It's indirect, but I'm dumbstruck watching a MN TV ad asking that teachers performance be considered in hiring! Twilight zone material..

Quite possible, but I don't want to be that cynical.. Recent transplant here and disbelieving the DLF koolaid. This Marxism will only stop when someone gets jail time.

I live 7 miles from the mall. The social timbre here is appalling. The Bloomington DA is just "squeaking" for posture.

I've wondered when or how anyone involved would be held accountable with real consequences under our rule of law. The media race hustlers never look back..

Thank you.

Lots of insane folks out there. Some, in a good way
Ford, Jobs, Rand, and more may well fall into the over, over, over category. But if I were to follow an ancient philosopher, next to Aristotle, Lao Tsu would be a good choice.

from the link... "Lena K. Gardner of the group “Black Lives Matter” said several groups, including several faith leaders, took part in organizing Saturday’s protest.
Gardner said the financial losses are not the fault of protesters.
“We came to sing carols and raise awareness,” she said, “and the Bloomington police are the ones who shut down the mall, not us.”


And folks don't agree with me when I claim that Critical Thinking is Dead?

Wow.

Those proud of their ignorance are always "useful" to the "swayer"

Good luck with those idiots.
Someone's "useful idiots?"

I don't think they are smart enough for the first question or connected enough for the second. If we can convene them again...I'll go ask first-hand...only a ten minute drive.

Looters? Noooo....

Well said

It looks like it is going to be a complex case. The demonstrators have the precedent of the cancer victim's gathering. The proof of economic loss on the part of the shopkeepers (who might have lost a significant amount of their annual income) should be a strong differentiator (I suspect that the cancer gathering actually added to the revenue), but my guess is that it will be hotly contested and the lawyers will make a lot of money.

Jan

Welcome

Oh. That is good. (Copied and emailed to myself for reference.)

Jan

Simple conjecture about this class of behavior - some mentioned above...

Some people, lacking a productive purpose as a basis for self esteem, fill the void with simple, attention getting, destructive publicity stunts to feel important.

The fallacy formally is equating destruction, which any fool can accomplish, with creation that requires good thinking and good judgement.

What fools we mortals be....

Or alternatively spoken by the great Bard:

"To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing."

Yeah I guess I forgot they don't actually believe or know what their 'cause' even is. If you truly believe in something, you would at least be able to handle some uncomfortable weather or even torture.

Those who have no constructive purpose will fill their time with destruction. I wonder how many of those protestors are living off government (ie our) money?

People who commit acts of aggression, theft, etc., always seek to hide behind excuses to absolve themselves of responsibility. The more egregious the crime, the more desperate the excuse.

I trust no one believes they are truly following their first Amendment rights. It is unfortunate that those who protest peacefully soon attract the anarchist and the scum of society who then do their dirty deeds.

Would the protest organizers be Marxists all into Cloward and Piven?
Would George Soros money be at least paying for out-of-town protestor traveling expenses?
Curious old dinos want to know.