Mobs, liberals and racism

[roo_ster]

Much as I hate Suarez, I think SiH is reading too much into his comments in the same way that he is accusing Suarez of reading too much into the incidents.

Me, too, sorta.  I don't hate Suarez, but I am not too impressed.  I also find him mildly annoying and wonder why anyone would pay him to train them.

[Balog]

Me, too, sorta.  I don't hate Suarez, but I am not too impressed.  I also find him mildly annoying and wonder why anyone would pay him to train them.

Did you follow the debacle where he was pimping after market AK mags as the bestest toughest thing evar, only to have them fail miserably the first time someone dropped them. Guy is a huckster, as well as just generally annoying.

[MicroBalrog]

A good comrade in Kentucky seems to have dealt with a situation like this:

http://gunfreezone.net/wordpress/index.php/2011/08/08/a-cure-for-the-common-mob/

[RevDisk]

Is it me, or are there more mobs than usual as of late?

[Balog]

My guess is the ease of co ordination Twitter/text messages/everyone having email capable phones provides is helping that trend. Fosters the group mentality without requiring proximity. And after all the press the Arab "uprisings" got I'm not surprised to see these tactics in the civilized world.

[MicroBalrog]

Or possibly we simply hear more of this.

[Iain]

My guess is the ease of co ordination Twitter/text messages/everyone having email capable phones provides is helping that trend. Fosters the group mentality without requiring proximity. And after all the press the Arab "uprisings" got I'm not surprised to see these tactics in the civilized world.

On the plus side, a London guy on twitter has been arranging clean-up crews.

[sanglant]

don't forget all the politicians calling to bring the "Arab spring" to America.

[Perd Hapley]

don't forget all the politicians calling to bring the "Arab spring" to America.

Sorry to repeat myself from another thread, but I think it's important to note that the American Spring happened two years before the Arab Spring. The former is vilified by the American media and Democratic Party. The latter is praised.

[Jamisjockey]

Just a prediction, but these are practice runs for the next election cycle.  Mob induced voter intimidation, coming to a polling place near you. 

[dogmush]

Just a prediction, but these are practice runs for the next election cycle.  Mob induced voter intimidation, coming to a polling place near you. 

Maybe I've lived in the south too long, but around here that would be very dangerous for the mob.

[Jamisjockey]

Maybe I've lived in the south too long, but around here that would be very dangerous for the mob.

In and close to the cities I expect they would meet little resistance.  Also, many states ban carry in or within a certain distance of polling places....

[Jocassee]

Maybe I've lived in the south too long, but around here that would be very dangerous for the mob.

This. I can't speak for the rest of the country or even the South, but I don't worry about this happening in my town. Too many law-abiding, hard-working, gun-owning people.

[lee n. field]

A good comrade in Kentucky seems to have dealt with a situation like this:

http://gunfreezone.net/wordpress/index.php/2011/08/08/a-cure-for-the-common-mob/

The ambiance in his neighborhood is very similar to mine.

[MechAg94]

I think even in Houston, mob participants could expect to get shot.  They had a guy shoot a person dead on a city bus and get off completely on self defense grounds.  I really don't think that would go over too well.

If I am not mistaken, the major city zip codes have quite a few CHL licenses in Texas. 

[dogmush]

In and close to the cities I expect they would meet little resistance.  Also, many states ban carry in or within a certain distance of polling places....

Eh, I disagree.

The precents that wouldn't have a problem with it are the one's that don't need intimidation.  I live in a pretty dang big metro area, and outside form some of the ghetto polling places in St. Petersburg a mob outside a polling place would likely see a quick and violent end. Yes FL restricts weapons in polling places, and some of the more polite and/or aware of the law ccwers will even leave them in a car.  But I'd bet more just walk in and ignore the law.

And that doesn't take into account that by their very nature polling places are close to you're home.  A more likely scenario is a wife comes home (or texts) about a bunch of folks telling her how to vote and 5 or 6 nieghbors grab battle rifles and drive over to fix the situation. In my neighborhood response time would be significantly quicker then the police's.

I'm not sure that would be a good, or appropriate, response but I think it's likely if there's any sort of mob induced intimidation.

Prolly different up north, as the whole culture is different.

[sanglant]

Sorry to repeat myself from another thread, but I think it's important to note that the American Spring happened two years before the Arab Spring. The former is vilified by the American media and Democratic Party. The latter is praised.

i didn't count the tea party as a "spring" because no one died, also there was something else missing, but i'd rather not talk about it. the idiots calling to bring this home should be...

[Jamisjockey]

I fully expect them to try it.  How it ends may be another matter.  But the shootings of some minority youths in the cities also might spark something more serious.
Funny enough, I was flipping channels on satellite radio because my radio presets got messed up, trying to find conservative talk.  Found Al Sharpton and paused.  He was talking about the success of the tea party and claimed that it could be defeated by "out organizing" the tea party.
All the conservative political pundits are saying that since Obama can't run on his record, expect this to be the nastiest ugliest election cycle, ever.
I dunno.  Something in my gut tells me these mobs are part of a bigger scheme.  I'd love to be wrong and see a nice, peaceful, orderly election.  And for most people it will be. 

[roo_ster]

Luckily, two out of my three closest neighbors and I have LOS on the polling place and can provide supporting fire to anyone wishing to vote.

Here's a helpful hint to would-be polling place mobs (or any other kind of mobs):
Keep it in your own neighborhood, because it won't be a healthy activity in ours.

[Ron]

seems there are many more occurrences than I was aware of!

http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/08/the_racial_violence_that_dare_not_speak_its_name.html

[Monkeyleg]

That is really frightening. Thanks to the MSM for not covering those stories. 

[longeyes]

Racial mobs are just the anteroom to the ugly fruits of welfare statism: anarchy or police state.  If we're lucky 2012 will not be the last Election in what we have known as America.  But it definitely could be.

[Ben]

That is really frightening. Thanks to the MSM for not covering those stories. 

If you click on some of the links in that story, the mindset and reasoning behind many (most?) of these attacks, as related by the perpetrators, is even more frightening.

[AmbulanceDriver]

For once, I'm glad that Oregon has vote by mail.  It may be rife with fraud, but at least I don't have to worry about potentially being attacked for going to vote.  Because I think the comments here are right, this is practice for Nov. '12.