2020 Presidential Candidates

I see that Trump asked himself, "What if they threw a convention and no one came?"

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Originally Posted by Yppej

I see that Trump asked himself, "What if they threw a convention and no one came?"

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It looks like both parties are scaling their rituals of anointing candidates to much smaller affairs, both to appear COVID-conscious and to reduce the possibility of destruction by mostly peaceful demonstrators.

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Originally Posted by LDAHL

That’s the problem, isn’t it? Everybody wants to “guess” that the bad actors are predominantly to be found among the people they don’t like; and even that their very presence constitutes a provocation.

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I suppose one could research the arrest records. The rightist white national Proud Boys are known troublemakers in Portland, and have been arrested for assault, etc.

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Originally Posted by bae

Nah.

I'm pretty sure the bad actors are distributed across the whole spectrum. It's all part of the show.

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But that kind of thinking implies that our issues can’t be resolved through denunciation, cancellation, shouting down and violence.

Here's a story on a group I haven't seen mentioned here yet:
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle...land-protests/

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Originally Posted by KayLR

Here's a story on a group I haven't seen mentioned here yet:
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle...land-protests/

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I don't have access to the Times, but a quick Google suggests it's an anarchist group.

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Originally Posted by KayLR

Here's a story on a group I haven't seen mentioned here yet:
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle...land-protests/

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There seems to be a proliferation of activist groups primarily active in social media rather than the more mundane plane of physical existence. The basements of America are seething with discontent.

It would be foolish to discount the power of social media. Trump-and thousands of Russian disinformation specialists-certainly don't.

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Originally Posted by LDAHL

But that kind of thinking implies that our issues can’t be resolved through denunciation, cancellation, shouting down and violence.

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Well, I’m pretty sure properly targeted violence would be quite effective on some levels. The devil is in the details though.

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Originally Posted by LDAHL

There seems to be a proliferation of activist groups primarily active in social media rather than the more mundane plane of physical existence. The basements of America are seething with discontent.

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Social media is the medium by which they organize their actions.