Is America burning? (Black Lives Matter protests, civil unrest and riots 2020)

[Artaxerxes]

You know that the fasces, like the swastika, was a pre-existing symbol that was later appropriated by fascists, right?

There's plenty that's fucked up about the birth of the US, but anachronistic fascism isn't one of those things.

I'm being glib and yes I'm well aware of the history of the fasces.

The US has from the start been built as an oppressive state though, regardless of whether it can be called fascism or not. Its constitution was designed first to discriminate against the poor then its had 200 years of racism sprinkled on top.

 

[brogdale]

"(Thank you President Trump!)"

 

[ska invita]

Good video this I think, puts whats happening in a historical context, from civil war to neoliberalism, and takes it up to date with the covid crisis...with the role of policing a common thread throughout

 

[nogojones]

The protesters are missing a trick here they should be burning Trump hotels and golf courses

Time to start hammering frozen sausages into the greens

 

[bimble]

I know it’s laughable the way he thanks his own self but boasting about using overwhelming force against crowds of his own citizens is just ducking nuts, and terrifying because it shows he’s 100% lost it into war language now and I don’t think there’s a single person who can talk to him calm him down influence his decisions, he’s created a vacuum around himself with only sycophants allowed near him.

 

[Saul Goodman]

Time to start hammering frozen sausages into the greens

Richmond.

 

[chilango]

Anyone know what's with the videos of "white people being made to kneel/kiss boots of black people" that are springing up and being spread on Twitter by dubious folk

 

[Ax^]

Richmond.

extra long brutwursts

 

[Artaxerxes]

Anyone know what's with the videos of "white people being made to kneel/kiss boots of black people" that are springing up and being spread on Twitter by dubious folk

Racism

 

[Pickman's model]

I'm being glib and yes I'm well aware of the history of the fasces.

The US has from the start been built as an oppressive state though, regardless of whether it can be called fascism or not. Its constitution was designed first to discriminate against the poor then its had 200 years of racism sprinkled on top.

yeh but all states are oppressive. so on that basic level you're not really differentiating it from say the lithuanian state or the fijian state. and pretty much all states discriminate against the poor by design.

 

[Sprocket.]

Time to start hammering frozen sausages into the greens

Remember Trump prefers Wall’s!

 

[gentlegreen]

 

[sunnysidedown]

Anyone know what's with the videos of "white people being made to kneel/kiss boots of black people" that are springing up and being spread on Twitter by dubious folk

This? Warning hideous scenes

Spoiler

 

[chilango]

This? Warning hideous scenes

Spoiler

Yep.

...and others (some clearly "staged").

 

[LDC]

Logical conclusion of identity politics?

 

[CNT36]

Yep.

...and others (some clearly "staged").

Likely the same ones who'll be licking the cop's boots when the first stone is thrown.

 

[nogojones]

Richmond.

Well I wouldn't waste good sausages on the exercise

 

[ska invita]

This? Warning hideous scenes

Spoiler

that looks like it could be a cathartic experience for everyone involved

...and others (some clearly "staged").

staged by who and for what purpose?

 

[brogdale]

Referring to Johnson's reported "vaccine" call to Trump a few days ago, someone on the interwebs just described the participants as Dr Dettol & Mr Hide

 

[chilango]

that looks like it could be a cathartic experience for everyone involved


staged by who and for what purpose?

One I saw was clearly a crude attempt to discredit BLM as "anti-white". Staged by racists, the alt-right etc?

It was pretty crude - a "BLM employee" (who we never see) running up to a white woman and demanding that she kneel before him.

But there's a few floating around that are being deployed as "evidence" of Black racism or "wokeness gone mad" etc.

I was just wandering if there was any known provenance for them.

 

[ska invita]

One I saw was clearly a crude attempt to discredit BLM as "anti-white". Staged by racists, the alt-right etc?

It was pretty crude - a "BLM employee" (who we never see) running up to a white woman and demanding that she kneel before him.

But there's a few floating around that are being deployed as "evidence" of Black racism or "wokeness gone mad" etc.

I was just wandering if there was any known provenance for them.

ah i see - that sounds different from that video above - a "BLM employee" off camera? laughably bizarre by the sound of things

 

[Aladdin]

"(Thank you President Trump!)"

Some vomit just came up into my mouth.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Is this a real thing?

 

[LDC]

Is this a real thing?
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What bit of it? A real leaflet? A real set-up re: the bricks?

 

[Spymaster]

Logical conclusion of identity politics?

Yep. "Begging forgiveness" for something they presumably had nothing to do with.

But if it made them feel better ...

Horrible, horrible, horrible.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

What bit of it? A real leaflet? A real set-up re: the bricks?

Real wide spread set up that has been happening, obviously. I've seen a few other posts and videos on the subject, but honestly not heard a thing about it until today.

 

[LDC]

It's totally bollocks conspiracy theory of course. It's a variation on the normal stuff that people spread in chaotic situations, just now spread by the means of social media.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

It's not like the US cops need an excuse to pile in and beat and tear gas anyone they want to in any case.

 

[sunnysidedown]

that looks like it could be a cathartic experience for everyone involved

Carthartic? vomit inducing I would say. Still, not as bad as those similar white folks with similar issue, last seen helping out by washing George Floyds name off white corporate walls. (see previous spoiler a few pages back)

 

[NoXion]

There are no building sites in any American cities.