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Dispatch from the War Zone of Seattle
This Fox News Web Site story today is just priceless. The Mayor,a white, homosexual, female Jenny Durkan, has been “demanded” to resign by avowed Socialist City Council-creature Kshama Sawant. Yeah, as if Durkan takes orders from the Clowncil! Sawant let demonstrators into City Hall because in her view it “belongs to the people”.
“Protesters” Storm City Hall! Those same protesters took over the Seattle East Precinct, making a 6-block “police-free zone”.
And now this, from MyNorthwest.com. It seems that the so-called “demonstrators” on Capitol Hill (above) are armed, and now establishing checkpoints around the neighborhood, and attempting to extract “protection money” from local businesses. How is this helpful? With no police, this is what you get.
Here are some quotes from another article on the KOMO Web site, about the “protester-occupied Autonomous Zone” near the Seattle Police East Precinct on Capitol Hill.
After Seattle police boarded up and abandoned the east precinct, a story started to spread that protesters with guns had broken in and were occupying the building. This is false. [emphasis mine]
Now, just think about the bolded statement above. The Seattle Police have abandoned their precinct station, and basically surrendered to the Occupying Force of Protesters. What, exactly, does this say about the Police of the City of Seattle, whose job it is to protect the citizens of the city. This is appalling! In my opinion, this reflects the known fact that the city government of Seattle does not support its police force, and has not done for many years. They are the descendants of 1960s radicals who think of police as “pigs”.
However, armed citizens are patrolling the streets around the police station. It’s also true that rifle-toting citizens have set up checkpointsand may be restricting who goes in and out.
Does this sound like a revolution to you? An entire neighborhood of the city patrolled by armed “citizens” who probably do not live in that neighborhood.
And the truth actually gets even worse.
“We have heard anecdotally reports of citizens and businesses being asked to pay a fee to operate within this area,” Nollette said. “This is the crime of extortion.”
“The collective believes in the diversity of tactics,” said protest organizerDae Shik Kim Hawkins, Jr. “I think a lot of different coalitions and efforts are trying to achieve a very similar goal.”
Police said they are reaching out to these leaders so they can move back into the east precinct without inciting more civil unrest.
What does this sound like to you? To me, it sounds like, again, the Police have surrendered to the Protesters, and have to ask their permission to move back into their precinct house! The Protesters’ Goal is a Police-free city.
I have changed my mind about this being fun for us non-Seattleites to watch; it is now scary, and horrifying. I feel sorry for all the business owners whose establishments were burned or looted during the so-called protests over the death of a career criminal in Minneapolis. And I feel bad for all the citizens who are being prevented from returning to their homes, by armed thugs at checkpoints.
Hey, “protesters” and “demonstrators” in Seattle. Be very careful what you wish for, you might just get it. I wonder how criminal gangs and drug-pushers feel about Leftist wimps who pull the police from the streets in favor of social workers? We may be about to find out.
[originally posted over at RushBabe49.com]
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@susaninseattle
Fair enough. But most of the people have voted for it
It’s important to remember that many good people live in bad places and have good reasons for loving their homes despite the dominant madness. As cities grow, people relocate, and politics change, previously sensible communities are overtaken by injustice and corruption.
Furthermore, good people should endlessly hope — not by evidence, but by generosity — that fools can be converted and communities saved. We all know examples of hopeless cases when a fool turned one’s life around. It can happen.
When many young men fled Syria, I and others argued that they should remain to fight for theur country. I believe in Just War, which means defensive war must have reasonable hope of success for the violence to be justified. But it’s respectable for good people to remain in ravaged places to defeat evils if they can. It is honorable to seek redemption of one’s homeland.
All of that is to say that “Leave. Get out while you can.” is too easy and uncharitable a response. So many Ricochet members watching their hometowns go up in flames have my sympathy. I’m sure there is much to love about those towns and many good people there. I’m sure leaving your job, your house, your neighborhood, your local history is a terrible prospect. Perhaps even your family has deep roots there.
Many parts of America have been overrun by insanity and predatory politics. They can’t all be saved. But my prayers are with all who remain, as well as those who dare to begin again elsewhere.
As a Christian, I try to remember that I am not here to save civilizations. I am here to offer myself to God as an instrument in His mercy. If person after person rejects me and spits on me, if I am wrecked or murdered in the end, it all will have been worth it if just one more soul will join His holy family in eternal life.
Just one conversion, one heart opened to truth and to life, is greater than anything else a person can do (except perhaps to bring a new soul into the world through the miracle of birth and parenting). Truth, justice, and beauty — aspects of love — are gifts ever ready to grow where they are planted and nurtured, though the Lord alone knows which seeds will find ready ground.
If the city burns, the economy collapses, disease scatters us, there is yet hope. So long as there are people, there is hope.
Rule of law can be restored in Seattle. While justice-loving officials in or beyond the city figure out how to organize an armed response to thugs and vandals, there must be at least a few people left in the area ready to be introduced to truth and reason. Keep trying. It’s easy to be discouraged.
I took the easy route and left New York state as soon as finances would let me. But I acknowledge feeling a bit guilty, as such movements contribute to the Balkanization of our country. Maintaining a country becomes harder as citizens increasingly self-segregate based on political views. Such segregations increases the tendency to see everything as “us” versus “them.” But, constantly being pilloried because of my political, religious, and ethics views (including being told by the governor that people with my views were not “welcome” in the state) gets very tiring. So I left. Which on a collective basis (I am not the only one) makes life even more difficult for those who remain.
Don’t feel too guilty. Hippies always end up abandoning the places they spoiled and following us to the next fertile land made great by justice and hard work.
I wish they didn’t convert as many minds as we do.
Meanwhile interesting people are striking back.
I looked it up, and the first relevant article that came up was from 2004 – Maybe they don’t do the survey anymore. In any case, the winner (The category was “no Rocket Scientist”) was a tie between Patty Murray and Rick Santorum, followed by Barbara Boxer. “a crowded field – more than a third of the Senate got votes”.
Edit: Also a lot of dislike for McCain across multiple categories – “showhorse”, “Worst Follower”, “Hottest Temper”, along with a couple positives – gutsiest and funniest.
CHAZ prefigured:
That is hilarious. kek
They may be good people, but my guess is they voted for these loons in large part. Cities are all blue. To some degree if you voted for this Mayor, this is what you get.
There is not enough justice in the world. These monsters never get what is coming to them, and the people who vote for democrats never get it hard enough.
If it were up to me, Seattle and all the Blue states would have the first 6 plagues of Egypt thrust upon them.
Well, Portland cohorts are now fencing in their own autonomous zone. I’m confident such zones will soon be cropping up in many American cities.
I had a few friends with elderly parents that insisted on staying in the city of Saginaw, which, for the size of it is a pretty bad place. It was home to them.
Thank you. A lot of progress is made sometimes, when choices seem limited.
Of course they will, unless mayors and/or governors take action – real action, not just trying to talk things out. As long as nobody tries to rein actions like these in, it becomes a bit like that song from the musical Annie Get Your Gun.
You can check out the location with Maps. Put in this addresse for the Capitol Hill Police Department:
1519 12th Ave Seattle WA. 98122
On the iPhone, Maps puts red negative signs to show which locations are barricaded. On the iPad, it just gives heavier oulines to the affected streets.
Then don’t. Oh, never mind . . .
Oh, wow. I totally remember that. It was horrifying, and it all went very very wrong, not as planned.
I did not have a TV, but I watched the smoke and listened to the radio from my south facing apartment balcony in North Philly.
I’m embarrassed to say I can’t remember what they called that incident, but in the end, they rebuilt everything.
Of course, I just did a search, and all those stories are now being brought to the front.
Like any city, there are people who live there, that do not agree with the prevailing choices, but stay.
Have there been any voices from within that zone crying out for help?
Because if not, then I say, let them play with their little block party. but if anyone asks for rescue, they should be supported.
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire,
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire,
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire,
We don’t need no water let the motherf****r burn,
Burn motherf****r burn.
Particularly if their Constitutional rights are clearly violated.
free right now. (just wait til later!)
I do not know kek. is that a letter symbol for a laugh?
google maps is helping these numbskulls?
well, I guess it helps anyone.
but why red signifying keep out?
it should be GREEN PLUSES. Come in, Everything is free. (for now)
I am for that.
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Slang dictionary
kek
What does kek mean?
Kek is an online term with similar meanings to LOL or haha, used especially by gamers. Since the 2016 US presidential election, the Egyptian god Kek, portrayed as Pepe the Frog, has become a symbol of the so-called “alt-right.”
Based on their request list for “supplies”, they don’t have anything to be free.
No, it’s actually the Maps app built into the iPhone. I’m pretty sure they have all their own data. I thought Google was pretty good once upon a time, or better than Maps, but the Maps app is integrated so it can be opened while you’re entering a contact or making an appointment. It shows with color bars (yellow or red) if traffic is known to be slow on main thoroughfaires, good for navigation if you want to go on a road trip. But if you wanted to run Google Maps, Google Maps is a separate app for the iPhone with a 4.7 rating (Maps is a downloadable app but doesn’t have a rating because it comes pre-installed). There is also something called iMaps+ with a 3.3 rating that “brings Google maps, directions and street view to your iOS device.” I haven’t tried either.
According to news reports (“King5” via Fox News)
Implies that the donations are voluntary, but since the thugs have been demanding protection money (untraceable cash or bitcoin only), one can’t be certain.
Residents are required to show ID to be granted access to their residences.
I can’t find the article now, but apparently the Seattle Fire Department did respond and was permitted to enter and extinguish a literal dumpster fire that threatened to spread to the adjacent building. Personally, I would have let the fire burn. Unfortunate for the building owner, but in a war there are innocent casualties. I also am surprised the firefighters themselves didn’t refuse to go out of fear for their own safety.