Current Events > Portland sees peaceful night of protests following withdrawal of federal agents

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CyricZ posted...

Awww Samaxe blocked me you guys.

Sad face.

Same. And he closed his moron topic.
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tm315 posted...

the building is fine, the fires were no big deal

fake news

So you're saying fires in the street, taking down protective boarding on buildings, and attacking a building is peaceful?

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Ruvan22 posted...

The fires were put out by other protesters. I'm sure that'll be the next thing Samaxe says, since he's so committed to reporting all the facts.

It's irrelevant, seeing as people part of the protest, started the fire. And my only point was that peace didnt not continue after the federal agents left. No one is saying all of the protesters are bad. But facts are facts.

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DeadBankerDream posted...

Same. And he closed his moron topic.

Well then I guess he lost the argument. Unconditional surrender.

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Samaxe posted...

So you're saying fires in the street, taking down protective boarding on buildings, and attacking a building is peaceful?

what

tm315 posted...

what

What part of the sentence was not clear? Also the people who think it IS a big deal, happen to be the ones who are living on those streets, now filled with debris and broken buildings. Your lack of empathy is telling.

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Did they burn any Quran's along with the Bible?

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Attacking buildings

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Samaxe posted...

What part of the sentence was not clear

how it was in response to me

your empathy being focused on the property rather than the lives is telling

Samaxe posted...

It's irrelevant, seeing as people part of the protest, started the fire. And my only point was that peace didnt not continue after the federal agents left. No one is saying all of the protesters are bad. But facts are facts.

Then maybe you should have led with your point? Because otherwise you give the appearance of having a bias/wanting to portray protesters in a negative light.

And there are quite a few people on this board who say "all of the protesters are bad", Houston for one. As you said, facts are facts

Ruvan22 posted...

Then maybe you should have led with your point? Because otherwise you give the appearance of having a bias/wanting to portray protesters in a negative light.

And there are quite a few people on this board who say "all of the protesters are bad", Houston for one. As you said, facts are facts

It's quite clear what my point was. You seem to want everyone to think all of the protesters are innocent bystanders, which is also not true.

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tm315 posted...

how it was in response to me

your empathy being focused on the property rather than the lives is telling

You said it was fake news and not a big deal. None of that is true. Its not fake news for one. Secondly, its a big deal to people who actually live on and work on those streets, and have to deal with the violence and broken property. This goes back to the empathy thing, which you ignored and tried to project back onto me.

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Omg small garbage fires and a building that didn't get harmed. I'm still more concerned about the police brutality

Samaxe posted...

It's quite clear what my point was. You seem to want everyone to think all of the protesters are innocent bystanders, which is also not true.

Hey if you post short statements without connecting them, the lack of clarity in your point is on you champ.

Where exactly did I say "all of the protesters are innocent bystanders"?

Ruvan22 posted...
Where exactly did I say "all of the protesters are innocent bystanders"?

Hey if you post short statements without connecting them, the lack of clarity in your point is on you champ.

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Stewman_Magoo posted...

Looks like they were burning a Confederate flag...

So patriots then

Act accordingly and be peaceful and you'll be fine. Shame most can't do that.
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Muflaggin posted...

Shame most can't do that.

What would you put that percentage at? Ballpark. Don't be shy now.

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Yeah, who would've thunk that not having federal agents kidnapping people off the streets would not escalate it.

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Prestoff posted...

Yeah, who would've thunk that not having federal agents kidnapping people off the streets would not escalate it.

amazing, right??

Samaxe posted...

It's quite clear what my point was. You seem to want everyone to think all of the protesters are innocent bystanders, which is also not true.

Samaxe posted...

Hey if you post short statements without connecting them, the lack of clarity in your point is on you champ.

Might want to work on that reading comprehension champ - especially the term imply. Here I'll even define it for you so you don't have to work too hard:
Imply

1. strongly suggest the truth or existence of (something not expressly stated).
2. "the salesmen who uses jargon to imply his superior knowledge"

So again, where did I say or suggest "all of the protesters are innocent bystanders"?

Ruvan22 posted...

Might want to work on that reading comprehension champ - especially the term imply. Here I'll even define it for you so you don't have to work too hard:
Imply

1. strongly suggest the truth or existence of (something not expressly stated).
2. "the salesmen who uses jargon to imply his superior knowledge"

So again, where did I say or suggest "all of the protesters are innocent bystanders"?

You're not fooling anyone "champ". You entered this conversation not being able to understand a simple statement, and now you're pretending like your statement was NOT in defense of the protesters.. Your desire to jump into the conversation like you did, and the words you used is all that is needed to understand your motives.

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Samaxe posted...

You're not fooling anyone "champ". You entered this conversation not being able to understand a simple statement, and now you're pretending like your statement was NOT in defense of the protesters.. Your desire to jump into the conversation like you did, and the words you used is all that is needed to understand your motives.

Interestingly if we take *your* first statement, it doesn't support your "I was just pointing out that not all protectors are good" claim earlier, seems like your desire to jump horses midstream outdid you.

For clarity, I never said my statements *weren't* in defense of protesters (that's a straw man you created), I just took issue with you implying that I said "all protesters are innocent". Being able to understand distinctions is a core part of reading comprehension - feel free to ask for more examples.

Professional internet arguments are the worst, start mudslinging... this is boring

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Ruvan22 posted...

Interestingly if we take *your* first statement, it doesn't support your "I was just pointing out that not all protectors are good" claim earlier, seems like your desire to jump horses midstream outdid you.

Why would I want examples of reading comprehension distinctions from you? You continue to not understand how conversations work. You jumped into the conversation, making a statement about me needing to "post all the facts" and then start insinuating that I had a bad faith argument, when all I did was link to a news report about how the violence didnt end, when this topic was about how it did end. That was my original statement. A simple link and quote from a NEWS ARTICLE.

Ruvan22 posted...
For clarity, I never said my statements *weren't* in defense of protesters (that's a straw man you created), I just took issue with you implying that I said "all protesters are innocent". Being able to understand distinctions is a core part of reading comprehension - feel free to ask for more examples.

You don't have to straight out say you were doing it, which is why I said, "you seem to". Seem=/= a straw man argument. That is a simple opinion of mine. Opinions aren't a strawman. Your original comment was a fallacy, so I wouldn't even be bringing that up if I were you.

Once again, my original statement was clear, there was no need for you to jump into it, and start making nonsensical statements. Yet here we are.

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Lmao everyone acting like they weren't rioting before the feds arrived.

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VTBM posted...

Lmao everyone acting like they weren't rioting before the feds arrived.

Yea. The gaslighting is unbelievable.

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Cheater87 posted...

You mean without kidnapping government goons people are happier? Who would have thought?

PrettyBoyFloyd posted...

If the agents are gone and the police don't give a fuck anymore then why are people still protesting?

I mean people can now go and do whatever they want.

We know the reason.

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Samaxe posted...

Yea. The gaslighting is unbelievable.

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But last night antifa got back to their old tricks and tried to fuck with the Portland Sheriff's office before a riot squad had to send them on their way. Not peaceful
https://twitter.com/ByMikeBaker/status/1289783777758126080?s=19

CHAZWarden posted...

Not peaceful

Per the other videos in that thread, it appeared peaceful untill the riot police were pushing them away.

I know the police statement, but it is contrary to any video I saw so far

its a cop riot

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josifrees posted...

its a cop riot

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Police_riot

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Mark_DeRosa posted...

That was quick

a police officer who believe throwaway alts quoting the daily wire on dying message boards

where can I contact your superior to tell him you are clearly unfit for active duty
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josifrees posted...

its a cop riot

This, evidently

Why do you guys continuously let new users and novice users derail topics with bad faith arguments
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