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Live in Denver where cops just marched with the protestors arm in arm. Agitators are scorned and kicked out. The few dozen that run through the streets at night are easily controlled and folks show up at the capitol at 6am to clean any mess that they left behind. First couple of nights were rocky but civility one. Go Team Cannabis. Sorry to see this tonight, Buffalo. You guys are my home and I love you, but the cops involved need to go. If they do, hopefully cool heads prevail.

I don't like seeing cops get stabbed in the neck either. No, I think a ***** ton of people talking about it is due to the brutal and graphic nature of the video. My point is that it's probably not going to be forgotten tomorrow and immediately swapped for the next awful video of the day.

***** I gotta lighten up in this thread apparently

Not sure if you're accusing me, or people in general of virtue signaling, but this is actually the number one trending story on Twitter right now. I expect this to be a big deal tomorrow.

I'm more grossed out by the way they just all walk past him, regardless of level of force. I don't know, maybe there's protocol or something in terms of waiting for a medic that I'm overlooking, but it damn sure looks like they continue to treat him, and then ignore him, as an agitator after he starts bleeding out of his ears.

It's what broke me tbh. Took a breath and cracked a beer. Kudos. I'm pissed though. Other people are pissed. I'm not out there because I have a kid but I'm watching everything and am not coming away with a good view of the police (typically live streams, so cool your jets conspiracy theory anti-media weirdos). Even your statement about how the old man should have known better. Isn't that part of the problem? Shouldn't a harmless old man be able to approach the police? We've gone from "never mess with the police because they may kill you" to "don't even approach police because they may kill you".

It was emotional, I'll admit it. No, it's not actual fascism. Let's move on.

It's all going to go back to normal guys. It was a perfect system with no need for change whatsoever. We'll be enjoying water parks and having office happy hours again in no time.

Ah man, ya got me. I'm beyond frustrated at our current situation and sickened by that video of Buffalo, and am waffling between fascism and almost fascism. Micro-victory for you.

Wildest of strawmen, I'm almost impressed

It's getting a little too damn close for my liking. It certainly isn't community support right now either.

I'm saying it's a fascist force when they clearly stop caring about protecting the people and are seemingly more interested in protecting a right wing system. Explain to me what that old man could have possibly done to deserve having his head caved in, and then have the same "protect and serve" bunch of bullies ignore him bleeding on the sidewalk? I'm not a fan, although I guarantee he won't stock his cabinet and inner circle with inexperienced sycophants which is an immediate upgrade. Probably going to be the most important VP pick in history.

Lazy. You may have had a point at some time in history, but how can you watch that video from Buffalo and say otherwise?

Absolutely fascist scum pushing that poor man over like that, and the worst part is that none of them stopped to help. They instead concerned themselves with the next peaceful protester. People who cheer this or think that we will ever return to a previous normal are clearly wrong, and dwindling, quickly. Keep championing shills like Candace Owens (a convenient liberal from three year back who pronounces coup like "chicken coop") and a clearly fascist President all you want, but the more cops that beat innocent people the more Republicans are finished. Murkowski broke today. Mattis went off yesterday. Lincoln Project is chipping away at his support. Keep telling yourself that none of this matters, red team. I hope he survives, but that looks terrible.

Tre White all day

That sucks to hear man, and is surprising. I feel like this would be worse in a rural town since the police ratio would be way off, and any available resources would likely be assisting the nearby largest city. But to the theme of the thread for the last few pages, is that also being funded and organized by some main organization? I say it's impossible. I can't fully articulate the reasoning for why everybody's joining in, but I think it's some combination of genuine anger, and the fact that instagram influencers are an actual thing in our society right now. And probably a good dose of what Big Blitz posted a couple posts back.

It's really not, man. I know the conspiracy theory is easy, but if you've been following antifa/BLM/etc. for the last decade, you'd know that the network is huge, and that it's all largely just a nebulous definition for left-wing protesters in general. The very boring common denominator here is that most of the people out there are young, and they're either mad, or bored, or dumb, or yes influenced, or some combination of. There are protests/riots currently in Petal, Mississippi, Fayettevile, NC, and Santa Rosa, CA. Relatively small towns, in addition to every major city where this is going off. This is not being funded by some all-seeing, all-powerful group (if it is, we're in trouble). This is unfortunately very organic.

So, uh, no way in hell we're having a season now, right? Regardless of your politics this is all incredibly serious. Denver's like guerilla warfare right now - cops and protesters just going at in alley ways all night, for three nights in a row. Businesses are boarded up. Been on curfew all weekend which I anticipate will be stretched throughout the week considering tear gas is still going off. Minneapolis is dead. 20% of us don't have a job anyway and rent's due tomorrow. 2020 sucks.

The problem is that that if you believe the latter, then you're likely ignoring the disease even if the former is true. You can't properly manage an infectious disease if you're simultaneously allowing people to ignore it if they want, regardless of how truly terrible it ends up being. So on and on we go.

They both give me the exact same type of douche chills, good call. Brady pushing his own immunity pills is probably the same as Tom's scientology weirdness in their story arc.

I didn't say that this will get worse than it is or has been, but rather that it will be worse than the Hong Kong flu overall. I agree with most of what you're saying, but to the original point of the thread even these precautions that you're outlining require major changes in society, and furthermore, that the vast majority of us agree and follow those changes. I think we'll have football. I don't think we'll be able to attend.

I mean, if you're going to compare it to the Hong Kong Flu, which killed as many in this country overall as what Covid has so far, and then seemingly indicate that Covid isn't as bad, what conclusion am I supposed to make?

Split his pants! Incredible

Interesting that some are acting like this is over. We've lost nearly 100,000 in our country alone in just the past 3 months. This is going to be worse. Just the first wave will be worse. Totally agree, and some are seemingly confusing freedom with straight-up anarchy right now. Bunch of entitled fools out there.

Brady just split his pants hahaha. Not a joke, there's video! He is humiliating himself and it's the most fun I've had in months.