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Baitball Blogger

(46,700 posts)
Sun Jan 17, 2021, 04:38 PM Jan 2021

Makes me sick when they say, "This is OUR building," as if that justifies the storming of the

Capitol when we all know they meant to steal, destroy, kidnap and possibly murder. Why can't they just stop and recognize that their intentions point to the fact that they are criminals.

They don't own our public areas. At best, public places are common ground. Places which are available to ALL of us. But I know it's pointless to make that comparison, because this same crowd does not respect common ground. In areas like mine, common area are targeted for hostile take-overs. Adverse Possession. And it looks like this kind of thinking has gone from stealing open spaces on plats and HOA areas, to now trying to take over our Public buildings.

Just to reinforce that connection, I do distinctly remember that kind of talk "They work for us," being spread around a City Hall public meeting, at a time when the community leaders, along with elected officials, led us all into a lawsuit that resulted in a two million dollar settlement. From what I observed, civil lawsuits that end in settlement agreements that no one pays for directly, do not create an incentive that will put down the kind of thinking that results in abusive take-overs. So I'm not surprised to discover that 22 years later, we are where we are today with these idiots storming the Capitol Building.

If you want to put an end to these criminal activities, the penalties must be stiffer.

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Makes me sick when they say, "This is OUR building," as if that justifies the storming of the (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Jan 2021 OP
K&R. William769 Jan 2021 #1
I'd like to see them use that logic with stealing a police car or tank. muntrv Jan 2021 #2
Hope they saw the same thing when they reach malaise Jan 2021 #3
LOL! I hear the organic menu is excellent in prison. spooky3 Jan 2021 #4
Are you sure - that's not what I'm reading! malaise Jan 2021 #8
If you believe it, then it is true! Nt spooky3 Jan 2021 #11
It is their building, and my building and all Americas building. Just because a few traitors want in LiberalArkie Jan 2021 #5
Yes. Watching them befoul and desecrate one of our most important buildings BusyBeingBest Jan 2021 #6
Blaire Erskine (comedian) explains it all: spooky3 Jan 2021 #7
Do they smear feces on the walls in their own homes? Generic Brad Jan 2021 #9
Have you seen these people? CaptainTruth Jan 2021 #12
This is how they treat their own property. Of course not. These people are animals however. OregonBlue Jan 2021 #10
This is why we can't have nice things. cyclonefence Jan 2021 #13
By the same logic, the White House belongs to BLM protestors, no? greenjar_01 Jan 2021 #14
it's OUR house too and they just took an enormous dump in our kitchen 0rganism Jan 2021 #15
There are lots of public buildings paid for with tax dollars PatSeg Jan 2021 #16
Same people that were vandalizing national parks, robbob Jan 2021 #17
K and R Ferrets are Cool Jan 2021 #18
It's all of ours and I want restitution. roamer65 Jan 2021 #19

LiberalArkie

(15,713 posts)
5. It is their building, and my building and all Americas building. Just because a few traitors want in
Sun Jan 17, 2021, 04:42 PM
Jan 2021

to rape and pillage the building and the peoples inside doesn't mean the co-owners want the same.

BusyBeingBest

(8,052 posts)
6. Yes. Watching them befoul and desecrate one of our most important buildings
Sun Jan 17, 2021, 04:45 PM
Jan 2021

with their violence and vandalism and stupidity made me sick--and the incessant zombie-like "YOO ESS AYY! YOO ESS AYY!" chant is now the official cry of American-grown terrorism.

Generic Brad

(14,274 posts)
9. Do they smear feces on the walls in their own homes?
Sun Jan 17, 2021, 04:49 PM
Jan 2021

That sure doesn't seem like something you would do to a facility you claim ownership to.

 

greenjar_01

(6,477 posts)
14. By the same logic, the White House belongs to BLM protestors, no?
Sun Jan 17, 2021, 05:39 PM
Jan 2021

Why were they kept out with walls and tear gas?

0rganism

(23,944 posts)
15. it's OUR house too and they just took an enormous dump in our kitchen
Sun Jan 17, 2021, 05:45 PM
Jan 2021

as more of the details emerge Americans will be less inclined to let the terrorists off the hook in the name of "moving on". their actions disgraced our nation and pretending it didn't happen or it didn't matter will do nothing to repair the damage.

PatSeg

(47,400 posts)
16. There are lots of public buildings paid for with tax dollars
Sun Jan 17, 2021, 05:45 PM
Jan 2021

Schools, libraries, police stations, court buildings, post offices - no one thinks it is alright to break into them and damage property. Nice "law & order" party.

robbob

(3,527 posts)
17. Same people that were vandalizing national parks,
Sun Jan 17, 2021, 05:47 PM
Jan 2021

cutting down trees, spraying graffiti on rocks and spreading garbage around.

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