Nationwide riot megathread

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

5 hours ago, laylalex said:

But you did say: 

 

"Happening" implies that there are riots currently ongoing, not ones that have already occurred (i.e. it is the present continuous tense). Of course there could be some in the future, none of us have a crystal ball. But I wanted to make clear to people who may not be paying attention that there's nothing of the sort happening here now, nor has there been for almost two and a half months. Minor point but an important one I think. Call it boosterism.  

Considering that Chauvin didn't kill Floyd, why have any riots at all?  What was the point, exactly?  Do you support any of them or their intended message?

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

4 hours ago, laylalex said:

But you pointed out Los Angeles specifically, and they aren't happening. They happened. They might happen again. But happening? No.

 

I have some time before I have to do a wedding planning call with my mom and sister, we can bat this back and forth.  

hap·pen·ing

/ˈhap(ə)niNG/

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noun

an event or occurrence.

"altogether it was an eerie happening"

 

a partly improvised or spontaneous piece of theatrical or other artistic performance, typically involving audience participation.

"a multimedia happening"

[OriZ 3,157]

9 hours ago, Burnt Reynolds said:

Only some black lives matter.

 

https://www.foxnews.com/us/seattle-police-chief-carmen-best-resignation-lack-of-respect

 

We'll see if Seattle voters are going to take back their city, or encourage this chaos and watch an exodus.

I actually refer to them as OOLM nowadays (only our lives matter). It's funny doing it publicly and telling people what it means after they ask about it

[OriZ 3,157]

9 hours ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

Being such a truly middle of the road guy, I can usually understand how others arrive a certain viewpoints, regardless if I agree. 

But defunding the po po is insane. No logic can justify this insanity.  Its going to bite them in the cabose 

I'm usually the same way, but when it comes to rioting it's totally black and white( no pun). If you agree with it, you're a moron at least as far as that is concerned. There's a right and a wrong in that one. Rioting is never right.

[Burnt Reynolds 5,058]

8 hours ago, Voice of Reason said:

Considering that Chauvin didn't kill Floyd, why have any riots at all?  What was the point, exactly?  Do you support any of them or their intended message?

Just Mike Tyson'd the hornets nest. 

 

3 hours ago, OriZ said:

I'm usually the same way, but when it comes to rioting it's totally black and white( no pun). If you agree with it, you're a moron at least as far as that is concerned. There's a right and a wrong in that one. Rioting is never right.

Let's hope the geniuses doing this at the behest of much smarter people figure it out sooner rather than later that there's no benefit to this. 

[laylalex 7,249]

11 hours ago, Voice of Reason said:

hap·pen·ing

/ˈhap(ə)niNG/

Learn to pronounce

 

noun

an event or occurrence.

"altogether it was an eerie happening"

 

a partly improvised or spontaneous piece of theatrical or other artistic performance, typically involving audience participation.

"a multimedia happening"

But it wasn't used as a noun there by Burnt. It was used as a participle, as part of the present continuous verb tense. 

[Dashinka 23,267]

12 minutes ago, laylalex said:

But it wasn't used as a noun there by Burnt. It was used as a participle, as part of the present continuous verb tense. 

Kind of mincing words here.  Were there riots in CA and specifically the LA area?  Might there be more in the future?  Quite possibly.

[laylalex 7,249]

7 minutes ago, Dashinka said:

Kind of mincing words here.  Were there riots in CA and specifically the LA area?  Might there be more in the future?  Quite possibly.

There was looting in Santa Monica and in a couple parts of LA (specifically on Melrose and at the Grove). This happened at the end of May and the consensus from police is that it was organized crime that took advantage of the protests and the great number of people out on the streets to burglarize and vandalize businesses. There really hasn't been anything remarkable here since then, and there have been protests all over LA/SM/Culver City/BH/WeHo/etc., almost every day, if not every day. It's very, very chill here. I can't predict anything, so yeah, of course something could happen. Most of the protests I've seen in the past month are groups of seniors of every ethnicity standing on corners of major intersections, holding BLM signs, pro-teachers signs, etc. I always honk and wave hi, and they wave back. 

 

Nothing in the news ever about riots or things being crazy around here. I have the Citizen app, and most of my notifications are about someone threatening another person with a skateboard or a person walking into a 7-Eleven with their pants off, demanding to speak with God. There was an incident at the end of July near LA City Hall I heard about, police were in a showdown with protesters, with a few people getting physical with cops, pushing and shoving on all sides. There was some minor vandalism, a few arrests. But the cops said it was just a few people vandalizing, not the group as a whole. Since then, nothing. This place isn't a tinderbox, and the cops have done a good job for the most part in not escalating things unnecessarily.

 

Here's something that happened a few days ago that probably flew under the radar: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/hundreds-of-pro-trump-protesters-march-through-west-hollywood-to-beverly-hills/ Peaceful, just like pretty much everything else that's happening here. 

[Burnt Reynolds 5,058]

When talking to non-Californians, Santa Monica is generally my geographical point of reference for tolerable beach water, and that's because I spent most of my life in the SF Bay Area chilling on the beaches and enjoying tourists going to places like Half Moon Bay, Santa Cruz, Monterey (hell, even Pismo), hitting the beach, throwing off their shirt, sandals, etc., sprinting for the water, jumping in it, then screaming bloody murder and running out (as it was freezing cold). I'm sure nowadays they're a bit more prepared having research tools at their disposal so are more likely to either go south, go inland, or use a bodysuit. 

 

Anyways, the smaller sections/offshoots of these metro cities undoubtedly will contribute to their reputation, the way Richmond and Berkeley contribute to Oakland, East Palo Alto and South City contribute to SF, and so on. 

 

Regardless of the peaceful nature of many of these protests, what makes them memorable is the rioters, and there'd really be no sympathy if it were people on the other side of it torching buildings, seizing parts of cities, looting, attacking cops, attacking people, doxxing and harassing elected reps at their home, trespassing and threatening, and so on. And as long as these people cover for those doing this and make little to no effort to separate themselves, knowing their sympathies and defense of Antifa/BLM, they're logically going to be swept up in it too. I'm okay with that. Rationality needs to prevail and in a meaningful way, not a pointless virtue signal way, I don't like where the demographic I grew up and loved are taking things. So that's why you see me so viciously opposed. There's no being nice to that, these tactics turn nations into vast lands of suffering and misery, and we have wretched American foreign policy since WW2 to thank for showing us that.

Edited August 12, 2020 by Burnt Reynolds

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

2 hours ago, Burnt Reynolds said:

When talking to non-Californians, Santa Monica is generally my geographical point of reference for tolerable beach water, and that's because I spent most of my life in the SF Bay Area chilling on the beaches and enjoying tourists going to places like Half Moon Bay, Santa Cruz, Monterey (hell, even Pismo), hitting the beach, throwing off their shirt, sandals, etc., sprinting for the water, jumping in it, then screaming bloody murder and running out (as it was freezing cold). I'm sure nowadays they're a bit more prepared having research tools at their disposal so are more likely to either go south, go inland, or use a bodysuit. 

 

Anyways, the smaller sections/offshoots of these metro cities undoubtedly will contribute to their reputation, the way Richmond and Berkeley contribute to Oakland, East Palo Alto and South City contribute to SF, and so on. 

 

Regardless of the peaceful nature of many of these protests, what makes them memorable is the rioters, and there'd really be no sympathy if it were people on the other side of it torching buildings, seizing parts of cities, looting, attacking cops, attacking people, doxxing and harassing elected reps at their home, trespassing and threatening, and so on. And as long as these people cover for those doing this and make little to no effort to separate themselves, knowing their sympathies and defense of Antifa/BLM, they're logically going to be swept up in it too. I'm okay with that. Rationality needs to prevail and in a meaningful way, not a pointless virtue signal way, I don't like where the demographic I grew up and loved are taking things. So that's why you see me so viciously opposed. There's no being nice to that, these tactics turn nations into vast lands of suffering and misery, and we have wretched American foreign policy since WW2 to thank for showing us that.

You did/said nothing wrong nor inaccurate.

 

You should come visit us and see what nice beaches/water is really like!

[TBoneTX 43,131]

5 hours ago, laylalex said:

participle, as part of the present continuous verb tense. 

Provoking NB!  Reported!!!!!

[Dashinka 23,267]

16 minutes ago, TBoneTX said:

Provoking NB!  Reported!!!!!

Now that is funny!

[TBoneTX 43,131]

2 hours ago, Dashinka said:

Now that is funny!

And it was wanton provocation, at that!

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

1 hour ago, TBoneTX said:

And it was wanton provocation, at that!

Unlike wontons.  Yummy!!

[laylalex 7,249]

3 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

Unlike wontons.  Yummy!!

He missed a trick there.

Highly provocative imo.