One of the reasons we have such an enormous culture clash in the last decade (aside from Wokeism and Orange Hitler) is the breakdown of the State part of The United States of America. Each state is supposed to act relatively independently from the federal level. The rednecks fucked off to Alabama and formed a culture; the Mormons fucked off to Utah and fornicated a culture, and drillers fucked off to Oklahoma and formed a culture. Each State is supposed to largely operate as a smaller country. It's why crossing state lines is such a big deal; it's similar to going from Poland to Germany to murder someone: more jurisdictions at risk.
It's also why Trump had to give the States time to deal with the riots. He's not Plan A, B, or C.
I'm not saying country-wide cohesiveness is a bad thing but all of the frictions between different cultures are becoming because we are highlighting and brandishing the differences. People like Zuby, Eric D July, and Morgan Freeman have the right idea.
"I happen to be black, so what?"
You make an excellent point. I truly wish that the federal government was simply an umbrella to promise security and disperse a single flat rate tax. Wouldnt it be great if we stuck to the original blueprint for this country, and everyone found their own niche in 50 different zones of opportunity? I abhor the idea of Californians moving to havens like Texas, turning them into the very environment they left behind. I could go into the whole mess with illegal immigration having caused a great deal of this, but the gist is basically that, because we are unable to account for and direct the flow of illegals, they are all ending up in just a few border states.
You come here. you should follow the laws and not expect everyone else to change for you. Most states have a good thing going for them. Making them all the same is tearing us apart as a nation.
And to be honest, I just want to be left alone. I have to live in a suburb of a city because of work, but the moment I consolidate enough money, I'm buying several hundred acres of wasteland and jumping off the grid to raise horse-sized dogs
It just pisses me off that my fucking taxes are going to be going toward fixing these messes, but meanwhile they don't lay a dime because they have a free check coming every month. Instead of actual community improvements, funding for animal shelters and libraries, millions will be spent so that we can sweep this unholy tantrum under the table.
I support any and all forms of protesting, dont get me wrong. I dont care if its white conservatives or black liberals toting AKs on the state capital's steps. But the minute you break the law, you forfeit a lot of those rights.
Setting a curfew does nothing if you are not going to enforce it. Ample, ample time was given to leave the protests and go to their homes. They had been out all day doing it, it wasn't like they had to wait to get out of work. So despite many of these remaining peaceful, they are not following the curfew and that in itself is grounds for action to be taken. You cant just say you are enforcing something, yet take no action.
They are forcing trump's hand to take the reigns and appear like a dictator. Because they are enabling these protests. Deflecting blame on trump puts pressure on him, but also gives their own base some delusional notions that this is a fucking revolution.
I was getting into it with someone about the 2nd amendment today, and upon mentioning that it was to "maintain a regulated militia" , they honestly said "and what is a militia for? See? That's what's happening."
But this isnt militia fighting. This is just needless violence. When these properly organized militia are activated tostand up to an actual tyrannical government, they declare their demands preemptively. But this is no rebellion. We dont even fucking know what these people want.
The cops are going to get prosecuted. Yeah, it sucks it happened and it wasn't right. But no one is saying they should get off. No one is delaying justice.
White people get murdered by cops too, yet you dont see this reaction. If anything, it is being construed as a race issue, when it really is an issue with police protocol and their relationship with the citizens they serve.
But if they realized that, then it would no longer be about trump. It would no longer be about rising against a tyrannical government, per the 2nd amendment. They want a villain so badly. The thing is, they have one in these individual officers who abuse power. Yet they refuse to let their leading villain be anyone other than trump.
If this was really a fucking dictatorship, you wouldn't be able to protest. There would be no dissenting opinions. And it is not like the police and NG arent well equipped to decimate this thing by force if they wanted to.
They are so badly wanting to justify some sort of coup, wanting to be the heroes in this story, fighting for freedom, staging photo ops so that they will be in our next generation's textbooks. But they fail to see that nearly every "bad guy" has never gone into a situation not thinking they were a hero for fighting for their opinions. The nazis portrayed themselves as a benevolent and righteous sort of people.
The phrase "wrong side of history" is overused by the left, but it is times like these where I can absolutely see people looking back and asking how the hell anyone tolerated this. How any of this was even relevant. This isnt rodney king. The cops are being punished.
Why do they have to punish everyone else? Why must I be forced to join a cause like this? Why must we be shamed for calling out the protestors, with our aggressors somehow coming to the conclusion that we are racist because we dont want to march in the streets?
Police killings are worldwide. No one in the world but this community chimps out when this happens. Grow up. Get over it.
If you want to take one thing from my post, let it be this: there is no endgame for these people. Aside from Trump being strung up like Mussolini, they are not going to be satisfied with anything we do.
I wish that reparations were all that was needed to get them to stfu. But you make that concession and you are basically admitting to guilt that is not your own, and retribution that is not theirs.
