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Will there be any Major Riots before or after the 2024 Election?

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by thelouisianagator, Apr 17, 2024.

  1. thelouisianagator

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    Simply enough question and I know it's probably already been debated. But do you believe there will be major riots this summer/fall to coincide with the election? Or do you believe there will be riots mostly after the election?

    I personally believe it's inevitable and it's why I'm trying to get a lot of my travel done early in the year. I believe by late summer it will be dangerous to travel and be in certain parts of the U.S., mostly in some of the major coastal cities.

    History shows us this with the fact there were riots leading up to the 2016 Election and especially the 2020 Election. Obviously the 2020 riots were completely crazy and largely shut down some major cities here in the U.S. And that was even during the pandemic when a lot of people were still largely isolating and sheltering at home. Without something like Covid to keep people home the riots in 2020 could've been far worse and riots in 2024 could be far more widespread.

    The Election. The hyped up rhetoric on both sides. Trump having a decent chance at winning. The deteriorating situations with Ukraine and Israel. Cost of living. Seems like the gas has been laid and we're just waiting for the match to be lit.

    Do you think we'll see significant and/or widespread riots this summer/fall? Or are you more concerned about after? I personally think we'll see some action late in the summer (since we all know summer is when a lot of riots happen due to the weather). I also think there will be significant and/or widespread riots after the election regardless of who wins. Regardless of who wins at least 40% of the country is going to be livid and furious.

    Most importantly, are you concerned enough to for this possibility to make specific preparations (not traveling or at least not traveling as far, staying closer to home, preparing with supplies, etc.)?
     
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  2. okeechobee

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    If there are Dems out there rioting this summer, I don't want to hear anything about how stupid Donald Trump is.
     
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  3. docspor

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    Little babies gonna cry
     
  4. gatorjo

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    It depends on whether Trump incites his cult to attack police and the US government another time.
     
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  5. thelouisianagator

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    Oh please. Don't act like Democrats wouldn't have the meltdown of all meltdowns if Trump wins the Election. Honestly I think it's inevitable regardless due to division of the country. I would say a peaceful split up of the country is the best solution but no people would rather have a mass riots, a revolution or even a Civil War where millions die.
     
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  6. gatorjo

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    Only one party has had a president enact a conspiracy to overturn a valid election. A conspiracy which included coercing state election officials, establishing fake slates of electors, coercing his VP, repeatedly lying to the American public, and inciting a violent riot in which over a hundred police were injured and the Capitol building was attacked and desecrated.

    Don't pretend that both sides are equal in this, when it was done solely by the political leader of one party.

    You can pretend that Trump isn't a traitor, and those that support him don't support a traitor......but it will only be pretending. We all know better.
     
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  7. G8tas

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    So you only want to hear about how stupid he is when there isn't a riot
     
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  8. G8tas

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    Would there be a meltdown? Sure. Would they riot? No. The only people calling for civil war or riots right now are the deplorable radical right-wingers
     
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  9. gatorjo

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    What a weird attempt at a gaslighting, false equivalence, troll thread.

    Sorry, OP, no false equivalencies here. You support the party led by the traitor who incited an attack on the US government, and who tried to overturn an election.

    Take your feeble attempt to imply that both sides do that somewhere else.
     
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  10. thelouisianagator

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    Your whole post shows you believe in nothing but false equivalences. One standard for your political opponents and their supporters, a completely different standard (aka they can get away with anything) for those politicians and supporters on your side.

    And yet nothing from you when Democrats attack government buildings. Dare I remind you of things like the 2020 Portland Riots:

    https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN25F0PD/

    Or how about the 2011 Wisconsin Protests where protestors were literally inside the Capitol and openly defied law enforcement:

    Relive the story of the historic Act 10 protests in 20 photos

    Of course big surprise, I don't see you calling that an attack. How is that not an attach on government? How is the Portland riots not a direct attack on the U.S. government if you consider January 6th that way?

    Or how about the fact that Stacey Abrams did the same thing you utterly hate Donald Trump for. Denied they lost an election.

    https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/03/politics/stacey-abrams-concession-2018-georgia/index.html#:~:text=But she specifically said in,, I cannot concede that.”

    Stacey Abrams to this day has never conceded the 2018 Georgia Governor's Election and most likely never will. And yet that isn't an attach on U.S. Elections and the U.S Government? Where will your double standard end?
     
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  11. thelouisianagator

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    The only traitor is your party and your President who has done nothing but sell out the U.S. to the highest bidder, mostly China, allowed an invasion at our Southern Border and gotten us into wars we have no businesses being in.

    As far as I'm concerned Biden should've been tried and convicted for treason yesterday and forcibly removed from the White House.

    Newsflash, there was no attack on January 6th. That day was a riot that got out of control. Unless you are also willing to concede that attacks from the left such as leftists attacking the Government building in Portland and leftists taking over the State Capitol in Wisconsin are also attacks on the U.S. Government. There was no military involved and the U.S. Government was never in any genuine risk of falling that day. The U.S. Government is at a far greater risk of falling now than it was 3 years ago.
     
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  12. thelouisianagator

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    Yep people like leftists and Antifa will never riot. Just ignore images like this:
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    My prediction is that if Trump wins you'll see images like this with leftists rioting in major cities within hours.

    I live in a suburb of a city and images like this are just one reason why I plan to be nowhere near a city on Election Night. Seriously considering taking a couple days off on and after Election Day and getting out to the woods with true Americans. Getting away from the cities where stuff could really go down.
     
  13. orangeblue_coop

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    If the Dems riot, do they get to use the same "Oh please, it's not even a big deal. Only a few people died. Everyone is overreacting" excuse Republicans used after the January 6th riot in DC?
     
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  14. thelouisianagator

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    Why not? They've already used that excuse for years now. I've heard some variation of that excuse after every major riot by the Democrats.

    And by the way. Just remind me again which party had someone go so far off the reservation that they literally attempted to kill Congressional members of the opposing party during a baseball game? Remind me which side had that again?
     
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    ‘Boogaloo Boi’ charged in fire of Minneapolis police precinct during George Floyd protest

    This was the same fire caused by the right-wing domestic terrorists who drove to Minneapolis all the way from Texas to cause mischief and blame it on leftists. Hopefully none of those right-wing losers are plotting to do the same in major cities if Biden wins.
     
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  16. orangeblue_coop

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    Remind me which party had its deranged domestic terrorists traveling to major cities to start fires and cause millions of dollars in destruction and blame leftists? Remind me which side did that again?
     
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    To paraphrase the Eagles, I've got a mostly peaceful, easy feeling about the coming months.
     
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  18. thelouisianagator

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    It makes sense why Democrats love Newsom. They love his "rules for thee, not for me" mentality. Completely different standards depending on the political party.

    Heck just look at the pro-terrorist protest on the Golden Gate Bridge earlier this week. And yet you all support it and the police sit there and do nothing for hours.

    Say what you want. If that had been a group of Republican supporters doing a support Israel protest, they would've been removed in 15 minutes.

    But not surprising in Newsom's "rules for thee, not for me" California.
     
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  19. thelouisianagator

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    Deny all you want. The people protesting in places like Minneapolis, Portland and Seattle in 2020. The people protesting in Baltimore in 2015. The people protesting in St. Louis in 2014. All your side buddy.
     
  20. orangeblue_coop

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    MAGA zealots support the midget dictator DeSantis yet have the nerve to cry about Newsom LOLL