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In reply to the discussion: Gretchen please call in the national guard [View all]albacore
(2,399 posts)Threatening...having a hostile or deliberately frightening quality or manner.
Brandishing... wave or flourish (something, especially a weapon) as a threat or in anger or excitement.
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If they were black or brown, there would be charges of some kind brought.
I don't want them fired on, either.
But.
At what point should our troops... NG or regulars... fire on violent people threatening our various government building?
What about tear gas or stingball grenades.
Or arresting them one by one at their homes.
I took part in hundreds of antiwar - and other - protests. We were never armed. What gives these assholes the idea they can threaten government?
I'll answer my own question.. trump.
If this is allowed to continue - and grow - we can expect chaos in the fall.