Quote from: TECSHARE on June 16, 2020, 11:05:19 PM

Quote from: squatz1 on June 16, 2020, 10:23:09 PM

But he did take the bait -- the guy literally teargassed peaceful protestors in D.C. as a show of force so he could take a photo op. Is there anyway that you could justify that photo op as many any sense? No one wants to see peaceful protesters being rushed by police with the reason of "The President wants to take a picture in front of the Church"

The optics behind doing that was horrible, and you know it's true TecShare.

Give me a fucking break. The POTUS should be able to cross the street in front of The White House safely. I can absolutely justify it, it was him sending a message that you don't get to riot out of control, and at any time he can end this. That is called deterrent effect. No one was teargassed, and they were given an order to disperse with several warnings, making their presence there ILLEGAL. This is a well established precedent.

These are not fucking peaceful protestors. They are rioters, and at best intentionally serving as cover for rioters. If they weren't they would be regulating themselves. I see it any time there is a conservative rally when some ass hat wants to start shit, usually intentionally trying to make them look bad. They get shut down FAST by ACTUAL peaceful protestors. All these city centers are being burned to the ground, police being poisoned, murdered, people being beat, robbed and shot, but OH THE HUMANITY! WHATABOUT MUH TEARY BOIS! You are either a fucking chump or a liar if you pretend this was a lopsided use of force. As far as the optics and as far as the media goes Trump could walk on water and the media would report that he can't swim. The only ones sucking down this propaganda jizm are the ones who are already true believers of the orange man bad at all costs cult.

The ones in DC at the time weren't rioters. They were peaceful protesters.

You can literally see that in so many videos. It's not like these people were all attempting to break into the WH. Trump had a plan where he wanted to go to the church and take a picture -- but he wouldn't be able to do so because there were protestors in the surrounding areas (where they're allowed to be protesting) Everyone in this country has a right to peacefully protest.

In some areas are people rioting? Yes.

Are the majority of people rioting? No.

Did the authorize the use of force against peaceful protesters to take his picture? Yes.

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