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Excellent post. Thank you for your candor.

Sorry I was just bored waiting for dinner (Italian sausage and pasta btw, @Sig1Hunter ?) and used that opportunity to butt in. To answer you in the simplest terms, I'm voting for Biden because he is the more left-leaning candidate. Every presidential election I've voted in since 2008 (I became eligible in 2007) has been on that premise. I'm a lefty.

If he's anything like me, he's pissed that the DNC shafted Bernie again but would still rather have Biden over Trump.

For real though man, I don't think Crayola is a right winger. Pretty sure I've liked some of his posts in the past iirc. I get your point but in this case I don't think it applies to him if memory serves me well. I might be mixing him up with another C-named poster though.

My bad too. I can come off as a real jerk sometimes. It's an unfortunate gift.

Same. That's why I'm asking around here to see if anyone might have a concrete answer rather than screaming "omg wtf defund the po-lease". If I had to speculate, I would say that the cops involved probably had a lot of pent up anger and frustration, and were taking it out on the property around them (which is basically what some of the protesters were doing as well). Neither situations are excusable, but I think it might explain their reasoning and rationale. Maybe the tire slashings are examples of that too. Or maybe the cops are afraid of vehicles being used as weapons and it's a precautionary tactic? Maybe they needed to make sure the cars were empty before proceeding and the windows were so tinted that breaking the windows was the only way to be sure? Again, I dunno either. But in lieu of a damn good reason, these acts are crimes.

Btw, this has nothing to do with the man being a Trump supporter. This incident occurred in Chicago in 2011. https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/teen-punching-man-at-cta-stop-caught-on-tape/1897925/ I thought the camera quality seemed exceptionally poor. Being from 2011 would explain it. Still absolutely reprehensible.

Oh hell no. Not ***** cool at all. And they laugh about it?! Something about violence against the elderly really boils my blood. Please catch the perp. I hope he spends a long time in jail.

Oh my, I've found another poster with excellent logic and reasoning skills. It takes talent to be this level of reductionist. Since you are so good at knowing other people's intent, what were the cops intending to do when they slashed and smashed random, empty, parked cars?

Fwiw, the organizer who asked the mayor this question said "we don't want any police in our city" or something to that effect just a couple seconds before he answered.

Oh really? Since you know so much about my intentions, tell me, what do I intend to have for dinner tonight? Pointing out a scene where a woman respectfully asks "what's going to happen at 8, sir?" only to hear the response "what's gonna happen is we're gonna start beating the ***** out of you" isn't worthy of note? (that's the final clip in the montage, last 15 seconds if you want to quickly verify it). @Deranged Rhino Correct, there's a lot at play here. Emotions are high on all sides. That means mistakes are bound to happen. That doesn't mean we should excuse the mistakes entirely though. For the most part the officers around are doing a good job I think. The protesting in my area has all been peaceful, and cops have joined in on several occasions. Still, any cops (and protesters) not following protocol should be reprimanded accordingly. I think that's only fair. I stand corrected ma'am. As I said, I appreciate you clarifying the matter for me. It still doesn't explain the tire slashings and window smashings, etc. And when I asked about these things, I wasn't trying to be facetious. Just because I disagree with many posters here politically doesn't mean there isn't value to be had at times. Like just now.

It's in the video I linked. There are several examples of tire slashings and at least 2 examples of private property destruction (smashing windows of empty, parked cars and smashing what appeared to be a door). The video of the police (I think NYPD) destroying their own cruiser wasn't in that montage, but if I come across it again I'll post it right away. Cops were even spray painting graffiti on the cruiser to make it look like the act of a rioter. It was nuts. You're right, I just found this article about it. It was Boston, not NY. Thank you. https://newsmeter.in/fact-check-did-boston-police-damage-their-own-car-to-blame-on-george-floyd-protesters/

You when mean acting on the 1st Amendment right to peaceably protest and assemble in accordance with any laws, curfews, and regulations regarding them still gets you beaten unnecessarily? If that is considered a "Stupid Game" then I suppose so. There are people out there breaking the law, but there are also protesters and press who are obliging everything they are being told to do and are still receiving heavy handed acts of violence.

Why are cops slashing tires of parked cars, destroying private property, and even destroying their own cruisers in some cases?

Lol. You need to pull your head out of your HamSandwich.

Thank you (and anyone who donates) for providing us with this forum.

You see? No matter what I say, your mind is already made up. Anything I bring up will be refuted, contested, admonished, or ignored. It's not worth the time and effort to just slam my head into a brick wall.

If I had any faith at all that those people would change their tune, I'd gladly provide that. But I have no faith at all that it would change anything, so it's just not worth the time and effort. Why? Because it's very simple. The people who have the capacity for that kind of self-reflection are already in the position of not needing to have these things explained to them like they are 5 years old in order to change their minds. OTOH, the people who don't have that capacity cannot change their minds regardless of any number of facts presented to them by definition. Typically, the only thing that can change those folks' minds is experiencing a personal tragedy. And that's not something I can provide over a message board. I can't undo years of brainwashing over a Saturday afternoon.

I've been a part of several but this board is by and large one of the most batshit crazy alt-right boards I've been on. They may as well merge PPP with 4chan.

That's why it's funny when some of these guys talk about "critical thinking" and the like. They are so confident in their "knowledge" that they end up being the ones who are incapable of seeing the whole picture. This black-and-white reductionist logic (such as this example of "same name = same platform... despite 160 years of time elapsing") is central to the conservative mind. If an argument doesn't follow a simple, basic algorithm of "if this, then that", they get their panties in a bunch and break down. Then again, I doubt many Americans from all walks of life know the specifics of the various party systems in the history of the US. We are currently in the Sixth Party System. "The Sixth Party System is characterized by an electoral shift from the electoral coalitions of the Fifth Party System during the New Deal: the Republican Party became the dominant party in the South, rural areas, and suburbs; while the Democratic Party increasingly started to assemble a coalition of African-Americans, Latinos and white urban progressives. A critical factor was the major transformation of the political system in the Reagan Era of the 1980s and beyond." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixth_Party_System

Just a lot of political activism stuff. He doesn't seem to be a fan of Trump... or Biden... or Obama (at least he mentions how much he hates the ACA).

That's all he ever does. Posts random headlines from the least reputable websites out there. He may as well sign every post of his with "BNN" for B-Man News Network.

Keyword: original. As in original peoples. Who are the original people from South Africa? And who eventually colonized them? Lotta big brains on this forum.

I like the breakdown. I think we can beat the Steelers for 10-6, and maybe even sweep the Patriots for a 6-0 division record and an 11-5 division title. The other game predictions I tend to agree with.