Have you heard about lawyers and poll workers at the ready in your neck of the woods?

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@LucyLou

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@TheDoctorIsIn

I don’t find either group intimidating.

One of those flagpoles will do as much damage as a baton.

Just being a black panther is meant to intimidate, just like being in the Klan. The symbolism alone is often enough.

Where do you get this stuff?

Well, I know you believe the batons are used for flattening out the dough of all the cookies they’re known to bake…

[TheDoctorIsIn]

@Optrader

I believe you, but you probably aren’t the intended target either.

Who are their “intended targets”? Targets for what?

@Optrader

You know as well as I do what the Panthers stand for and the violence they have done in the past.

I expect from this conversation that I know quite a lot more about what the Panthers stand for. What “violence” are you referring to?

@Optrader

Like the Klan.

No, the BPP is not “like the klan.” They’re not comparable.

[WCD9973]

1. I hope everyone would be pissed off at 2 guys wearing klan outfits anywhere.

2. Did you just compare People wearing Klan outfits to people in MAGA hats?

I wouldn’t even go that far…

[TheDoctorIsIn]

What do you think they’re “used for”?

[WuWei]

You are. Like Trump.

You posted it because you think it confirms your bias.

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@WCD9973

1. I hope everyone would be pissed off at 2 guys wearing klan outfits anywhere.

2. Did you just compare People wearing Klan outfits to people in MAGA hats?

I wouldn’t even go that far…

No. I was comparing the way the symbolism of the Klan hood and the MAGA hats set certain people off. You can’t deny that a MAGA hat has gotten many conservatives assaulted.

[WuWei]

At first. Then they added to their resumes: murderers, drug dealers, bombers.

[tzu]

Happens when you are criminalized.

[WuWei]

Rationalization for torture and murder of their own?

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@TheDoctorIsIn

@Optrader

I believe you, but you probably aren’t the intended target either.

Who are their “intended targets”? Targets for what?

@Optrader

You know as well as I do what the Panthers stand for and the violence they have done in the past.

I expect from this conversation that I know quite a lot more about what the Panthers stand for. What “violence” are you referring to?

@Optrader

Like the Klan.

No, the BPP is not “like the klan.” They’re not comparable.

Ok. I’ll eat crow here. I’m talking about the original black panthers.

[TheDoctorIsIn]

I’m talking about the real BPP as well.

The “New” BPP is just a bunch of cosplayers.

[tzu]

Nope. Getting hunted changes groups. Sometimes you get an Anielowicz, sometimes you don’t.

[WCD9973]

And BLM signs have gotten people assualted, and being black or gay have gotten many people attacked .
There are crazy people out there.

But I don’t think a someone wearing a klan outfits is equal to a MAGA hat.

[WuWei]

@tzu

Nope. Getting hunted changes groups. Sometimes you get an Anielowicz, sometimes you don’t.

Being hunted is no excuse for what they did to Rackley.

[WuWei]

@WCD9973

And BLM signs have gotten people assualted,

One person has.

[tzu]

Sure. Moral high ground is easy to claim when terrain, height and contrast don’t matter.

[WuWei]

Success require discipline and cleanliness.

BLM will end up the same way.

Thug culture is hard to overcome.

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@WCD9973

And BLM signs have gotten people assualted, and being black or gay have gotten many people attacked .
There are crazy people out there.

But I don’t think a someone wearing a klan outfits is equal to a MAGA hat.

One is a symbol of hate in which there is no mistake. One is not a symbol of hate at all that some people claim it is and act accordingly.

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@TheDoctorIsIn

I’m talking about the real BPP as well.

The “New” BPP is just a bunch of cosplayers.

Growing up, the only group I ever heard about was the original group. They didn’t exactly have a great reputation for altruism.