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> when the looting starts the shooting starts Harsh words, but at the end of the day, people will defend their property with a gun and have every right in doin

> when the looting starts the shooting starts Harsh words, but at the end of the day, people will defend their property with a gun and have every right in doing so.

sparkling 6y ago
If you are downvoting me, you are downvoting the constitution, so go ahead :)
- Hamuko 6y ago
  Is the US Constitution a sacred cow?
  - sparkling 6y ago
    Yes
    - wtallis 6y ago
      From the site guidelines: > Be kind. Don't be snarky. Have curious conversation; don't cross-examine. Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive. A one-word answer to a question that was clearly probing for more details about your opinions is not an appropriate response.
  - kfrzcode 6y ago
    It is the supreme law of the land
newacct583 6y ago
Trump was talking literally about directing the military to shoot looters (it's right there in the tweet!), not expressing an abstract right of people to defend their own property. So no, downvoting you isn't anything to do with the constitution.
- sparkling 6y ago
  > Trump was talking literally about directing the military to shoot looters Uhm, no
  - newacct583 6y ago
    Quote the tweet then.
  - MaxBarraclough 6y ago
    > ....These THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd, and I won't let that happen. Just spoke to Governor Tim Walz and told him that the Military is with him all the way. Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts. Thank you! [sic] Taken from https://news.sky.com/story/george-floyd-death-twitter-flags-trump-post-when-the-looting-starts-the-shooting-starts-for-glorifying-violence-11996666 https://news.sky.com/story/george-floyd-death-twitter-flags-...
    - 101404 6y ago
      So, were did he say "to shoot looters"? That's just one possible interpretation, if you really want to understand him that way.
      - pwillia7 6y ago
        > Just spoke to Governor Tim Walz and told him that the Military is with him all the way. Any difficulty and we [The Military] will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts. Who would he be implying is doing the shooting other than the Military that will assume control?
      - MaxBarraclough 6y ago
        No, it isn't one of several reasonable interpretations, it's what he quite plainly wrote. What else could 'shooting' possibly refer to, if not the shooting of looters?
splitrocket 6y ago
Yes, extrajudicial murder to protect physical property, that's justice. When you care more about stuff than you do about actual human lives, your evil is showing.
- sparkling 6y ago
  Okay, please roll out the red carpet for the people coming to loot your home or business, good boy.
  - splitrocket 6y ago
    "I think America must see that riots do not develop out of thin air. Certain conditions continue to exist in our society which must be condemned as vigorously as we condemn riots. But in the final analysis, a riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it that America has failed to hear? It has failed to hear that the plight of the Negro poor has worsened over the last few years. It has failed to hear that the promises of freedom and justice have not been met. And it has failed to hear that large segments of white society are more concerned about tranquility and the status quo than about justice, equality, and humanity. And so in a real sense our nation’s summers of riots are caused by our nation’s winters of delay. And as long as America postpones justice, we stand in the position of having these recurrences of violence and riots over and over again. Social justice and progress are the absolute guarantors of riot prevention." Martin Luther King. More recently, though, someone whose business was, in fact, damaged: "Let my building burn, Justice needs to be served, put those officers in jail." Ruhel Islam, a Bangladeshi immigrant and owner of Gandhi Mahal Restaurant https://www.facebook.com/GandhiMahalRestaurant/posts/3030378453725259 https://www.facebook.com/GandhiMahalRestaurant/posts/3030378... If you value civility and property over justice and human life, well, then, I'm sorry... You might be the baddies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn1VxaMEjRU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn1VxaMEjRU
- pwillia7 6y ago
  Your insured stuff even...
- bruceb 6y ago

> when the looting starts the shooting starts Harsh words, but at the end of the day, people will defend their property with a gun and have every right in doing so.

sparkling 6y ago

If you are downvoting me, you are downvoting the constitution, so go ahead :)

Hamuko 6y ago
Is the US Constitution a sacred cow?
- sparkling 6y ago
  Yes
  - wtallis 6y ago
    From the site guidelines: > Be kind. Don't be snarky. Have curious conversation; don't cross-examine. Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive. A one-word answer to a question that was clearly probing for more details about your opinions is not an appropriate response.
- kfrzcode 6y ago
  It is the supreme law of the land

newacct583 6y ago

Trump was talking literally about directing the military to shoot looters (it's right there in the tweet!), not expressing an abstract right of people to defend their own property. So no, downvoting you isn't anything to do with the constitution.

sparkling 6y ago
> Trump was talking literally about directing the military to shoot looters Uhm, no
- newacct583 6y ago
  Quote the tweet then.
- MaxBarraclough 6y ago
  > ....These THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd, and I won't let that happen. Just spoke to Governor Tim Walz and told him that the Military is with him all the way. Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts. Thank you! [sic] Taken from https://news.sky.com/story/george-floyd-death-twitter-flags-trump-post-when-the-looting-starts-the-shooting-starts-for-glorifying-violence-11996666 https://news.sky.com/story/george-floyd-death-twitter-flags-...
  - 101404 6y ago
    So, were did he say "to shoot looters"? That's just one possible interpretation, if you really want to understand him that way.
    - pwillia7 6y ago
      > Just spoke to Governor Tim Walz and told him that the Military is with him all the way. Any difficulty and we [The Military] will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts. Who would he be implying is doing the shooting other than the Military that will assume control?
    - MaxBarraclough 6y ago
      No, it isn't one of several reasonable interpretations, it's what he quite plainly wrote. What else could 'shooting' possibly refer to, if not the shooting of looters?

splitrocket 6y ago

Yes, extrajudicial murder to protect physical property, that's justice. When you care more about stuff than you do about actual human lives, your evil is showing.

sparkling 6y ago
Okay, please roll out the red carpet for the people coming to loot your home or business, good boy.
- splitrocket 6y ago
  "I think America must see that riots do not develop out of thin air. Certain conditions continue to exist in our society which must be condemned as vigorously as we condemn riots. But in the final analysis, a riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it that America has failed to hear? It has failed to hear that the plight of the Negro poor has worsened over the last few years. It has failed to hear that the promises of freedom and justice have not been met. And it has failed to hear that large segments of white society are more concerned about tranquility and the status quo than about justice, equality, and humanity. And so in a real sense our nation’s summers of riots are caused by our nation’s winters of delay. And as long as America postpones justice, we stand in the position of having these recurrences of violence and riots over and over again. Social justice and progress are the absolute guarantors of riot prevention." Martin Luther King. More recently, though, someone whose business was, in fact, damaged: "Let my building burn, Justice needs to be served, put those officers in jail." Ruhel Islam, a Bangladeshi immigrant and owner of Gandhi Mahal Restaurant https://www.facebook.com/GandhiMahalRestaurant/posts/3030378453725259 https://www.facebook.com/GandhiMahalRestaurant/posts/3030378... If you value civility and property over justice and human life, well, then, I'm sorry... You might be the baddies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn1VxaMEjRU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn1VxaMEjRU
pwillia7 6y ago
Your insured stuff even...
bruceb 6y ago