Subj : Re: "Cultural Terrorism"
To   : Mike Powell
From : Jeff Thiele
Date : Mon Nov 07 2022 21:23:35

On 07 Nov 2022, Mike Powell said the following...
 MP> >  MP> You only need armor if you expect trouble, and you know there will 
 MP> >  MP> trouble if you plan to cause it.  You also are not armed, and some 
 MP> >  MP> them were.
 MP> > They were black and peacefully protesting police violence against black
 MP> > people, an event to which police could reasonably be expected to respond
 MP> > the math.
 MP> The folks we are talking about who reacted not peacefully were not always
 MP> black, especially in the Pacific NW.  Matter of fact, if they were shown
 MP> on the news, although they were supposedly there to protest the
 MP> treatment of blacks, most of the beligerent ones were not black.  There
 MP> did not seem to be any issues between true peaceful protesters and cops,
 MP> only the ones that showed up armed or brought other implements of
 MP> destruction with them.  You are trying to change the subject by playing
 MP> the race card.

No, I'm not. If any Black people showed up with riot gear, they could have
very well been trying to prepare for violence not of their doing. I believe
that the people who became violent were taking advantage of the situation.

 MP> > Nope. Extremists are extremists. I'm actually comforted when people choo
 MP> > say "Muslim extremists" instead of just "Muslims" because it's a far mor
 MP> > accurate statement and is tempered so as not to increase anti-Muslim
 MP> > sentiment.
 MP> Then we agree on something.

Indeed.

Jeff.

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