Anti-Trump protests

[Ordos]

But would they have brought their guns?

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

10 minutes ago, Ordos said:

I have to wonder, if the situation was reversed, what the conservatives here would say about those protests...

I don't remember mass protesting when Obama was elected President. I know a lot of people were unhappy and said stupid shit and there may have been small gatherings; but I don't remember incidents like this. Am I wrong? I honestly don't know...

From what I remember; it was more so "what has America done..." "we're screwed..." etc.. 

[Tank]

1 minute ago, Ordos said:

But would they have brought their guns?

No, they just would have bought more ammo and canned food to restock their apocalypse bunkers in Montana and Idaho.

[Jason]

1 hour ago, cezero said:

the trump hanging effigy was no bueno

 

Could you imagine if conservatives did that to an Obama effigy? 

[Tank]

Eh, effigies don't bother me. There were plenty of them in the 70s and 80s in Europe for Carter and Reagan.

[IEAngelsfan]

2 minutes ago, Tank said:

Eh, effigies don't bother me. There were plenty of them in the 70s and 80s in Europe for Carter and Reagan.

Ha. I especially enjoyed the Reagan and Thatcher ones.

[Stradling]

I'm going to sound like an asshole, but fuck these protesters.  If they want to protest sure go ahead and protest, but to go out, start fires, block freeways, throw shit at cops, and break store front windows, well quite frankly they are criminals and their opinion is less valid in my opinion.  

[Thomas]

2 hours ago, mtangelsfan said:

Still totally think they all should have been impeached for this.  The fact that it worked out for them only makes it worse.

The problem is that the Constitution is really vague about the nomination and confirmation of the SCOTUS. 

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and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate

How exactly to do you narrow that down to a single meaning?  What implies that the Senate HAS to give consent?  It's a dick move. Not condoning what they did. But other than via the voting box what can be done realistically? 

[mtangelsfan]

Oh I know nothing can nor will be done about it.  If they wonder why there are protesters out there blocking traffic and burning stuff they should look no further than their own insufferable behavior for the SCOTUS nomination and when the dems did the sit down protest.

Bunch of big babies.

[Thomas]

9 hours ago, mancini79 said:

"I'm protesting because Trump wants to deport my parents back to Guam".

Ow, my brain. Can I be deported to Guam for a while? It sounds nice actually.

[arch stanton]

Just now, Thomas said:

Ow, my brain. Can I be deported to Guam for a while? It sounds nice actually.

Some of the wildest clubs I ever set foot in were in Guam. Be sure to bring cash.

[Jason]

26 minutes ago, Tank said:

I don't thinks cons would have done anything close to what we're seeing. 

Look at who's doing the majority of the protesting. They aren't people who understand democracy very well (see TORS's post) nor do they support republican viewpoints.

Priorities such as working and raising kids may get in the way of such extra curricular activities 

[Jason]

9 minutes ago, Stradling said:

I'm going to sound like an asshole, but fuck these protesters.  If they want to protest sure go ahead and protest, but to go out, start fires, block freeways, throw shit at cops, and break store front windows, well quite frankly they are criminals and their opinion is less valid in my opinion.  

None of these are even related to protesting

[Ordos]

30 minutes ago, Tank said:

No, they just would have bought more ammo and canned food to restock their apocalypse bunkers in Montana and Idaho.

Could one argue that incidents like the Oregon Standoff, or the extreme example of the Oklahoma City Bombing, are the flip-side versions of these protests? Obviously not the same, but I'm curious on your feelings there.

[red321]

27 minutes ago, Angels N Skins said:

Could you imagine if conservatives did that to an Obama effigy? 

sweet...a round of could you imagine

 

[Thomas]

(Disclaimer this isn't really entirely or exactly my argument or beliefs but I'll present it for conversation purposes.) 

The protesters, and the extraordinary social media responses in general, can be directly correlated with the campaigning strategy of H. Clinton.  Seeing as her own popularity was rather toxic practically her entire strategy was to attack Trump on an emotional level. She used considerable fear tactics to scare those willing to listen that Trump was a terrible person into almost a cult level of intensity. (Of course he made that pretty easy) And she cultivated that with slogans such as "I'm with her" and "Stronger together". Of course not every Democrat bought into this strategy and probably rolled their eyes. She isn't exactly the most charismatic leader ever after all. But clearly many bought in at a deeply emotional level. And many in this group began to act in a mob-like mentality with many of the negative aspects associated with this such as bullying and confirmation bias.So when the very unexpected election result occurred the reaction bypassed any rational response and went straight to the reptilian-brain rationale.

[nando714]

cops could always use the OT 

[Turd Ferguson]

These are probably the same people who excoriated Trump after he said in the 3rd debate that he didn't know whether he would accept the election results if Hillary won.

I don't recall there being riots, at least to this extent, after Obama was elected.

[Ordos]

2 minutes ago, Thomas said:

(Disclaimer this isn't really entirely or exactly my argument or beliefs but I'll present it for conversation purposes.) 

The protesters, and the extraordinary social media responses in general, can be directly correlated with the campaigning strategy of H. Clinton.  Seeing as her own popularity was rather toxic practically her entire strategy was to attack Trump on an emotional level. She used considerable fear tactics to scare those willing to listen that Trump was a terrible person into almost a cult level of intensity. (Of course he made that pretty easy) And she cultivated that with slogans such as "I'm with her" and "Stronger together". Of course not every Democrat bought into this strategy and probably rolled their eyes. She isn't exactly the most charismatic leader ever after all. But clearly many bought in at a deeply emotional level. And many in this group began to act in a mob-like mentality with many of the negative aspects associated with this such as bullying and confirmation bias.So when the very unexpected election result occurred the reaction bypassed any rational response and went straight to the reptilian-brain rationale.

I think much of both sides used tactics like these

[ten ocho recon scout]

7 hours ago, #CF8 said:

That you Ocho?

 

 

 

No, but ive got to be somewhere just outside that shot. The one in the middle was doing her act right in front of me.

[Jay]

Maybe the same people who organized the violence at Trump rallies are still at work here.

 

[Jason]

11 minutes ago, red321 said:

sweet...a round of could you imagine

 

I'm sure people called it racist and a hate crime

[Ordos]

8 minutes ago, Angels N Skins said:

I'm sure people called it racist and a hate crime

Can't imagine why an effigy of a lynched black man would be considered racist

[Thomas]

3 minutes ago, Ordos said:

I think much of both sides used tactics like these

Certainly, it's an election after all, but I don't think it was on the right to such a degree if only based on the resulting emotional reactions.  Perhaps it's harder to have as strong an emotional connection to the issues that would be affected in a Trump loss than a Trump win? If H. Clinton had won the right would have been their normal annoyingly upset selves on social media and such.  Some would likely have thrown a tantrum. But not this reaction that we've seen on the left. A reaction strong enough to necessitate grief counselors and me personally being worried about the literal well being of some of my friends. And of course the violent reactions of some.

[Ordos]

8 minutes ago, Thomas said:

Certainly, it's an election after all, but I don't think it was on the right to such a degree if only based on the resulting emotional reactions.  

Perhaps you misremember the chants of "Lock her up," the denigration of a race and religion, the implied encouragement of assasination, or the fellow yelling "Jew-S-A"?