I am NOT 'hoping' for riots when [Redacted] is perp-walked. But I do believe they'll be useful.

[TygrBright]

Riots are not peaceful protests. I could totally support peaceful protests, as they would generate many amusing misspelled signs and loony chants, etc. Everyone has a right to protest and I support the rights of [Redacted]'s cultists to do so as well.

Riots, on the other hand, are not good no matter what 'cause' they are in aid of. Riots are the worst impulses of human pack mentality acting out violence and destruction and they rarely end well for anyone. No one has a right to riot, the freedom to do so is not guaranteed in our Constitution in any way.

However.

If the GOPpies doomsaying "riots if [Redacted] faces the consequences of his criming and treason" are offering this up as a 'threat' I should remind them what happened the last time.

January 6th, 2021.

I've lost track of how many of those rioters have been identified, arrested, indicted, tried, and sentenced, and how many are awaiting trial. Hundreds, anyway.

And this is a good thing. Because the only risk greater than the riots that may or may not result from [Redacted] being held accountable are the consequences of IMPUNITY. Should [Redacted] NOT be held accountable, what will the next wannabe-authoritarian dictator manage to accomplish with the aid of their Oligarch enablers and funders?

Riots will at least allow law enforcement the opportunity to identify and hopefully get some of the worst of the would-be fascists rooting for the death of American representative democracy off the streets.

So, no... I'm not hoping we get those riots. I'm hoping we get ACCOUNTABILITY. And if that provokes riots, well, hopefully that will allow additional ACCOUNTABILITY. So we'll put them to good use, regardless of the painful cost.

You can't scare me with that B.S.

Just thought you should know, GOPpie traitors.

disgustedly,
Bright

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. There will be no uprising. They speak loudly on anonymous opinion boards....

but they won't jumpstart a civil war. They are Josh Hawley Republicans. Hate the Dems, but they are heading for the exits, at the 1st sign of trouble.

[wnylib]

14. Like they did on J6?

Several people insisted that MAGAs were all talk and no action prior to and after election day in 2020.

Never underestimate the opposition. Be prepared for the worst and happy if it doesn't happen.

[Meadowoak]

2. The MAGATs are cowards! They won't do anything but bitch.

[wnylib]

15. I heard that in 2020, too.

[cbabe]

3. Riots? I beg to differ.

Worldwide!

David Bowie & Mick Jagger - Dancing In The Streets (Official Video)

https://m.

[brooklynite]

4. Trump will not be perp-walked.

If indicted, he'll arrange with DOJ to surrender to officials. For security reasons, it'll be at a private entry.

[hvn_nbr_2]

5. Where would they riot?

Where would they riot? They probably think that riots happen in poor neighborhoods of POC, and they ain't gonna go there. Since they tend not to be focused in high population density areas, it would seem difficult to get enough of them together to create large riots that happen over large areas. So they'd probably be left with (maybe lots of) small riots around courthouses, other government buildings, or other symbolic structures of some sort. Small riots can be contained by existing law enforcement, tiring out of limited number of rioters, and potentially additional standard kinds of help such as national guard.

[wnylib]

16. Or, at offices and homes of Dem politicians.

With guns and threats. Maybe some sniper shots and assassination attempts at Dem politicians. Remember how the RWers reacted to the passage of Obama care? Bricks through the wondows of Dem homes and offices.

There could be some well placed bombs in public places.

I would not underestimate the fanaticism of MAGAs. We should be prepared for the worst and happy if it doesn't happen.

[YoshidaYui]

6. l have been wanting to see TRUMP IN AN ORANGE JUMP SUIT AND MANACLES

SILVER HAND CUFFS... ORANGE AND SILVER... nice!!

[FoxNewsSucks]

7. There will be no riots,

just parties, cheering and worldwide celebration.

[Kaleva]

8. Tend of millions voted for TFG but only about 30k showed up in DC

on 1/6 and of those, about 800 attacked the Capitol.

After the FBI searched Mar-A-Lago, only a few hundred from across the state of Florida out of several hundred thousand TFG voters who lived with in a short drive from there bothered to show up in support of TFG.

[lees1975]

9. No patriotic American would riot because a criminal was charged with the crimes he committed

just to set the record straight.

And the ranks of those who organize this sedition have been depleted by arrests and sentences being served for January 6th.

[relayerbob]

10. There will be no riots

There may be a few nutcases getting violent, but most will just hide behind their keyboards

[tclambert]

11. Almost 900 rioters from Jan. 6 have been charged.

The last number I saw published was 896.

[Marcuse]

12. A newly relevant oldie: The first two perps have already been arrested (and pardoned) once.

[SergeStorms]

13. If some BLM KID comes in from another state...

with a fully loaded AR-15 and told the police he was protecting other people's property, will he be allowed to kill rioters with impunity? Will he be able to stroll past LEO'S with his loaded weapon (as long as he has a basic first-aid kit in his pack) and be treated as a hero by law enforcement? Will he get to speak at Democratic party functions around the country and be treated as a celebrity?

Asking for a friend.