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gollygee

(22,336 posts) Wed Nov 4, 2020, 05:28 PM Nov 2020

Imagine a Black Lives Matter protest with protestors trying to break into a county vote-tally room.

How would that go? What would happen to the protestors?

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Imagine a Black Lives Matter protest with protestors trying to break into a county vote-tally room. (Original Post) gollygee Nov 2020 OP

You ever seen Robocop? rownesheck Nov 2020 #1

I would expect batons and bullets. n/t Harker Nov 2020 #2

Actually, imagine any group of people other than white presumably Christian people doing this gollygee Nov 2020 #3

Beautiful analogy! Grins Nov 2020 #4

rownesheck

(2,343 posts)

1. You ever seen Robocop?

Reply to gollygee (Original post)

Wed Nov 4, 2020, 05:30 PM

Nov 2020

They would dispatch a few of those giant machine cops and just start blasting away.

Harker

(14,012 posts)

2. I would expect batons and bullets. n/t

Reply to gollygee (Original post)

Wed Nov 4, 2020, 05:31 PM

Nov 2020

gollygee

(22,336 posts)

3. Actually, imagine any group of people other than white presumably Christian people doing this

Reply to gollygee (Original post)

Wed Nov 4, 2020, 05:34 PM

Nov 2020

Latino? Islamic? No matter who it would be, there would be at the very least tear gas and lots of arrests.

Grins

(7,217 posts)

4. Beautiful analogy!

Reply to gollygee (Original post)

Wed Nov 4, 2020, 05:36 PM

Nov 2020

I often do the same: flip it by changing the players.

Dan Rather did it over the weekend when he asked to imagine if (in Texas) it was a TRUMP bus that was surrounded and harassed by Black Lives Matter people. Still feel that was OK...?

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