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Saturday, May 30. 2020

Tucker: That game is rigged for the rioters

Video at Am. Digest


Mrs. BD notes that most of the mobs appear to be white in skin tone.  This is no local "protest".


Another point I'd like to make - almost never mentioned - is the disinhibiting pleasure people can take in a no-rules situation. I do not see anger. I see mob disinhibition and excitement.


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The media believes them to be, for the most part, white supremacists.
#1 Erasmus on 2020-05-30 16:58 (Reply)
Then somebody better tell Kaepernick and the rest of the celebrity clan who're bailing them out of jail.
#1.1 jimg on 2020-05-30 17:49 (Reply)
I think what's a little different this time around is that more people are catching on to the "protest" scam a lot quicker. People have legitimate anger and want to protest what happened, but they're beginning to distinguish between that and the anarchy being fomented by outside radical agitators. Those bastards can burn and loot, but they can't hide anymore.
#2 RebeccaH on 2020-05-30 17:04 (Reply)
White supremacists convinced liberal Black Americans to destroy their neighborhood. Rrriiiiight.
#3 Bull on 2020-05-30 17:14 (Reply)
When I first heard that statement I laughed as it was so ridiculous, but that is what some are pushing.
#3.1 JC on 2020-05-31 07:41 (Reply)
But the theory has the advantage of simplicity: no matter what goes wrong, it's always white supremacists.
#3.1.1 Texan99 on 2020-05-31 11:44 (Reply)
Interesting here in Chicago, where the local big media seem to be busy obscuring/trivializing last night's events. The big media key word, following the narrative, is "protests." Smaller sources like Second City Cop and CWB, indicate looting and at least one case of gun fire. Hard to get any detailed coverage, but it appears that the violence started in the Loop and spread to the Gold Coast. That's several miles worth of travel, or coordination of "bad guy" actions. So far, Chicago seems to be handling things. Some credit has to go to CPD. I've seen how they use the bike patrols as mobile responders and as hard line barricades. These young kids work hard.
#4 Frankns on 2020-05-30 17:24 (Reply)
I sometimes, not often, disagree with Tucker but every weekday evening, he is my tether to sanity and reality.
#5 mudbug on 2020-05-30 17:37 (Reply)
Antifa--the same folks that destroyed the legitimacy of the Hong Kong protests through their violence and destruction of property and gave the CCP the excuse to crack down.
#6 Jim on 2020-05-30 18:14 (Reply)
Jail records show most arrested in Minneapolis riots have Minnesota addresses

P.S. Spent about 19 years in the Twin Cities. Beautiful place. Sad and sickened to see a guy in cuffs and on his stomach murdered by police and then a bunch of animals (wherever they're from) use that as an excuse to act like animals.
#7 Bill Carson on 2020-05-30 19:57 (Reply)
Smart money says they are funded by Schwartz György!
#8 Mark Matis on 2020-05-30 21:01 (Reply)
Well now it's come to my town of Tampa, burned 1 gas station and an ATT store. Police using tear gas but pretty small so far.
The gas station is right across the street from Busch Gardens
#9 Grant1863 on 2020-05-30 23:27 (Reply)
Takes me back to 1968, how did that work out for the Dems?
I don't know, does history repeat?
Was the media as inflammatory then?
#10 Exasperated on 2020-05-31 06:53 (Reply)
Good point. I, too, see many parallels between the late sixties/early seventies and today. Yesterday's launch of U.S. Astronauts on a new rocket was one of them. Back in those days we witnessed great achievements in space contrasted with rioting over the Vietnam war. I wonder if this time we'll have another Kent State moment.
#10.1 snopercod on 2020-05-31 07:41 (Reply)
Antifa black flags (mostly young, white, liberal, boys dependent on their parents) are using the protests as an excuse to start riots - throwing rocks, starting fires, etc. Once someone starts breaking windows it is easy for others in the crowd to justify the same.

When the the riot has momentum Antifa blends into the crowd as walks away.

This has been the Left’s playbook for years.
#11 egd on 2020-05-31 07:31 (Reply)
Look for the backpacks. We know who's carrying the backpacks and what's in them.
#12 Jerryskids on 2020-05-31 09:35 (Reply)
Here in LA, there are a lot of people who seem to want to get cool videos for Tik-Tok, and to be in with the cool kids. The looters are pretty much the usual looter crowd. No Proud Boys, KKK, etc..
#13 Marina on 2020-05-31 09:58 (Reply)
Mobs do not have minds. Mobs react emotionally. They'll do what excites them - smash windows, loot, burn things, kill people. Mobs are not rational. Mobs are not logical. But mobs can be turned into weapons. We've seen that time and again throughout history. All it takes is for someone or some group to instigate the mob, give them a target, then stand back and let the mob do its thing.
#14 DCE (Link) on 2020-05-31 16:09 (Reply)
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/its-setup-mysteriously-staged-bricks-appear-throughout-major-protest-cities
#15 Dmw on 2020-05-31 23:41 (Reply)
Moved to Southern Europe 5 years ago. I love small town USA...the cities creep me out. Can’t see coming back for any reason other than bbq and fishing.
#16 DblTap on 2020-06-01 01:51 (Reply)
Lotta folks are talking a "Moral Holiday." Saw that termover the weekend and it seems to fit.

The other thing that strikes me is this seems to be a live action version of the film "The Purge."

Scary and infuriating at the same time.
#17 Phloda on 2020-06-01 09:11 (Reply)

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