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WhiskeyGrinder

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8. And yet people keep thinking that throwing money at cops won't increase violence. K&R.

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Sun Apr 28, 2024, 01:58 PM

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Storming colleges with riot cops to keep them 'safe' should scare America about what's next [View all] Nevilledog Apr 28 OP

Hate speech should not be tolerated jimfields33 Apr 28 #1

There is no crime 'hate speech', not here anyway. Voltaire2 Apr 28 #4

Yes, there is. yardwork Apr 28 #21

Nope. Voltaire2 Apr 28 #25

Ok, my point stands. yardwork Apr 28 #27

Yeah it stands as wrong. Voltaire2 Apr 28 #30

And, unlike some of these protesters, I'm not fantasizing killing you. yardwork Apr 28 #32

They did when I was young, under shifting standards of "safe." Igel Apr 28 #34

IIRC Popper didn't say exactly this, but it may be close enough soldierant Apr 28 #35

Who's committing hate speech? Shipwack Apr 28 #37

The way the right wing adopted and reversed "safe space" discourse is the stark warning Prairie Gates Apr 28 #2

I think we are just seeing the begining of wnylib Apr 28 #12

Do your own research Prairie Gates Apr 28 #13

Thank you for this thoughtful reply. I'll look forward to your additional research and findings. erronis Apr 28 #18

I look forward to reading your OP. yardwork Apr 28 #23

I find that there are a few that will always group innocent civilians amoing terrorists... canuckledragger Apr 28 #29

The rightwingers have been looking for a scheme to... Think. Again. Apr 28 #3

Distraction is what thieves collude on and concoct when planning and then committing the robbery. n/t Marcus IM Apr 28 #33

"Tin soldiers and Nixon's comin'..." SeanHG Apr 28 #5

Why can't we learn from the past? WHY? nt Shipwack Apr 28 #38

I feel the bdamomma Apr 28 #39

Comparing the anti-Israel protests to those of the Vietnam war is a false analogy. Beastly Boy Apr 28 #6

Yes BannonsLiver Apr 28 #9

Horseshit and gunsmoke. Magoo48 Apr 28 #16

If that is true, where are the other protests? yardwork Apr 28 #22

Yeah whataboutthat? Voltaire2 Apr 28 #26

No, this not whataboutism. yardwork Apr 28 #28

Lulzd. Voltaire2 Apr 28 #31

Easy enough to anwser. Eko Apr 28 #36

You do mean this to be a comparison between protesting the Vietnam war and protesting Beastly Boy Apr 28 #24

Perhaps Magoo48 Apr 29 #41

Then where are the anti-Hamas protests? Because they are the ones that started this war. W_HAMILTON Apr 28 #40

Social Justice education met Netanyahu's behavior and together they erased Israel's special space Model35mech Apr 28 #7

And yet people keep thinking that throwing money at cops won't increase violence. K&R. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 28 #8

Yes, just like pretending crime wouldn't exist if cops went away. BannonsLiver Apr 28 #11

It should scare the shit out of everyone malaise Apr 28 #10

Nobody is suggesting to punish the protesters for exercising first amendment rights. Beastly Boy Apr 28 #14

So you are ok.. with.. DemocratInPa Apr 28 #17

"First amendment rights apparently are only for fascists, white supremacists and their allies" --- soon 2A also erronis Apr 28 #19

Yep malaise Apr 28 #20

Kent State massacre anniversary in six days. twodogsbarking Apr 28 #15