Comments by "nuqwestr" (@nuqwestr) on "Protests turn deadly in Portland" video.
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@freedommatters3176 I was part of demonstrations in the 1960's, was facing the draft, etc. etc., among other things. I don't see how our demonstrations had much impact on the political process. In fact, the chaos of Chicago in 1968 helped give Nixon the victory, and in 1972, the Dems were in such internal disorder they gave Nixon a 2nd term. Only his own character flaws ended his presidency. I am no pacifist, be "Civil" in your disobedience, all good, but come in my home, act out in an uncivil manner, and I will defend my property, my family, and myself. This is all a lot of noise, which we've had one cycle after another of, with little change. Real change comes from the inside out by individuals, not collectives.What change are you about? Global Warming, I'm with you, systemic racism, no, the stats clearly show the police are not systemically racist. If you are a black man in America, you have less than a one in a million chance of being shot dead by a police officer. That's from a study of 20 years of statistics gathered by a Black tenured professor from Harvard. There are science deniers on the right, but science deniers on the left, too. https://scholar.harvard.edu/fryer/publications/empirical-analysis-racial-differences-police-use-force
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Youcanvids Both my parents were born in California in the early 1920's, and I just turned 65. If you are low-income and 65, you qualify for both Medi-Cal and Medicare. I've made good choices and been lucky, so no health problems, I live and own in a nice area, did not use any equity passed down to me for purchase, and was able to maintain a middle-class lifestyle I am content with. I'm a block from the beach, and surrounded by people of varying levels of income, lifestyle, and political persuasion. I started to look at leaving before Covid, but unable to find something, even with the equity I have, to suit me. I walk and bike most places, rarely need to drive these days, do remote consulting, but can remember traffic jams in the 1960's/70's, too. I have the feeling if I move to another state, I'd just be taking myself with me, so not sure that's in my best interest at this point. You should watch a documentary called: The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Galapagos_Affair
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Youcanvids LMAO, in 1980 we all thought Ronald Wilson Reagan, Mr 666, was the anti-Christ who was going to start Armageddon for the evangelicals. Didn't happen, Ronnie did some bad things, but the system survived and prospered. I was wrong, and so are you. The State, by any other name, is just The State, and occupied by human beings, so can be easily understood. Grow-up.
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@MJ BL Trump brokered peace deal between Israel and the UAE. Trump sent in troops to Idlib, Syria and saved perhaps a million people, then pulled out, although the Dems cried there would be a genocide of the Kurds, there was not. When Iran fired on our ships, Trump did not start a war, but still maintained a position of strength in the region without it, killing Iran's top general, which the Dems said would start a wider war and end our friendship with Iraq, that also did not happen. Dems said Tariffs against China and bad mouthing North Korea would start a war, it did not. Trump made a promise to bring troops home, not send troops around the world, he's pretty much done that. You can't have it both ways. Yes, his surface character is of an a-hole, in a number of ways he's a blustering fraud and clown. Those are REAL criticisms, but you and the left feel the need to make stuff up, to lie, and say he is 100% irredeemable. That's just not true, so YOU are the bigger liars, because you lie both in words and deeds.
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