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KentuckyWoman

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32. That is not true.

Mon Nov 2, 2020, 12:42 PM

Nov 2020

Sitting at a lunch counter minding your own business is not fear and intimidation. Walking down the street with a sign is not fear and intimidation. Encouraging people to look at their own wrongness is not intimidation. Demanding justice is not intimidation.

They provoked yes. But fear and intimidate, no.

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Dan Rather: Can you even begin to imagine what would happen if these caravans... [View all] Nevilledog Nov 2020 OP

Good point. Or, if these were of latin american descent, or anything else too? Just like the ... SWBTATTReg Nov 2020 #1

From the horror movie........... MyOwnPeace Nov 2020 #3

Dan Rather is spot on again. brush Nov 2020 #2

WOW bluestarone Nov 2020 #4

I don't have to imagine because I know about the Freedom Riders in 1961. intheflow Nov 2020 #5

This is what has already happened. Ford_Prefect Nov 2020 #23

2 sets of rules - STILL. NoMoreRepugs Nov 2020 #6

Very much so. We have moved back a lot in four years. And it wasn't that good before that. Evolve Dammit Nov 2020 #15

Fux Newz demanding 24/7 that Apache Gun Ships patrol highways to obliterate the caravans? WyattKansas Nov 2020 #7

No police escort, for sure. BobTheSubgenius Nov 2020 #8

Dan Rather hits the nail right on the head AmericanCanuck Nov 2020 #9

We don't have to imagine gratuitous Nov 2020 #10

We have bdamomma Nov 2020 #11

Domestic terrorists SledDriver Nov 2020 #12

No it's not. Evolve Dammit Nov 2020 #16

Don't be silly -- they have COMPLETELY different flags ! Anyone can see that ! nt eppur_se_muova Nov 2020 #25

At least they had the incentive to create their own flag LiberalLovinLug Nov 2020 #35

While I don't agree with ISIS one bit, one has to assume its members have endured a lot of violence, Neema Nov 2020 #39

Yeah, we've seen some of that action Cha Nov 2020 #13

Sort of depends on the circumstances Klaralven Nov 2020 #14

While I don't necessarily agree with the tactic LisaM Nov 2020 #17

Is there any evidence that they were reckless? Klaralven Nov 2020 #18

They hit a car and terrified the people in the bus. LisaM Nov 2020 #20

I was thinking about the Garden State Parkway and Mario Cuomo Bridge blockages. Klaralven Nov 2020 #29

The difference being one group protests against injustice and the other intheflow Nov 2020 #26

All protests involve fear and intimidation. There would be no point otherwise. Klaralven Nov 2020 #27

All protests DO NOT involve fear and intimidation! intheflow Nov 2020 #30

How is power disrupted, other than by fear and intimidation? Klaralven Nov 2020 #31

You're really scared by peaceful protests, aren't you? intheflow Nov 2020 #34

That is not true. KentuckyWoman Nov 2020 #32

Don't call them caravans, they're domestic terrorist intimidation. Fla Dem Nov 2020 #19

Driving around with your SUV decorated is a parade. KentuckyWoman Nov 2020 #33

Kick dalton99a Nov 2020 #21

K&R Blue Owl Nov 2020 #22

Well, look what happened to black people who tried to MARCH to the polls -- no guns, no trucks -- eppur_se_muova Nov 2020 #24

Little kids and the disabled too. It was disgusting. I'm seething about it. Neema Nov 2020 #37

true this llashram Nov 2020 #28

BLM marches shut down some highways and roads here in LA and everyone was arrested TeamPooka Nov 2020 #36

Can we send them to the border and not let them stop? Brainfodder Nov 2020 #38