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Consequences for Veterans and/or retirees in the 2021 DC Riots

bubblehead said:
I wonder if the same was done to violent protesters who were burning down businesses and police stations during the BLM nonsense.
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I don't believe it was/or will be, although it should. That is the unfortunate double standard we find ourselves facing.

Same reason nothing will happen to the California Senator guilty of having a relationship with a Chinese spy. If the shoe was on the other foot, CNN and MSNBC would be talking about it until said Senator was escorted out of DC.

Social Media is not helping
 
Griz882 said:
The real question is how do we stop this? Clearly Social Media companies have to be reeled in. They have crossed a line (used by both sides) and are now active participant with unchecked power. Should they be regulated as journalistic activities?
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What did the actual leadership and employees of social media companies do to be an 'active participant with unchecked power?' What would you have done differently if you had a key leadership position at Facebook or Twitter?

Next is education. I haven’t taught in a college classroom in about two or three years, but I was gobsmacked at the absolute lack of a basic civics education for all of my undergrads and most of the graduate students. Perhaps we are in need of a new “renaissance” that brings back fundamental education well before we teach nebulous, philosophical, ideas.
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Many if not all states have a civics class in their high school curriculum.
 
Spekkio said:
What did the actual leadership and employees of social media companies do to be an 'active participant with unchecked power?' What would you have done differently if you had a key leadership position at Facebook or Twitter?


Many if not all states have a civics class in their high school curriculum.
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Not silencing the New York Post and anyone else who dared to mention Hunter Biden in a negative light would have been a good start.
 
cfam said:
The Senate majority leader himself begs to disagree with your position. Does that make him a Trump hater, a democratic politician, a leftist or a member of the mainstream media?

"This failed insurrection underscored how crucial the task before us is for our public."
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I would love to hear the answer to this as well.

For the sake of discussion, I'll just use the label "riot that went really badly", since we apparently can't agree on that one without getting off topic.....and I think we can all agree that at least that much is true.

Do any of you think that a retiree, who illegally broke into our nation's Capitol building, while suited up in tactical gear with zip ties in hand during a riot, deserves to receive a federal taxpayer funded pension?

I do not. I'd feel the same way if we were talking about a retired officer who did the same thing at a courthouse, or a police station or associated with Antifa. Just to be clear.
 
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MIDNJAC said:
I would love to hear the answer to this as well.

For the sake of discussion, I'll just use the label "riot that went really badly", since we apparently can't agree on that one without getting off topic.....and I think we can all agree that at least that much is true.

Do any of you think that a retiree, who illegally broke into our nation's Capitol building, while suited up in tactical gear with zip ties in hand during a riot, deserves to receive a federal taxpayer funded pension?

I do not. I'd feel the same way if we were talking about a retired officer who did the same thing at a courthouse, or a police station or associated with Antifa. Just to be clear.
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Is there precedent for that?
 
Treetop Flyer said:
Is there precedent for that?
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There are many things in the world that happen without precedent. Last year, this election, etc. I think what you are really asking is whether there are legal grounds for that to happen, or if there is a legal precedent to support that interpretation of existing law? I will leave that to the courts to decide. I get that you don't feel this was an attack on the federal government.....which is another thing that ultimately the courts and evidence will hopefully clarify. But this:
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......is an awfully bad look for someone collecting a federally funded pension.
 
HAL Pilot said:
Exactly. Just another indication of the hypocrisy.
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Or maybe the leftist terrorists were smart enough to hide their faces while committing crimes...you know, instead of trying to simultaneously make a statement about COVID restrictions...

Wednesday's morons made it ridiculously easy for webizens to ID them.
 
Just a UF public school Gator here. Too many decades of rotor head shake and bake plus decades of dumb airline captain has taken its toll on me.
I won't argue your definition of "armed", I was just looking at is as a 200 man with a six foot flag pole vs an 80 year old lady, or a 20 lb fire extinguisher to the watermelon. I am not trying to be counter productive. Thank you for understanding.
 
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