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Originally Posted by Jim Sims
"I don't remember reading about any riots back then as we have had since the 60's."
That's probably because the history you are informed of was likely sanitized (especially public school history books). Look up the WWI veteran bonus march on Washington in the depths of the depression and learn how the future General "Doug the corn cop pipe" brought out US Army tanks to put it down.
There are more examples.
There have been far worse times (and far worse human behavior) in the past.
I hope people really think next election and cast their votes based on a composite or optimized basis and not just in terms of a single issue.
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I'm interested in more examples. And I wonder if the DC march (riot?) compares to Los Angeles in '92. Over 1000 fires burning simultaneously with no one to attend to putting them out. When the firefighters did get to some, they were shot at. My buddy the captain I referred to in another thread on entitlements was shown on TV standing at the Long Beach office of the DMV. he basically said we're gonna let this one burn down because it's less of a threat than others AFA spreading. (We didn't get another DMV in LB for a few years and it's not full service.)
The Rodney King incident only reinforced what the inner city can and will do with little provocation. Put these folks into some real hurt and they'll let you know about it. And don't forget where the gangs are. They are well armed and well organized. So far, they mainly pick on each other with a cop shooting thrown in once a year or so. They wouldn't hesitate to move in on the general population when they get hungry enough.
Single issue? I think the economy is big enough to worry about before I start thinking about anything else but freedom. I'm not sure I'm even worried about foreign terrorists. There will be enough domestic terrorism if things get bad enough.