<div dir="ltr">On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 9:53 PM Rafal Smigrodzki via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><i><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">> </span>As it is, armed leftist militants are on a rampage,</i></blockquote><div><br></div><font size="4">One of the main reasons to justify sending federal thugs into the heart of Portland Oregon against the wishes of <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">local authorities, </span>both the mayor and the governor<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">,</span> was that the leftists were on a rampage of....<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">..</span> graffiti. And I didn't see a single gun<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">,</span> except those used by the thugs. But I sure saw one hell of a lot of guns <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">when</span> right wing nuts <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span>invaded<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span>the Michigan state house <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">i</span>n full body armor wielding semi automatic <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">assault </span>rifles because they didn't want their God given constitutional right to spread COVID-19 to other people violated by being made to wear a facemask. The president of the United States even tweeted his approval of such stormtrooper tactics.</font><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2020/04/30/armed-protesters-storm-michigan-state-house-over-covid-19-lockdown/#3be24a7e69b5"><font size="4">Armed Protesters Storm Michigan State House Over COVID-19 Lockdown</font></a><br><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><i><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">> </span>I am not concerned about rubber bullets.</i></blockquote><div><br></div><div><font size="4">Not even when rubber bullets <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">are used to</span> <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">stop a</span> protest<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">, in which there is plenty of video evidence showing it was peaceful, so that Trump could have a photo op and hold a Bible upside down in front of a church?</span> </font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4">John K Clark</font></span></div></div></div>