people?
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Cordel One
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Postby Cordel One » Wed Jan 06, 2021 12:35 pm

The Black Forrest wrote:
The Alma Mater wrote:Butbut.. when BLM does it, it is called "destroying a city in a terrorist act"...


Makes you wonder what the response would have been if these protesters would have been BLM.

Remember the pink protests? How many buildings and businesses were invaded?

They never would've made it into the capitol, people would be dead.

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Postby Greed and Death » Wed Jan 06, 2021 12:36 pm

Absolon-7 wrote:Why the fuck are the police being so pussyfooted with these traitors storming the capitol building? this is a fucking crisis compared to the BLM protests!

DC City Council passed regulations requiring the police to deescalate with protesters after the BLM riots.
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Postby Cannot think of a name » Wed Jan 06, 2021 12:36 pm

Nova Bromelia wrote:My goodness, I am actually starting to get afraid here.

Well, look, our seat of government was never based on occupying a building. This is a tantrum. They can, at best, enact an act of vandalism. At the end of the day the government will still stand.

This is just dumb as hell.


Also, tv talkie man is starting to lose it. Choice phrases like "What did you think was going to happen?" and "This is ridiculous."
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Postby Nanatsu no Tsuki » Wed Jan 06, 2021 12:36 pm

San Lumen wrote:The secret service should walk off the job and abandon Trump.


Lumen, can you stop with the hysterics? They can’t just do that, ffs. Why is this always your fucking answer to everything? Gods!
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Postby Jedi Council » Wed Jan 06, 2021 12:36 pm

Loben III wrote:
Jedi Council wrote:But not the freaking US Capitol in the middle of what should be a symbol of the peaceful transition of power.

Theres a big difference between that and a Justice centre somewhere in Portland, or has nuance been tossed by the wayside?


oh no the US capital, not that shining gaggle of self serving cunts.

As much as Congress might suck, that doesnt mean this shit is ok in any functioning democracy. And your edgy non-chalance doesnt really impress anyone.
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Postby Celritannia » Wed Jan 06, 2021 12:36 pm

CoraSpia wrote:
Kiu Ghesik wrote:Because there's good people on both sides, obviously. Y'know, nothing to worry about, because they're waving El Presidente's flag.

Maybe because it's bad when the police hurt people?


And when the people are obstructing the democratic process because they hate an election result, stirred up by the President, and leading towards a form of domestic terrorism?

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