Post Election Civil unrest

[MobtownK]

Since this is no longer strictly BLM, but also Proud Boys, I thought it deserved a new thread.

DC last night.
Both sides had injuries.
Some content is not TF approved- such as their slogans, which was written on their ass under their yellow skirts.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1337964601405825026

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1337946539952648194

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1337968919286591488

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1337979973924163586

 

[B1GTide]

When they were BLM protests, they were characterized as riots even though more than 95% of those protests were completely peaceful.

These are not protests - these are riots, with an intent to destroy property and harm individuals with differing political opinions at the outset.

 

[TIDE-HSV]

Wonder how brave they are one on one...

 

[MobtownK]

Wonder how brave they are one on one...

While of course there are nutjobs out there. The "fine folks on all sides" of this trying to start a civil war do not realize that they might try, but most of us aren't going to take up arms against one another.
Grandad isn't taking aim at his Biden voting grandkids that live in the next town.
I'm not shooting anyone because they voted differently.
And secession? So my husband would stay in Alabama because he voted one way, and I get shipped off to New Hampshire because I voted another? Preposterous. I hate snow anyway.

 

[TexasBama]

The Dangerous Idolatry of Christian Trumpism

We can pray peace will prevail, but we’d be fools to presume it will.

frenchpress.thedispatch.com

 

[TexasBama]

Man attacked, beaten while holding political signs at Georgia rally, police say

Police said the incident happened on Hudson Bridge Road near I-75 in Stockbridge during a Democratic ‘Get Out the Vote’ rally.

www.wsbtv.com

 

[TexasBama]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1337798536080011271

 

[selmaborntidefan]

The Dangerous Idolatry of Christian Trumpism

We can pray peace will prevail, but we’d be fools to presume it will.

frenchpress.thedispatch.com

Beth Moore, a rather influential evangelical among women's studies, is saying essentially the same thing.

 

[Padreruf]

Beth Moore, a rather influential evangelical among women's studies, is saying essentially the same thing.

She's come a long way since she first started...which is the sign of a mature, thinking person. She's also not afraid of ANYONE. Her tweets are pretty special...

 

[selmaborntidefan]

She's come a long way since she first started...which is the sign of a mature, thinking person. She's also not afraid of ANYONE. Her tweets are pretty special...

I won't say I'm a "fan" because there's very few religious folks who tweet that I could ever stay a "fan" of that person, regardless of their particular bent. But I'm just glad SOMEONE somewhere is saying SOMETHING so that some folks can see "we're not ALL like that."

 

[Padreruf]

I won't say I'm a "fan" because there's very few religious folks who tweet that I could ever stay a "fan" of that person, regardless of their particular bent. But I'm just glad SOMEONE somewhere is saying SOMETHING so that some folks can see "we're not ALL like that."

Here's her latest tweet:

I do not believe these are days for mincing words. I’m 63 1/2 years old & I have never seen anything in these United States of America I found more astonishingly seductive & dangerous to the saints of God than Trumpism. This Christian nationalism is not of God. Move back from it.

I could not agree more...

 

[TexasBama]

Michigan electors need an armed escort for the journey to the State Capitol to cast their ballots for Joe Biden as angry pro-Trump supporters plan protests

'Stop the Steal,' a right-wing group of conspiracists, have announced they will demonstrate outside the Michigan Capitol.

www.yahoo.com

 

[B1GTide]

Michigan electors need an armed escort for the journey to the State Capitol to cast their ballots for Joe Biden as angry pro-Trump supporters plan protests

'Stop the Steal,' a right-wing group of conspiracists, have announced they will demonstrate outside the Michigan Capitol.

www.yahoo.com

Unless our justice department gets serious about arresting these people and charging them with domestic terrorism, this will only get worse. America is still a banana republic. Let's hope Biden has the courage to do what is needed on 1/20.

 

[Crimson1967]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1337798536080011271

Something has always rubbed me the wrong way about Crenshaw.

Here's her latest tweet:

I do not believe these are days for mincing words. I’m 63 1/2 years old & I have never seen anything in these United States of America I found more astonishingly seductive & dangerous to the saints of God than Trumpism. This Christian nationalism is not of God. Move back from it.

I could not agree more...

Fundie Trumpie women will be burning her books.

Michigan electors need an armed escort for the journey to the State Capitol to cast their ballots for Joe Biden as angry pro-Trump supporters plan protests

'Stop the Steal,' a right-wing group of conspiracists, have announced they will demonstrate outside the Michigan Capitol.

www.yahoo.com

If you are the cause of a police escort for the people who are literally voting for president (only 538 of us actually do that) you are guilty of voter intimidation.

 

[TexasBama]

Michigan State House, Senate close over 'threats of violence' during Electoral College meeting

Michigan Capitol will also be closed to the public as delegates to the Electoral College are expected to cast their votes for Democrat Joe Biden.

www.yahoo.com

 

[TexasBama]

Alex Jones faces calls for arrest after apparent Biden threat

'Joe Biden is a globalist and Joe Biden will be removed one way or another,’ conspiracy theorist says

www.yahoo.com

 

[UAH]

DW - Deutsche Welle released this report this morning on the emergence of Trumpism in US politics including a discussion with Rick Wilson - Lincoln Project on his projection of US politics from Biden forward. Not a very hopeful outlook!

https://www.dw.com/en/top-stories/s-9097

 

[TIDE-HSV]

I had elderly German friends, almost all of whom are now gone, warn me of the path we were on...

 

[92tide]

this was posted on the washington national cathedral's fb page

From Dean Randy Hollerith and Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde:

The racist and religious overtones surrounding the effort to discredit the presidential election were on ugly display in downtown Washington on Saturday night, just blocks from the White House.

After a pro-Trump rally that aimed to overturn the will of the people in the presidential election, demonstrators and members of the Proud Boys ripped down Black Lives Matter banners outside two historically Black congregations, Asbury United Methodist Church and Metropolitan AME Church. In a chilling scene, one was set on fire as crowds chanted profanities.

We reject the version of Christianity that seeks to provide a mantle of spiritual authority to the poison of White nationalism. Religious leaders who bless these rallies, or lend their voice to the effort to subvert democracy, make a mockery of our faith. What we are witnessing is nothing less than idolatry--the worship of someone other than God as though he were God.

The blatant racism of this lost cause is alarming. The senior pastor of Asbury United Methodist Church was right to call the burning of her church’s banner a new version of cross burnings. White hoods have given way to black-and-gold militarism. Such hatred grieves the very heart of God, and we cannot turn a blind eye to such displays of white supremacy.

We believe that Black Lives Matter because Black lives matter to God. The Proud Boys and their hatred are not welcome here.

For us at Washington National Cathedral and throughout the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, this is the season of Advent, in which we wait in expectation for the birth of Jesus, the Prince of Peace. This we know: God’s Kingdom is built with open hearts, not clenched fists. Its streets are paved with the living stones of love and justice. Racism and hatred have no place in God’s Kingdom, and we will grant them no home in our city.
The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde
Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington
The Very Rev. Randolph Marshall Hollerith
Dean of Washington National Cathedral

 

[Bamabuzzard]

Our pastor YEARS ago said politics, specifically political parties, have become the god of too many people who call themselves Christians. It's become its own religion. He used an example regarding recipes/food that is so simple yet so true. He said there are a lot of recipes/foods that share some of the same ingredients, but are used to make totally different foods/dishes. That just because you use salt in one dish doesn't mean it's the same thing as the dish you used salt in another dish. In the same way, just because a political party has a mutual belief or beliefs that Christianity does, doesn't mean that party is Christian or is "of God". Yet here we are...

Matthew 7:15-20
“Beware of false prophets who come disguised as harmless sheep but are really vicious wolves. You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Can you pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit. A good tree can’t produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can’t produce good fruit. So every tree that does not produce good fruit is chopped down and thrown into the fire. Yes, just as you can identify a tree by its fruit, so you can identify people by their actions.

Here's her latest tweet:

I do not believe these are days for mincing words. I’m 63 1/2 years old & I have never seen anything in these United States of America I found more astonishingly seductive & dangerous to the saints of God than Trumpism. This Christian nationalism is not of God. Move back from it.

I could not agree more...