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wyldwolf

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Reply to DemocratInPa (Original post)

Sat Jul 27, 2024, 01:56 PM

Jul 27

I don't believe this is even close to what happened in '68, but some corners of the left have romanticized that event so deeply that they're itching for it to happen again.

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Am I the only one worried about the Democratic covention? [View all] DemocratInPa Jul 27 OP

Much better security around the conventio now than in '68. Plus different times, different mayor, different everything. emulatorloo Jul 27 #1

Unlike 1968, lizardkingjr Jul 27 #2

I remember the '68 convention and I doubt if comradebillyboy Jul 27 #3

Hey, listen, I know it's hard to let go of fear sometimes... Think. Again. Jul 27 #4

This is nothing like 1968. TwilightZone Jul 27 #5

I am wyldwolf Jul 27 #6

What we are being told here in Chicago is abbott is going to send thousands of migrants to mucifer Jul 27 #7

Maybe Pritzker should be on the lookout for these buses Frasier Balzov Jul 27 #8

I'm sure they will have cameras on them wherever they go in Illinois. Plus when the send people here they mucifer Jul 27 #9

Exactly. Well-stocked receiving stations. Frasier Balzov Jul 27 #13

I hope it's something that could backfire on them. Things are backfiring on them a lot lately mucifer Jul 27 #14

We should organize a response similar to what Martha's Vineyard did when DeSantis sent buses there Fiendish Thingy Jul 27 #12

I hope you're the only one Fiendish Thingy Jul 27 #10

Massive American deaths in a drafted war in Vietnam, Tet Offensive, TWO political assassinations (MLK, RFK) hlthe2b Jul 27 #11

The protesters will not be near the DNC unless their lawsuit works. Either way tho mucifer Jul 27 #15

"....and right wing nuts trying to start violence." Iggo Jul 27 #16