This shit ain't right...

@TexChik that too, is not right.

@MistyCee Nope . She should have been treated like they would treat a conservative . Good example of the two tier justice system in DC.

@Heartlander “Woke pack” oh my Lord STOP, please just STOP. Your fathomless ignorance is, quite frankly, exhausting.

You seem like a well-meaning and relatively genuine guy. It’s also abundantly clear that you have some long held beliefs and opinions. Nothing wrong with that, we all do it. However, there comes a time when we need to hit the pause button on our beliefs and opinions and examine them in an objective and empirically provable way.

The power salute has been used for decades, if not centuries. There are depictions of it in paintings of the French Revolution, it was used by the suffragettes, it was used by black American athletes in the 1968 Olympic games. It means one thing and one thing only, the unity of the oppressed against their oppressors. If you can dismiss that history as being “woke” then the examination of your beliefs and opinions is very overdue.

“Saluting with an open hand is a non-threatening gesture of acknowledgment and respect. With a closed fist it's about grabbing power by whatever means available.”

If you believe that this is threatening:


But believe that this is not:



Then your self-examination is long, long, long overdue.

@room101

:) you are trying too hard.

Those hail Caesar, heil Hitler type gestures weren't salutes but gestures of homage and submission to totalitarian leaders. "Misleaders" would be a better word. They are gestures of solidarity. Very different from the closed fist which is one of defiance.

Taking a few steps backwards on this discussion, I think it worth drawing comparisons between the US WOKE pack and their Communist brothers and sisters in places like China, Russia, North Korea; or even places like Iran, Afghanistan, etc.

Such protests would very possibly lead to long prison sentences or even death sentences in some of those places. And even what they were protesting about. In those totalitarian countries, the government exercises considerable control and authority over reproduction.

@Heartlander And you're not trying hard enough. You say something (which I've replicated for you) but then seemingly try to say that you meant something else.

The fact is that the open hand sieg heil salute has a very specific meaning, as does the closed fist salute. As does the abuse of the word "woke".

But you know what, all of this is a mildly entertaining distraction. The point of this discussion is twofold.

First, was AOC (and the other 16 democratically elected representatives) arrested for exercising their First Amendment rights available to every US citizen? Your viewpoint seems to be about pavements and doors and the ridiculous whataboutism vis-a-vis what would have happened to them in other authoritarian regimes. Which is what you and others of your ilk seem to be punting for.

Second, was this all a stunt for the cameras?

The answer to the first point/question is a resounding YES!

For the second point, I suggest you scroll through this discussion and avail yourself of my replies to @MistyCee and @Ynotisay. Which can be summarised thus:

"Don't blame the player, blame the game."

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow I bet you've been crying all night.🤣

@ron122 I am not you.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow I'm laughing while you're crying.🤣

@room101 There are NOt two positions, SN.
Bye.

@LamontCranston If you say so🤣🤣🤣🖕👋

@room101 Bye.

@Ynotisay

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow How do you get to determine what counts and what doesn't? And, that's not to say that's my only experience.

@MarkPaul I don't. But facts are facts despite your wishful thinking to the contrary.

@MarkPaul Marky, where did you get your degree? Which university?

@MalteseFalconPunch LOL, you still believe that. Amusing

@RedBaron maybe that's for the best, imo. I'll check it, though

@Tres13 Johnny can do her big ol booty.😁

@Heartlander k. It showed up for me on a sub thread, and I guess I read too much into that.