Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search
7 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Milo Mania: Do President Donald J. Trump and the CPAC Crowd Owe UC-Berkeley Rioters an Apology? (Original Post) EricMaundry Feb 2017 OP
No, they're still assholes and probably plants. meadowlander Feb 2017 #1
More info pls. who are you? brush Feb 2017 #3
Bizarre request. meadowlander Feb 2017 #4
I live in Sierra Madre BamaRefugee Feb 2017 #2
No - no one who disrupts a peaceful protest with violence and vandalism deserves an apology. jmg257 Feb 2017 #5
The peaceful protestors at Berkeley are the ones who are owed an apology. Initech Feb 2017 #6
I think the question should be asked a different way Caliman73 Feb 2017 #7

meadowlander

(4,395 posts)
1. No, they're still assholes and probably plants.
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 05:22 AM
Feb 2017

No excuse for disrupting a peaceful protest, putting the genuine protestors in harm's way and discrediting the message.

meadowlander

(4,395 posts)
4. Bizarre request.
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 01:14 PM
Feb 2017

Alert if you think I'm a troll.

Who I am is irrelevant to the discussion of whether or not rioters ever deserve an apology.

I am someone who protests peacefully and is sick of having my wellbeing at protests threatened by dipshits in black masks playing anarchist, not to mention the one time in a hundred that the protest actual does get any press it then only becomes about the dipshits smashing windows and not the tens of thousands of people who came out because they actually believe in something and want to improve things.

jmg257

(11,996 posts)
5. No - no one who disrupts a peaceful protest with violence and vandalism deserves an apology.
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 01:30 PM
Feb 2017

Blac block rioters can go f&^% themselves.

Initech

(100,068 posts)
6. The peaceful protestors at Berkeley are the ones who are owed an apology.
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 01:34 PM
Feb 2017

The violent pieces of shit looting and rioting can go fuck themselves.

Caliman73

(11,736 posts)
7. I think the question should be asked a different way
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 03:00 PM
Feb 2017

Does anyone owe the rioters at Berkeley an apology? I would say, No, not at all. Do they owe the peaceful protesters who were present before the disruptive rioters came about, an apology? I would still say, No.

Are the peaceful protesters who did not want a disgusting POS like Yiannopolis to speak at their school vidicated? There I would say, Yes, yes they were. They knew, like most of us know, that Yiannopolis says nothing that contributes anything to any discussion about anything. They most likely did not know about the pedophilia statements, but still, they were vindicated.

There are some riots that are understandable, though not condoned. The Watts Riots, the similar riots in DC, Philadelphia, etc... during the late 1960's and the riots in 1992, because of the conditions that people were living under.

Protests against vile and hateful people are acceptable and should continue. Riots that damage property in communities, over someone speaking, that is not acceptable.

Latest Discussions»General Discussion»Milo Mania: Do President ...