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Topic: A Man Angry At Political "Elites" Allegedly Tried To Burn Down Democrats' Spokane
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teasel
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Registered: Apr 2009
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posted December 11, 2020 10:38 AM
  
http://twitter.com/brandilynn4ever/status/1337084730618089472?s=21 A Man Angry At Political "Elites" Allegedly Tried To Burn Down Democrats' Spokane County Headquarters
http://www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/salvadorhernandez/bomb-threat-spokane-democrat-officials?bftwnews=&utm_term=4ldqpgc&__twitter_impression=true This is where your BS conspiracy theories get us. IP: Logged |
Randall
Webmaster Posts: 135401
From: Your Friendly Neighborhood Juris Doctorate.
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted December 11, 2020 11:16 AM
Voting changes and removing safeguards, as well as unequal treatment, in violation of the Constitution, state constitutions, and state laws is a fact. There is nothing conspiratorial about it.IP: Logged |
Belage
Knowflake Posts: 3629
From: USA
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted December 11, 2020 12:15 PM
The concept of political "elites" has been around since the 19th century. Too bad you can't blame this on Trump and Trumpsters because they didn't invent it. Besides, your buzzfeed link says: quote:
Police said Yeager told investigators he does not align with any political party and was not targeting Democrats. Instead, he was mad at the entire government system and the “elites” within.According to Spokane police, Yeager also told investigators he had been thinking about doing something radical and that his hope was to burn down the building without hurting anyone. The fire ended up extinguishing on its own by the time firefighters arrived and no one was injured. Police also said Yeager brought a handwritten “manifesto” to the building, which in part states: "Although I have profound respect for the grassroots movements of both the democratic and republican parties, sharing many of their ideals and values, we will continue domestic operations against their ruling elite as they exist in their current form.... Long live the Republic."
Bolded for emphasis... Dude sounds more like a mild anarchist to me. IP: Logged |
GalacticCoreExplosion
Knowflake Posts: 1999
From: Somewhere
Registered: Sep 2019
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posted December 11, 2020 12:25 PM
Teasel, I'm not sure why elites is in quotes? Are you saying that there are not ultra rich and connected people with undue influence on government via money, connections, and corruption? What one specifically calls the above, whether elites, plutocrats, rich arseholes, the 1 percent, or whatever, they exist and it's clear they have an undue influence on everything. Why would this Harvard Professor, whom I'm pretty sure is liberal and not a "conspiracy theorist", say that our government and the policies of same have not reflected the people in a long time, but rather special interests?
http://youtu.be/PJy8vTu66tE I like an acquaintance's saying, "We have the best government... That money can buy" Don't let your dislike of the right, blind you to basic, core truths. Just because the right or people on the right believe something, doesn't automatically make it untrue. And same with people on the left. There is both truth and distortion on both sides. And there most certainly is political corruption in the parties on both sides. IP: Logged |
Belage
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From: USA
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted December 11, 2020 12:28 PM
^^ Good luck getting a reasoned, logical reply from teasel. It's been a futility exercise for all of us. IP: Logged |
GalacticCoreExplosion
Knowflake Posts: 1999
From: Somewhere
Registered: Sep 2019
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posted December 11, 2020 02:39 PM
This is the most relevant part of the video: http://youtu.be/PJy8vTu66tE?t=499 If this doesn't say something about "elites", then I don't know what does. IP: Logged |
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