Politics Thread

[bobbiemcgee]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTX5t9kIK2Q

[XU 87]

We went to Wisconsin for a Granddaughter Birthday last week. Just for the helluva it I had a few free minutes and drove through Kenosha. What a horriffic, dystopian and depressing sight. All along Sheridan Rd., the main drag through the city and downtown, businesses, restaurants, The County Courthouse and even Churches like the Methodist Church right in town are boarded up and barely functioning.

What is most remarkable is that to learn the current post-riot status of Kenosha, I have to read the "Politics" thread on a Xavier basketball message board. The left wing media sure isn't reporting about this- such news would go against their left wing narrative.

[Masterofreality]

The NY Times sent a reporter to Seattle in August and she filed a report similar to this.
But that was the Times last attempt at "journalism". Nothing but crickets since.

But Capitol Riot you know.....

[XU 87]

The NY Times sent a reporter to Seattle in August and she filed a report similar to this.
But that was the Times last attempt at "journalism". Nothing but crickets since.

But Capitol Riot you know.....

Well, based on the coverage, we have learned:

One right wing riot is bad and is deserving of constant and hourly media coverage reporting on the riot itself and the rioters. There is no excuse for this riot. The rioters who participated should be prosecuted and police presence needs to be increased so this doesn't happen again. (And I agree with all of this.)

On the other hand, hundreds of left wing riots are 1) done for a good cause 2) are mostly "peaceful protests" 3) we need to sit down and talk to the rioters to learn what is causing their grievances 4) the riots are instigated by corrupt police who we need to reduce because police are a part of if not THE cause of these riots and 5) we then ignore the long term effects of the riots after they finally end.

The double standards are incredible. But yet the lefties on this board and lefties in general would read my post and say, "I don't know what your complaint is. What you wrote above is true. The left wing didn't riot- they were mostly peaceful protests. They are grounded in a good cause, and they are caused by the police."

Such left wing thinking and left wing reporting then leads to the rise of people like Trump, who at least had the balls to take on the left wing media and the left wing hypocrisy. (And I don't particularly like Trump.)

[Mrs. Garrett]

The NY Times sent a reporter to Seattle in August and she filed a report similar to this.
But that was the Times last attempt at "journalism". Nothing but crickets since.

But Capitol Riot you know.....

If you don't see the difference between an attack on our Nation's Capitol by domestic terrorists and some rioters in Kenosha, WI there's not a whole lot to discuss.

[XU 87]

If you don't see the difference between an attack on our Nation's Capitol by domestic terrorists and some rioters in Kenosha, WI there's not a whole lot to discuss.

And you just prove my point I made above.

[Masterofreality]

If you don't see the difference between an attack on our Nation's Capitol by domestic terrorists and some rioters in Kenosha, WI there's not a whole lot to discuss.

See '87's response above.
There's not a lot to discuss, now, is there?

[Xville]

Here's the thing....comparing what riot is more awful or pointing fingers at different sides as to who is more awful is kind of what got us all here in the first place.

With that said, I will point a finger and say I do think the 24 hour cable news media, and social media are issues that need to be dealt with in some way. The 60s and 70s were before my time, so I don't know if the media has always been the way that it is, but it does seem to have gotten worse and worse during my lifetime. The news media/news blogs/social media...none of it is about actually reporting the news, it's all clicks and money, money and clicks. That's the shitty part about all of this.

[bobbiemcgee]

MOR and others here need to be "de-programmed". Paul, Katie Couric and I will be conducting "reflection sessions" at Dana's after everyone gets their shots.
( before you get puckered up, this is an attempt at humor). I know, not allowed here. Report me. Coach Steele will plop down $3000. for drinks.

[XU 87]

Here's the thing....comparing what riot is more awful or pointing fingers at different sides as to who is more awful is kind of what got us all here in the first place.

I'll let MOR speak for himself, but I for one am not trying to make a comparison as to which riot was worse. The DC riot was horrible. The rioters should be prosecuted and sent to jail.

And I say the same thing about the left wing riots, which the left and media refer to as "mostly peaceful protests" which are grounded in a "good cause".