Ahh, you didn't mention that, at least in this thread. The comparison to Stacy Abrams came as a response to this post:
That certainly wouldn’t be outside his style. But no, I don’t think that’s the tactic he will take. More likely he’ll ratchet up the ‘rigged election’ BS to maximum volume in an attempt to metaphorically burn the country down on his way out.
"Things should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler." ~ Albert Einstein
I was responding to ldahl’s comparison/ false equivalence of stacy’s reaction to her election results to the likely results for trump in November.
We were downtown and had to leave a restaurant quickly because of a protest and fire. We have a very small black community.
I think Trump will leave peacefully and start his own TV network. That's why he ran in the first place. He never expected to win.
Mob mentality is an important element in all of this: the burning, the looting, unequal levels of police brutality among people who are arrested, the overzealous use last night of pepper spray and less-lethal on the press and on people sitting on their own porches,...
Last night was almost quiet in our neighborhood. Residents here were, like frugal-one's son, advised to hide trash bins which could be used as fire bowls, to keep garden hoses connected and ready to use, to keep lights on, etc. Lots of helicopter flight time for both the police and TV stations. A few people sped down our residential streets in cars with no license plates. When they were pulled over, apparently, the occupants bolted, leaving behind fire starters and accelerants in their vehicles. Residential neighborhoods in Minneapolis saw poorly-formed bands of people roaming around (after curfew) and moved most of them on with displays of their own massed presence. There really were not many places for people to congregate without facing a sizable police/National Guard presence.
I'm curious to see what happens tonight. No curfew has been declared (yet). I find it hard to believe so many people just vanished into the woodwork and won't be back.
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome. - Booker T. Washington
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