We Face Actual Violence this Election Season...

[RationalMale]

Maybe you support Trump. Maybe you don't. Maybe you cheered when angry mobs shut down a Trump rally in Chicago... maybe you were angry.

You should take it as a warning. Maybe you don't even care about the elections, but you should. Something has happened over the last few years--whether it was Trump and "nationalism" or groups like Black Lives Matter and "Racist Police." The simple fact is, violence and law breaking in political purpose has become acceptable again, with even TIME magazine defending it.

The violent protests in Ferguson, Mo., are part of the American experience. Peaceful protesting is a luxury only available to those safely in mainstream culture

https://time.com/3605606/ferguson-in-defense-of-rioting/

I ask you, do you think the impulse to break into violence for political purposes will be restrained to one group? (And no, I'm not talking about idiot sports fans rioting. Police should taser every one of them and arrest them.) Do you think once accepted, American politics will become more peaceful as we approach what divides us even more? When Chicago experienced mobs using illegal action to shut down a political rally they disagreed with, everyone from Fox News to CNN was united in putting the blame... squarely on the fact that Trump makes people dislike him, I guess.

That, is a quote from a quite high person in Black Lives Matter. Black Lives Matter might do fine protesting around malls... or storming Dartmouth College and screaming racial slurs at white students...

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/nov/24/phil-hanlon-dartmouth-president-threatens-sanction/

Chicago has an almost complete ban on firearms. What happens when Black Lives Matter throws a riot in a gun heavy state... oh, do you know who heavily supports Trump? White Males. Who also are the most heavily gun owning demograph. We've already seen what far right protesting and madness looks like--https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/militia-members-occupy-oregon-refuge-vow-stay-years

A militia with ar-15 rifles storming and occupying... a bird refuge. WTF. I'm not even going to pretend I can make real sense of that complete idiocy. If they had stormed a courthouse it would have made for a dramatic shootout drama... a bird refuge? I know the militia must have thought it was serious and noble, somehow. I know local law enforcement must have gotten the calls and been like

The unfortunate reality, whether you're a Sanders, Clinton, Trump, or Cruz supporter is--the genie has been let out of the bottle, and political violence over the past few years has become celebrated, Ala Ferguson, Baltimore, and now Chicago. (I admit, about 40 cowboys in the desert thought the Bird Refuge thing was noble.) Toss in the militarization of police, and the fact that since the 2012 election and threats of gun control, firearms have sold so well that Ar-15's have gone from cool, high class rifles to inexpensive.

I would encourage all to remember that violence in the name of politics is not the American way... or at least, it is not acceptable. And if decency doesn't motivate you, I hope firearm ownership rates encourage all to stay out of trouble.

And naturally... be careful this election season, and ensure that you don't accidentally walk into a madhouse because you took a wrong turn while running errands. Stay alert and stay sharp.

[Anonymous]

You are absolutely right. Our president is responsible for some of this mess. He has been very quick to side with families when their young man was killed in a police confrontation and he has been very quick to suggest that police are wrong whenever we have such an occurrence. There are people whose political fortunes depend on a racial divide an they have fomented the violence which we now see.

I am not a Trump supporter but I am tired of hearing him called "racist." Building a wall and taking other measures to stop illegal immigration are not racist measures. I have not heard any statements from Trump that are racist. I have heard him say things about some immigrants having criminal records and causing horrible problems but those statements are factually true. I am so tired of hearing people blindly think that the Democrat party wants to solve racial problems when its ability to attract votes depends on appeals to class envy and calls for retribution.

I am posting this anonymously because I suspect that someone will want to call me racist for expressing my opinions and I am SO weary of that BS.

[SunsetRose]

This is why I will be doing the mail in ballot in November...

[ShayanMortazavi1]

You better vote for Trump

[SIGguy]

@ShayanMortazavi1 She can vote for whoever she pleases.

[PT1911]

Hard times breed strong men. Strong men bring good times. Good times bring weak men. Weak men bring hard times.

Its a cycle, one that has been constantly repeating throughout human history. Like the Roman Empire, political greed, corruption, degeneracy and lack of unity is destroying America. Long story short, America needs its version of Constantine. Of course, I would prefer not to have detachments of the US army roaming around and relocating the capital etc etc. but semantics.

Trump is that man in my opinion.

[Spiorad_Aisce]

I am non American and even I can see that there has been a long dry spell with the forests bone dry where the slightest spark will set off a forest fire with Donald Trump right in the centre of it. There is an huge volatile anti Trump group and Trump himself rather foolishly letting himself be quoted saying that there will be violence if he is "Denied" the republican nomination.
What is the gamble the establishment make let him run and hope he loses or twart him and face the disgruntled Trump supporters?
I have the feeling the happiest people having their nightly hot chocolate before bed are Hillary and Bill.

[QuestionMan]

Didn't know you were an editor.
When it comes to Trump he's my preferred candidate. I agree with some of his positions, I just hate the fact that White Supremacists misinterpret what he says and use it empower their hatred.
www.azquotes.com/.../...les-de-gaulle-10-76-22.jpg

[RationalMale]

I actually meant to write this anonymously... forgot to click the dang button and now it's set as not anonymous.

[QuestionMan]

Don't write myTakes anonymously, stand by your work.
I've been doing that for a while now. Some are controversial but hey it helps me develop the brand of QuestionMan so that way when people see me post they know that it's going to be good.

I liked your myTake and I agree with what you wrote.
We may not see eye to eye on some issues but heck it's better than talking to a Liberal.

[RationalMale]

Lol that's the thing... I don't care about people associating my name with the mytakes I write. My "brand" is really the opinions I write, not the takes. I go anonymous so all the people I blocked can answer--and I never go anonymous on opinions so the people I've blocked can't answer.

[QuestionMan]

So that's how you're an editor I guess that makes sense since you publicly only posted 3.
How many people did you block? You blocked me once lol because I said that we need to separate White Pride from White Supremacy.

[RationalMale]

Oh, I block everyone, don't take it personal.

[QuestionMan]

Lol are you that sensitive?

[RationalMale]

I have 53 users blocked! There was this one guy, Tokana, who would block me, then unblock me, tag me in some nasty comment insulting me, then block me again.

[QuestionMan]

Wow!!!
Dude I get that you're pretty far right but I didn't think you'd have so many haters.
Read myTake on Haters

[front2back]

He's also going to lead to the collapse of the GOP, as I've written about here: www.girlsaskguys.com/.../a26334-the-republican-party-is-dying-it-s-probably-for-the-best

[SIGguy]

I need to read through, one more time.

[WombRaider]

The total irony of the Chicago situation is the people inciting the violence were pro-Sanders - the very same people who criticise Trump and his supporters for their "violence", and out their rhetoric.

I'm not a Trump supporter, besides I can't even vote, but I do expect him to win because he's controlled by the Establisment. Not like Hitlary Cliton.

[talloak]

To my thinking we Americans are a barbarous people and we always have been. What has changed is that we no longer seem to care to pretend that we are civilized. I'm speaking very broadly of course, but compared to other developed countries, we have an very high tolerance and even a taste for violence.

[RationalMale]

Hmm. Do we? The white population of the USA has a violent crime rate that would fit just fine into European crime standards. It's not that high.

[talloak]

I'm not talking about crime rates. I agree that the rates are not that high; in fact they have been decreasing for decades. However the US now has more guns than people. That fact alone would horrify any other people. In most countries, when there is a mass shooting, they tighten the gun laws. Here mass shooting inspire a surge of gun sales and actual loosening of gun restrictions. Also think about the Iraq invasion. After 9/11, Americans were thrilled to take revenge on a random Arab country who had nothing to do with it. We really didn't care what they might have done, we just needed to exact revenge on someone. Now Trump talks about reinvading Iraq and millions cheer this! What European country acts like that?

[RationalMale]

European nations don't have freedom of speech either, oddly enough. Such as in Great Britain, police arrest people for making "racist" or "hateful" facebook posts.

[talloak]

I didn't know that, although I've heard that happens in Germany. There are definitely advantages and disadvantages to any country. And sometimes the balance shifts between those.

[dudeman]

democrats have always been violent and always will. they even kill their own unborn children

[zagor]

I looked at Trump's website and some of his ideas actually make sense. If I had never heard him speak I might have considered voting for him.

Looks like Hillary by default.

[ColinHarvey]

Bring back bombings in the US. Let's execute some senators, find some corruption and kill those responsible in the streets of DC. Our government sucks.

[chrisbigman]

We SHOULDN'T EVER HAVE TO (face violence ever).

[ShayanMortazavi1]

#Trump2016