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A moment of silence for the first amendment

Discussion in 'News & Current Events' started by Gold Dragon, Jun 2, 2020.

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  1. Adonia

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    Oh good. That means the police wanted the "protestors" to be safely inside by 7 pm which is the designated curfew time.
     
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    Too bad, people know perfectly well what could happen when they attend these type of events. They have placed themselves in a place of danger, the responsibility for possible injury lies with them.

    Now, how do you feel that this historic church was burned? They also desecrated St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York and the WW2 Memorial in Washington D.C. Those were shameful acts that have no place in a legitimate protest for the redress of grievances as allowed under the U.S. Constitution. "Peaceful" protest is allowed, not destruction or desecration of property.
     
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    Agreed that has no place in protest. Looters and those destroying property taking advantage of the chaos should be ashamed and arrested and should not be confused with legitimate peaceful protestors like the ones yesterday in Lafayette Park. The burning of St. John’s happened in the nights before the protest being discussed in this thread.
     
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    Polly has some theories about the looting & destruction. Worth a look.

     
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    There are quite a few people who want silence and anarchy.

    Pro-choice do not want babies crying. No population equals anarchy, cause no people, no government.

    Pro-humanist do not want God or religion. No God, nothing exist, silence. No religion or control just anarchy.

    Pro-satan. Only Satan and a chosen few, without the sound of a thriving creation, just silence and anarchy.
     
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    The Park Police say the protestors were not peaceful. They were throwing things at police just prior to smoke canisters being used. The movement against the protestors was independent of the President’s walk. Please consider all the facts before denouncing our President.

    peace to you
     
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    Umm, those cops didn't ride horses or without masks through tear gas.
    Give me a break with that snowflake irritating the eyes nonsense...LOL
     
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    I was agreeing with you that it is likely smoke and not tear gas. It is easy to see how it was misreported as tear gas seeing how people physically responded.

    I don’t see how smoke makes anything that happened ok. Firing on peaceful protesters, assaulting the press, using force to take over a church site without permission all for a photo op.
     
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    So any President with a Bible in hand is a photo op?

    Biden praying in church is as much a photo op, or neither were.

    Perhaps all journalist and media should forgo their rights and stop taking photo ops? Staying out of a crowd and at home would prevent bodily injury for all, no?

    I think violent instigators have messed it all up. If it had remained as peaceful and no violence at all, the President would have not supported the freedom of worship and religion in troubled times. That a President stands up with Bible in a public forum, and declares he would protect all peaceful rights, and it just be passed off as a photo op is missing the importance of what it is to be an American. Yes, the potus is too much like all of US. That is not a bad thing. It is the constitution, "We the people". It goes to show that false prophets and those of Satan, ruin the very ideology, of a nation that can govern itself, and a President who is not ashamed to be one of us. They can only paint a gloom and doom reality, bad just pointing out bad interpretations, instead of seeing any good at all. The potus did not instigate violence. He was willing to point out it can be stopped, and then it just gets trashed by all the ungodly opinions. No I do not think he is a Messiah who can solve all the world's problems. He is the only potus in decades who has tried to change the world, and has not even started a war. Now he is vilified for trying to prevent one. He would have been criticized for not doing anything, if a dozen cities get burned to the ground. Cannot have it both ways people.
     
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    It seems you've unwittingly jumped on a bandwagon of lies. This story has been totally debunked for what it was attempting to fabricate against Trump:
    Media Falsely Claimed Violent Riots Were Peaceful And That Tear Gas Was Used Against Rioters
     
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    All the video and eye witness evidence says that Monahan’s claims are untrue with the exception that technically, they did not use tear gas but instead used OC gas (pepper spray) cannisters which have very similar properties to tear gas from a natural source. Monahan acknowledges that Pepper Balls were used which is a brand of pepper spray in a paint ball like form.
    https://www.pepperball.com/

    US Park Police denies using tear gas on peaceful protesters. Evidence suggests otherwise.

    This is the same Reuters video I posted earlier.

     
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    None of that happened. In your rush to make Trump look bad you posted fake news
     
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    Republicans chastise Trump for ousting protesters, church photo-op

    BREAKING: Arlington Officers Ordered to 'Immediately Leave D.C.'

     
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    Notice that there are a lot of white millennials on the street.
     
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    Orcs come in all sizes and colors. Gnawing biting hacking looting killing. Usurpers all curse them.
     
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    As reported by the Arlington police, who were assisting the US Parks Police, of what their orders were.

    Arlington’s Decision to Withdraw its Police Officers from the District of Columbia - Newsroom
     
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    “but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.” - James‬ ‭3:8-10‬ ‭ESV‬‬
     
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    I don’t know if you are aware of the Sheriff of Flint Michigan. Well he and his police force did something something different to diffuse the protestors ... see attached.
    Michigan Sheriff Took Off His Helmet and Marched With Protesters
     
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