Subj : Re: "Cultural Terrorism"
To   : Mike Powell
From : Jeff Thiele
Date : Sun Nov 06 2022 16:31:58

On 06 Nov 2022, Mike Powell said the following...
 MP> > Armor is defensive. Gasoline is more of an improvised weapon. The
 MP> > hoarding of firearms demostrates premeditation.
 MP> Gasoline is not improvised if you bring it with you.  Bricks are not
 MP> improvised when they have been delivered to the riot site for your use.

Bricks were no delivered.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pallets-of-bricks-protest-sites/

They may have brought gasoline with them, or they may have simply walked to a
nearby filling station, bought some, and walked back.

 MP> You only need armor if you expect trouble, and you know there will be
 MP> trouble if you plan to cause it.  You also are not armed, and some of
 MP> them were.

They were black and peacefully protesting police violence against black
people, an event to which police could reasonably be expected to respond. Do
the math.

 MP> >  MP> Like using the national stage to claim that conservatives are the
 MP> >  MP> biggest
 MP> >  MP> threat to democracy?
 MP> > That is not violent rhetoric, nor is it what was said. Biden said, "Dona
 MP> > Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the
 MP> > foundations of our republic."
 MP> That is one quote out of a whole speach where he was not so specific in
 MP> other statements.

At what point did he say that conservatives as a group are the biggest threat
to Democracy? Specific conservatives, sure, but where did he blame all
conservatives?

 MP> > I can see how that might be confusing, though. If you believe that all
 MP> > conservatives are MAGA Republicans, then it could be construed to mean t
 MP> > all conservatives are a threat. Likewise, if you believe that all
 MP> > conservatives represent extremism, then it could be construed to mean th
 MP> > all conservatives are a threat. But neither of those are true.
 MP> Does it upset you when politicans claim that "muslim extremists" are a
 MP> threat, even though they qualify it with "extremists"?  From past
 MP> conversations, I am pretty sure it does.  Same with "leftist extremists"
 MP> and "antifa extremists."

Nope. Extremists are extremists. I'm actually comforted when people choose to
say "Muslim extremists" instead of just "Muslims" because it's a far more
accurate statement and is tempered so as not to increase anti-Muslim
sentiment.

Jeff.

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