“This is what tolerance looks like at UC Berkeley”

[Belz...]

Trump 2020 is a lock at this rate

It's hard to imagine Democratic voters not turning out in greater numbers next time, assuming Trump runs for reelection.

 

[Giz]

But that riot footage was close to a really good Indian Restaurant in Berkeley;hope it was not damaged. They do a great Chicken Marsala.

That would make it a great British Restaurant, no?

 

[CapelDodger]

Sad doesn't even come close.

It's certainly desperately weak. If it doesn't look like tolerance that's probably not what it is.

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Protesters-storm-Milo-Yiannopoulos-event-at-UC-10901829.php

That doesn't look like tolerance, and indeed it isn't.

Yet look who started all of the violence.

Anarchists. It's what they do.

Look who is being targeted.

And not tolerated.

More intolerance (to say the least) from the left.

These are anarchists. Everybody hates anarchists.

I'd say it was only a few individuals who ruined it, but it was not.

Dozens of masked students started fires, stormed barricades, threw bricks, fireworks and "smoking objects" at police, knocked over and vandalized a generator and light that were set up, smashed windows....I forget the rest.

Dozens, you say. How many students are there at Berkeley?

I wonder if they were actually students at all.

And there's that, of course.

I guess Berkeley, along with government officials all over the state, don't care that 74% of Californians are against sanctuary cities.

You guess this from the actions of dozens of anarchists, of whom an unknown number are students.

Ironically, the reason we all hate anarchists is that they are narcissists.

 

[acbytesla]

It's hard to imagine Democratic voters not turning out in greater numbers next time, assuming Trump runs for reelection.

4 years is a lot of time. What the dynamic will be in a year is hard to judge let alone 4. I can't imagine that if the orange turd continues to cause this much turmoil that he will be reelected. He didn't have a majority in this election. But Trump and the Republicans I'm sure will be hard at work to disenfranchise as many voters as possible.

 

[acbytesla]

That would make it a great British Restaurant, no?

Is there such a thing? Great British food is kind of an oxymoron.

 

[thaiboxerken]

It's hard to imagine Democratic voters not turning out in greater numbers next time, assuming Trump runs for reelection.

This is why Republicans will pass more laws to make voting inaccessible. For example, in NC, Republicans already passed bills that allow only Republicans to be in the state election committee during election years. Democrats have "equal" access by having the committee during non-election years.

 

[Tony]

When someone is saying they want to deprive you of the home and life you have built in America would you be polite in your response?

Sounds like they're afraid of losing their privilege.

 

[Belz...]

But Trump and the Republicans I'm sure will be hard at work to disenfranchise as many voters as possible.

This is why Republicans will pass more laws to make voting inaccessible.

Hadn't thought of that.

For example, in NC, Republicans already passed bills that allow only Republicans to be in the state election committee during election years. Democrats have "equal" access by having the committee during non-election years

That doesn't sound constitutional.

 

[mgidm86]

Who gives a rip? We're supposed to be angels of virtue while the minority alt-right takes over the government and drags it toward the drain or WWIII, it's unclear which at this point.

And you start a thread whining about some protestors who have had enough! Color me unconcerned.

Caught this one before I logged in.

I watched a young woman get pepper sprayed in the face while doing a TV interview. Another person was knocked out. I'm watching these asshats burn and destroy their campus - who will pay for this? Taxpayers?

Yeah right I'M whining?

<SNIP> and your buddies over here our destroying their own campus.

You people need to calm the hell down - but then again, you, yes you since you support them, are once again playing to Trumps tune. You think people are going to tolerate this? Do you think you are convincing a single person that you are somehow right?

WWIII - I hope someday you all will look back and see how infantile your behavior is. To me it's twilight zone.

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Edited, breach of rule 0, rule 12.

 

[Giz]

Is there such a thing? Great British food is kind of an oxymoron.

Flavour is kept understated, so it can be eaten with a stiff upper lip.

 

[theprestige]

That doesn't sound constitutional.

Hell, it doesn't even sound plausible.

 

[caveman1917]

These are anarchists.

Evidence? How did you exclude any other left-wing antifascist position?

Everybody hates anarchists.

All we know is that they support a "no platform" position. Would you say "everybody" hates "no platform"? And who exactly is "everybody"?

 

[Resume]

This is why Republicans will pass more laws to make voting inaccessible. For example, in NC, Republicans already passed bills that allow only Republicans to be in the state election committee during election years. Democrats have "equal" access by having the committee during non-election years.

Do you have a cite? That sounds nuts.

 

[Belz...]

Hell, it doesn't even sound plausible.

I was trying to be nice about it.

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

Milo Yiannopoulos is Jewish, openly gay, and he was born in Greece.

That makes those who hate him and want to silence him anti-semitic, homophobic, and xenophobic.

This says a lot about the supposed "tolerance" of the left when they attack and silence a gay Jewish man who hails from a foreign country.

Hypocrites.

You might want to start with some reading.

Yiannopoulos' sexuality

While Yiannopoulos is gay, he has stated that gay rights are detrimental to humanity, and that gay men should "get back in the closet".[98] He has described being gay as "aberrant" and "a lifestyle choice guaranteed to bring [gay people] pain and unhappiness".[99] He has said that he would love to experiment with conversion therapy, but not because he thinks it'll work.[100]
In September 2015, Yiannopoulos guest-starred on Joe Rogan's YouTube show, The Joe Rogan Experience. During the show, Yiannopoulos claimed to have lost his virginity at age 13 "in an interracial fivesome with a drag queen".[101] Some have accused Yiannopoulos of exaggerating his homosexuality for comic effect, and falling back on homophobic tropes in doing so.[16]

Dangerous Faggot Tour

In late 2015, Yiannopoulos began a campus speaking tour called "The Dangerous Faggot Tour", encompassing universities in the United States and Great Britain. A number of his scheduled speeches in Great Britain were cancelled.[102] Although most of his American speeches were not cancelled, some were met with notable protest ranging from vocal disruptions to cancellation via the heckler's veto. The journalist Audrey Goddard analysed his speech at the University of Pittsburgh. He concludes that Yiannopoulos spends the "majority of the time voicing his opinions with little to no factual statements accompanying them", which he thought was ironic taking in account how Yiannopoulos repeatedly insisted "that he was just stating "facts.""[103]

16] Kirchick, James (1 June 2016). "The Sad Story of Milo Yiannopoulos: the Trump Troll With Daddy Issues". Tablet Magazine.
98] Gay rights have made us dumber. It's time to get back in the closet
99] Yiannopoulos, Milo. "Why I'll probably never be a parent" Yiannopoulos.net. Archived from the original at 16 August 2011. "But the thought that I might influence my child towards a lifestyle choice guaranteed to bring them pain and unhappiness–however remote that chance may be–is horrifying to me. That's why, quite simply, I wouldn't bring a child up in a gay household."
100] Milo Yiannopoulos – PaulsEgo – TheAmazingAtheist – and More! DPP #193 @23m15s, 4 January 2016, Drunken Peasants, YouTube. "I would love to be cured. Who wouldn't want to be cured? Of course, I want to be cured. I've tried to pray the gay away... I think for a variety of reasons, most gay people if they were honest, would not choose to have been born homosexual. I'd love to experiment with some of these therapies, not because I think they'll work."
101] "The Joe Rogan Experience", YouTube. 1:24:25.
102] "Tour Dates". Yiannopoulos.net.
103] "I fact checked Milo Yiannopoulos' speech and it was nonsense". The Tab Pitt. 8 April 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2017.

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

Do we know these weren't false flag violence spewers?

 

[acbytesla]

Flavour is kept understated, so it can be eaten with a stiff upper lip.

Oh that explains it! I thought they just didn't want to be mistaken as French.

 

[Dumb All Over]

I didn't say I was opposed to violence. I was merely pointing out that what occurred at Berkeley wasn't a 'shooting' civil war. You seem to be unable to distinguish between levels of action, equating a broken window with full-scale war. There are many levels between those two things, and they are each appropriate in different circumstances.

Perhaps one level between a broken window and full-scale war is beating a person to a level of unconsciousness.

People being beaten

 

[mgidm86]

This isn't really about the students - of course most did not get violent. I'm hearing that over 100 did, but numbers are all over the place. I wonder how many are cool with it.

It doesn't matter. My first reaction was to knee-jerk hate Berkeley, but were these people paid to do this? Was it sponsored? It's the bigger picture I'm concerned about, not Berkeley.

People are getting attacked - not widespread, but condoning this only adds to that fire.

Your gal lost the election. Deal with it. The racists and KKK handled the first black president better than this. These people are exactly what they are protesting against.

 

[logger]

I did. The speaker from Breitbart is one of Der Fuhrer's brownshirts.

Sure that's reasonable. Your side proves their choice of wearing brown shirts and you blame Trump.