BLM attacks man, steals his gun

[Rap]

What he did was not wise. But that does not in any way make the outcome "his fault".

Not "wise."
That's possibly the understatement of the year. But we're only in May, so don't get comfortable being in the lead!

The driver escalated the situation, there's no getting around that. He successfully got through the crowd and then stopped in order to pop shit back at them.

 

[spat]

Not "wise."
That's possibly the understatement of the year. But we're only in May, so don't get comfortable being in the lead!

The driver escalated the situation, there's no getting around that. He successfully got through the crowd and then stopped in order to pop shit back at them.

There was no "escalating" at that point. The crowd was already fully "escalated".

If he'd thrown it in reverse and backed over half a dozen of them instead I'd say "good for him".

That would have also have been "unwise", but so was blocking the Red Coats on their way to confiscate cannons at Concorde and signing a declaration of treason against the king.


We have the vestiges of a justice system, but if it will not or can not control rioting and looting like this, then people are going to have to do something themselves. They will be undoubtedly be demonized for it. But there is only one way to defeat terrorism.

 

[holdover]

 

[Rap]

There was no "escalating" at that point. The crowd was already fully "escalated".

If he'd thrown it in reverse and backed over half a dozen of them instead I'd say "good for him".

That would have also have been "unwise", but so was blocking the Red Coats on their way to confiscate cannons at Concorde and signing a declaration of treason against the king.


We have the vestiges of a justice system, but if it will not or can not control rioting and looting like this, then people are going to have to do something themselves. They will be undoubtedly be demonized for it. But there is only one way to defeat terrorism.

How do you defeat terrorism? What's this one way you refer to?

 

[Robin]

Start with their sympathizers.
Robin

 

[FrankenCub]

How do you defeat terrorism?

Superior firepower

 

[spat]

How do you defeat terrorism?

There are different approaches depending on what stage it gets to.

The best approach is "we don't negotiate with terrorists" and not letting it take hold. Terrorism only works when people fear it. You downplay the danger publicly and make it ineffective at accomplishing it's goals.

It will always be out there, but you can reduce it to a non issue that way.

But, once it has gotten out of hand. Once the public has a fear of getting caught in it (legitimate or not), then it becomes an effective political tool, expect it to be used often and successfully. Success will just encourage more in a feedback loop to a dysfunctional society.

Once it gets to that stage (and we are there) all you can do is out terror the terrorists.

There is a lot of "soft" terrorism going on in America today. Cancel culture is the biggest example. You don't need to kill people and bomb things to be a terrorist, you just need to manipulate the public through a campaign of fear. Fear of being ostracized from society is every bit as effective as fear of a bombing or hijacking.

The only solution to that soft terror is better soft terror.

Like any war, the only path to victory is to demoralize your opponent until they lose the will to fight.

Ironically the best way to do that to the "defund the police" crew would be to do just that. If it becomes well known that the areas they are occupying are going to be under "the purge" rules, then outside groups (including probably some actual white supremacists) would consider it open season.

A few months under those ROE and they would be begging for the cops to come back. The ones who are left anyway.