well, they certainly achieved their objective. Shame, shame, SHAME on them.
Pumpkinfest Riots?
Are you guys following this? I love Halloween, and pumpkins, but I don't know if I love them enough to hula hoop in tear gas! I know, I'm a total party pooper. Lol. Reading tweets about it is pretty hilarious though.
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
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I'm not a fan of the increasing "militarization" of local police forces over the last decade or so, but this person interviewed in the news article, linked above, is laughably disingenuous:I am absolutely APPALLED at the destruction wrought by this mob. And this is supposed to be America's 'bright shining future'? These rampaging destructive hooligans?
http://www.necn.com/news/new-england/Crews-Respond-to-Incident-at-Keene-State-College-279673512.html
I think it's a damn shame and a scathing indictment of the state of society in this country.
Sure, the police decided to use tear gas and rubber bullets on a whim, unprovoked . . . Uh huh. If those (dumb and/or wannabe anarchist) college kids weren't throwing bottles at people and otherwise destroying public and private property, then the police might not have deemed such a forcible response necessary."They just started walking on the street, with, like, mace, tear gas and these rubber bullets," said one witness.
"There are just two rules of governance in a free society: Mind your own business. Keep your hands to yourself." -- P.J. O'Rourke
I am not too far from there and it really had nothing at all to do with Keene's annual Pumpkin Fest however you wouldn't know that via the news outlets.
It began the same way most of these stupid skirmishes do: too many punks and too much alcohol.
Just another reason why I cant stand being around drunks.
It began the same way most of these stupid skirmishes do: too many punks and too much alcohol.
Just another reason why I cant stand being around drunks.
Jon Oliver is probably to blame. Lol.
I found it pretty disturbing and bizarre.
Like, who thinks something like this is fun?
Gives college kids a bad name...
Like, who thinks something like this is fun?
Gives college kids a bad name...
Privileged kids. Entitled, spoiled, privileged kids who cannot begin to fathom the depths of their ridiculous privilege. But the media, predictably, describes the perpetrators as "rowdy kids", rather than as "violent thugs" as they do people who have less privilege and are actually protesting (95% of them totally peacefully) for a legitimate reason. Sigh.I found it pretty disturbing and bizarre.
Like, who thinks something like this is fun?
Gives college kids a bad name...
Oh I Am Appalled As Well. I Dont Understand The Thrill Of Destroying Someone Property.They Worked So Hard To Get.If That Was Me Trapped In The Car You Would Have Seen Multiple Bodies Lying On The Ground Outside Of it. I Usually Have A Go Bag With Me With Plenty Of Ammo Just For The Occasion.i see your humor but i really don't think it's funny at all...in any way. to destroy...just wantonly destroy people's $30k cars just because you CAN be an idiot. they actually totally flipped two cars over and video shows mobs rocking cars --who knows if they had frightened people trapped in them. it really had to have been extremely terrifying for the many small children that would have been there.
and i agree that they are stupid. Is it horrible to hope that someday someone destroys something THEY worked hard for?? they are damn lucky that some of them aren't sitting in jail on murder/manslaughter charges this morning. It was such an 'evil mob marauding', imo.
If this is the behavior people engage in at a 'fun family event', what the hell is going to happen if we have a true crisis? Oh, wait...we already know...
Bunch of punks that were never disciplined as children. This new generation with their "everyone is a winner" attitude shows the breadth of their erroneous decisions.
Oh, privileged idiots rioting is not a quirk of this generation. Denver rioted in similar fashion after each Super Bowl we won twenty years ago. And back in the day, riots like this were regular occurrences at CU after the Buffs played games. It actually seems like we've had far fewer riots in the last decade or so. I think in general Millenials are too lazy and anti social to ever organize anything as put together as a riot. In fairness, I'm right on the cusp of being considered a millennial myself, lol. But yeah, rioting is nothing new. Rioting over nothing is even nothing new. I just always thought it was a dumb jock thing. Was there a football game at the college that day or something?
Rockingthehomestead....."Send in the National Gourd"?!?!? I felt it was important to acknowledge this bit of creative genius. Bravo, well played! 
I can't take credit. I saw it on twitter several times and just about died laughing. Lol.
If they didn't like the tear gas and rubber bullets then perhaps the police should just use regular bullets?
well...yanno...they were destroying REAL property and terrifying REAL people...i think it would be fair...If they didn't like the tear gas and rubber bullets then perhaps the police should just use regular bullets?
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