"Mayhem Continues, Protest Narrative Crumbles"

By artappraiser on Fri, 08/14/2020 - 1:40am |

This is an editorial by the WSJ's editorial board published on Monday evening. It includes a 3:26 minute video produced by them labeled "Progressives to Cities: Drop Dead" and Wonder Land: The ruin of major liberal cities by progressive policies is a significant political event which describes progressives basically attacking a lifestyle that liberals hold dear after the peaceful protests faded. It can be viewed without subscription. (I don't follow Newt, his retweet of their editorial just happened to turn up when I searched for "Portland protests". I am not surprised as this topic is red meat for him.)

Violence, arson, looting, and destructions from the supposedly peaceful protesters in Portland and Chicago has become unsustainable even for progressives leaders and their media apologist allies.https://t.co/s986WhzZrh
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) August 11, 2020

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https://www.wsj.com/articles/mayhem-continues-protest-narrative-crumbles-11597101805

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Are resignations the goal?

https://www.tampabay.com/news/tampa/2020/08/14/black-lives-matter-activi...

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 08/15/2020 - 3:32am

on the "blue lives matter" mural kerfuffle mentioned in that story, just the opposite is happening in NYC, where DeBlasio helped paint Black Lives Matter street art and promotes it and protects it, while not allowing Blue Lives Matter. It's going to court:

Pro-cop groups sue Mayor de Blasio for denying Blue Lives Matter mural https://t.co/Yv3Yn5nR3o pic.twitter.com/DWX9A9oNac
— New York Post (@nypost) August 11, 2020

And we all know where it's going to end up. The public streets are like the public airwaves, where equal time needs to be protected if you are going to allow such things at all.

by artappraiser on Sat, 08/15/2020 - 7:22am

Ethnicity/skin = occupation? "Checkout Lives Matter" "Teacher Lives Matter" "Porn Star Lives Matter" "Corrupt Grifter Politician Lives Matter" "Social Media Marketing Wonk Lives Matter"... Soon we'll figure out a lot dont matter.

(do note i restrained myself from any jokes about Art. and Wrestling.)

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 08/15/2020 - 7:30am

It appears that whatever their goal they are not achieving it after three months of the same old same old, instead fueling counter protesters, and divisive actions, and suggest they try something else?

Does anyone really believe that if they are protesting to defund, reform or even get rid of a police force that they would be treated equally as demonstrators by that police force to demonstrators who support the police force?!! Is that really logical? A force is supposed to wholeheartedly support people's right to publicly state "I want to get rid of you" ?

by artappraiser on Sat, 08/15/2020 - 7:34am

A seeming contradiction every parent has to reconcile with. "They seemed si cute what happened?"

If your children ever find out how lame you really are, they’ll murder you in your sleep. - Frank Zappa

To tourists at the Whisky-a-Go-Go, Los Angeles CA, December 1965

Liner notes for the album Freak Out! (27 June 1966).

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 08/15/2020 - 7:38am

psst Jae Passmore: "press conferences" do not accomplish buzz anymore, social media does. You appeared at press conference and were received by same old same old small group of protesters and a handful of professional media. What got you buzz is supporters tweeting about it and the like. Why not skip the kabuki show and jump right to social media. Also note how starting with the pandemic, when you see people get coverage on television, they are doing it from their home, there is even a guy who rates the backgrounds people use for the computer camera frame. On many local tv stations, even the anchor person and the weatherman are also broadcasting from their homes....

by artappraiser on Sat, 08/15/2020 - 7:51am

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