What the heck? It looks like what was meant to be a peaceful protest that turned ugly... We are watching it live.
you'll have to fill us in. most of us are in the US, where news is only readily available if it's the news they want you to know about.
Seattle is in Washington, which is in the US.... Anyways, it started as a peaceful Mayday protest, but there were some idiots who got violent and started throwing glass bottles at the cops and smashing windows and stuff....it looks like the cops had it mostly contained, but who knows what will happen when the sun goes down..... Apparently there is a Mayday protest in Seattle every year.
I'm listening live to the police scanner through the resources of KOMO TV Live Stream http://komonews.com/news/local/may-day-2016-in-seattle Hotwater
hmm, you're right, mayday protests do seem to be an annual event there. when i googled "seattle mayday protest" the auto-complete added each of the last several years to the end of the search, so apparently it is a regular thing. like i said before, this seems to be one of the things they don't really want you to know about, as i had never heard a thing about it until you mentioned it, and even then i googled "seattle" and got absolutely nothing relevant to any of this. i don't know why, it seems like this is the kind of shit they like to promote these days. or maybe they want to keep it on the DL because the people getting arrested are mostly white and seem to be protesting the actual problems with the system rather than just the standard shit that they want you to protest.
I've seen a good bit of coverage on NBC and MSNBC. They seem to be mostly anarchists. Don't know how so many ended up in Seattle. We're not seeing much of this kind of thing in other states.
So, let me get this straight... There are idiots that protest May 1st? What, do they want it removed from the calendar?
Capitalism, I think. I wonder if this goes all the way back to that year when they had a big international trade event there and there was a lot of violence that was blamed on an anarchist group. I don't remember ever hearing anything about violence in Seattle before that. The state of Washington has a big trade surplus because of software exports.
Does anyone know if the protest turned into a riot? I didn't catch the late night news before bed last night, and there was nothing in my local paper today.
The people doing all this "protesting" these days remind me of the creepy friends my mother had who went to war protests to meet "chicks". Protests have become like a macabre festival as opposed to actually promoting a cohesive and clear message. Most of these tools calling themselves "Anarchists" are fair weather posers. They cry like babies when they get arrested for doing STUPID shit (like throwing anything at a cop).
^^^^ I don't want to generalize, or judge, because I do think there are people out there who are legit protesters who can clearly and concisely explain what and why they are protesting. However, when I was watching the live feed from the Seattle protest last night, and the news lady interviewed a few of the protesters and asked why they were down there, they really didn't seem to know what they were talking about. They just sounded pissed off and self righteous and said fuck a lot.
Yeah like Molotov cocktails One guy jumped on the top of a police cruiser and tried to flatten it. Not sure if they arrested the human scrap yard Hotwater
A couple of the guys from the Baltimore riots were sentenced to prison time for destroying a police car. One got 2 years and the other got 4 years. What so many rioters seemed to know was that covering your face is essential. These two guys didn't get the memo. I find it puzzling and even funny that when a tear gas cannister lands, nobody seems to know what to do and they all get gassed. Put a bucket over it. Or a trash can. Otherwise go full Pele' and kick it back or into the nearest pond, pool or sewer. If none of that works, run in circles screaming and inhale as much of the gas as possible! Also, use real milk, not skim, not 2% and certainly not soy. You need liquid fat for dealing with tear gas. Helps to have a thin layer of Vaseline on your whole face before you get into full "protest" mode. Tear gas burns your skin as well. A painter's respirator is more than enough protection. Those little paper face masks are USELESS.
So we fight against corruption with some balls and because others don't we get ridiculed from a bunch of pussies? This level goes deep. "the people doing all this" yeah blah blah blah old man. times change, we are not a group you can label.
Times may change, but assholes seem to go on forever. What you call a fight against corruption just looks like corruption from a different direction. Especially when we have people who openly discriminate against people over trite things like age. Tsk tsk Sir. Pull into the modern age already. Most of these paid "protesters" don't give a crap about the actual issue, they just want to destroy shit and get their licks in, anywhere. Since they are too scared to go after their REAL enemies, they go after cops and innocent people on the street. If you don't want to be seen as a pussy, go after a REAL target. Otherwise you're just a bunch of creepy guys who are going to protests to pick up chicks and ACT like anarchists while doing no actual anarchy, always staying just inside the lines. Of course there were some real anarchists back in the 60s and 70s, but lots of them were either blown up by their own bombs or played right into the hands of the pigs. Besides, taking it out on me, an "old man" just makes you look like a rude little kid. You're wasting your time with me, go out and make a real difference if you are actually inclined to do so. Whining on a message board because you don't like what I said is kind of pitiful. Balls? Where? When do we see them? All we see so far is hordes of chicken shits tossing bottles and rocks at the wrong people. When you start tossing them at corporate whores and governmental stooges, I'll be a believer. Till then, I have not been impressed with what I have seen. It's all so disappointing. Just like it was decades ago.
