Re:FBI warns of plans for nationwide armed protests next week
by Judgmentality on Monday January 11, 2021 @05:34PM
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I wasn't blaming anybody for anything. I'm trying to provide some perspective to help understand the problem, instead of immediately cast blame. Honestly, your knee-jerk reaction is part of the problem.
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Re:FBI warns of plans for nationwide armed protests next week
by majormajor on Monday January 11, 2021 @05:38PM
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Why do you think it's a knee-jerk reaction? This has been happening for decades and I've been worried about it for decades... and I'm worried I wasn't pessimistic enough.
Why aren't you blaming anyone for anything? Do you not think what's happening is bad?
Re:FBI warns of plans for nationwide armed protests next week
by Judgmentality on Monday January 11, 2021 @05:47PM
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It's a knee-jerk reaction because my comment said nothing about blame, and your response was entirely about who to blame.
Re:FBI warns of plans for nationwide armed protests next week
by majormajor on Monday January 11, 2021 @05:50PM
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Ah, I see, I view it as on-topic for the thread, though, since the thread-starting post from 'lettergram put blame on Twitter, etc, for the feelings of these potential protestors.
Re:FBI warns of plans for nationwide armed protests next week
by gwright on Monday January 11, 2021 @06:33PM
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Because industrial strength blaming isn't going to get us out of this pickle.
We need to be talking about ways to get everyone to cool down and take a time out.
Instead all I see is efforts to blame, cancel, belittle, and disparage lots of people well beyond Trump and the people actually at the Capitol building. I see lots of careless talk that puts 70 million Americans in the category of "not worth listening to -- ever!". How well do you think that is going to work out?
Lots of people seem to think that the unrest is wholly due to the election results, but the political polarization pre-dates Trump by many years.