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[–] xyzzy@lemmy.today 23 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

I said this is the other thread, but what is the appropriate response? He's clearly setting the board, and he definitely wants to shoot protesters. He very likely wants sufficient violence to do something dramatic. They even may try to instigate, but have thus far been unable to get the desired response to enable martial law or whatever they plan.

So you have three options:

  1. Violent response
  2. Non-violent response
  3. No response

Which of these three do you propose?

[–] Jumbie@lemmy.zip 16 points 12 hours ago

See, there’s a fourth option: The people with the power need to take action and I don’t mean a “strongly worded letter.” I’m talking about the leaders with the knowledge and the levers to move this along.

If they don’t the inevitability is that No Kings becomes more than the nice picnic it currently is for citizens.

Me? I’m a citizen just like you. I have no power unless you and I become a team.

[–] xyzzy@lemmy.today 11 points 12 hours ago

Update: I watched the full video of what he said and now I really do believe he's just genuinely that stupid and thinks he's actually trying to put down a riot. Fox News really plays him like a fiddle.

Portlanders are pretty sarcastic and many people have posted videos of "life in hell" (his audio) set against a beautiful Pacific Northwest summer with boats and farmer's markets.

I dunno, I'm inclined to think mockery in this case might be the best response for the time being. We'll see how next month's protest goes, but I wouldn't be surprised if it were entirely peaceful.

[–] F_State@midwest.social 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

You left out the General Strike response

[–] Soulg@ani.social 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

That would fall under non violent

[–] F_State@midwest.social 1 points 9 hours ago

Eh, it can be either