the chapo boys repeatedly told us nothing was going to happen

  • anth [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    no other protests outside of DC.

    They breached the Kansas statehouse, they were trying in oregon, they managed to get through the gates of the governors mansion in washington.

    • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Still pretty isolated events for the most part. They only faced a violent police force in LA I think? I mean it's terrible, but the biggest reason they're getting this far is police compliance. None of them are really resisting the police. Even in DC, they were just calmly asked to disperse with no tear gas or batons or LRAD. Their numbers aren't that massive. Like 2,000 max in a protest. Even my small town was still having gatherings larger than that 2 weeks into the George Floyd protests.

      They don't even know what to do when they get into these places. Some people planted bombs, some people just took selfies, some just started shooting at other protestors. It's just moronic. They aren't organized, they're just going places and standing around for the most part. That's why they needed the food stands, they'd just leave if they got hungry. There isn't any drive to change things in them. They don't have any sort of genuine ideology to organize around. The only reason they're even going out is because they know nothing will happen to them.