Protests close to home

[K Frame Keith]

I’ve made posts in the past on why we chose to live in a rural area to enhance our personal safety. I carry concealed every day, even where I feel completely safe. Based on the fine folks the wife and I recently met while waiting on line to pick up our renewed carry permits, lots of people here do too.
Now we live about five miles outside town. The county seat. One traffic light. Small, quaint, quiet.
Like everyone, we’ve been watching the riots and disturbances in the major cities. Fine, we don’t go to those places.
Imagine my dismay when I found that a political party is advertising a protest for something called “no kings day” this Saturday at the courthouse. Apparently they’re inviting people from outside the community to participate.
Obviously this protest will attract attention and counter protestors. My solution is to stay home this weekend, but it really frosts me that my freedom of movement is restricted by people with nothing better to do!
Again, that’s why I carry, even in our small town, I could have easily missed the news article and walked into the middle of something unpleasant.
Stay safe everyone.

 

[Sevens]

It’s probably a little bit more evil than you might think it is. A part of the gathered “protestors” are almost surely bought and paid for professional protestors… this will vary on the size and expected “effectiveness” of the protest.

You might also notice how many of them go to great lengths to cover their faces with masks and bandannas. It’s not that they are concerned about airborne illnesses.

 

[biku324]

There are 18 of these protests in New Mexico; eight are in the oil patch and ruby red SE NM ('Little Texas'). Never seen anything like it.

I'm also not going to drive by to take a look.

 

[Glynn863]

Gullible, TDS-infected libtards. The dimwits don't realize that the majority of the things they are protesting were actually done before, mainly by the democrat presidents.

 

[ladder13]

They would need to invite outsiders into my town, doubt more than a handful would bother to get out there. Who’s going to cheer them?

My wife actually got an email invite to a “peaceful protest”, no idea why, but she sent it to the trash where it belongs.

I was hoping to make a quick $2,000 the going rate, but no invite.

 

[Rock185]

Got one scheduled for just a couple miles away. May have to attend

 

[duke2002]

I been gathering up left over covid supplies. Im going to sell them out my kids old wagon. Maybe coat the head bands with icy hot. Face shield 5$ comes with a punch in your stupid a#@ head free!!

 

[Doriangray6]

I'm going to attend the "No Kings" event here in Cheyenne this Saturday afternoon after a morning visit to the range with a shooting buddy.

 

[YouveHadYour6]

I'm going to attend the "No Kings" event here in Cheyenne this Saturday afternoon after a morning visit to the range with a shooting buddy.

I'll also probably be headed to one with my sidearm safely locked in strongbox in vehicle after a morning at the range...I support the Second; I support every article and stipulation, including the right to practice civil disobedience. Carrying INTO a protest is the asking for trouble part, in my book.

 

[Doug M.]

There are a lot of people who can't grasp the concept of "peaceful protest". Regardless of political views, those who feel entitled because they are "right" have done a lot of damage and will continue to do so. It appears to me, consistent with the history of other "protests" that have become riots, that some are just looking for an excuse to engage in conduct that we should not tolerate. This has been the history in Seattle since at least 1999 and probably before.

There is too much risk of bad stuff happening. I don't want my life to be disturbed or to have take action to make sure I am not inadvertently drawn in to one of these problem events, but this is a good time to be an anti social jerk and not engage.

I wonder how long it will take before this string goes sideways and gets locked .

 

[K Frame Keith]

My intention in starting this thread was to point out that no matter how much we plan to avoid conflict you have to be prepared for any eventuality. Some moron will bring trouble to paradise.

 

[Rocketmedic40]

It’s probably a little bit more evil than you might think it is. A part of the gathered “protestors” are almost surely bought and paid for professional protestors… this will vary on the size and expected “effectiveness” of the protest.

You might also notice how many of them go to great lengths to cover their faces with masks and bandannas. It’s not that they are concerned about airborne illnesses.

Yeah, those dudes jumping out of unmarked vehicles and grabbing people to disappear to wherever with the masks and no markings on their kit are kinda concerning…

 

[Rocketmedic40]

I’m stuck working this weekend, but wouldn’t mind attending one of these protests; I would like to get to know my neighbors and community members who aren’t super-OK with an all-powerful executive branch, the “unitary executive” model of government, the empowerment of law enforcement to run roughshod over civil liberties, the marginalization of minority members of the community, deletions of due process, or a host of other concerns.

Next time, I reckon…

 

[shell627]

I think there is a troll in the neighborhood

 

[Rocketmedic40]

I think there is a troll in the neighborhood

We ain’t all MAGAs here, brother. Way I see it, the 2A exists to empower the people of the United States against all enemies of the USA and the Constitution, foreign and domestic, and I don’t think I’m particularly liable to be threatened by soy-boy hippy peace protesters in this day and age. Way, way more concerned about khaki-uniformed goons from right-wing “militias” riding en masse in uhauls, lifted flag-festooned pickup truck convoys trying to crowd-surf Powerstrokes, and those weird masked dudes in the habit of snatching people off the streets into unmarked vehicles in 2025 than I am about someone holding a Mexican flag.

 

[Rocketmedic40]

My intention in starting this thread was to point out that no matter how much we plan to avoid conflict you have to be prepared for any eventuality. Some moron will bring trouble to paradise.

100% accurate. Only questions are the persistence and resilience of the trouble.

 

[marclw]

I've been to numerous protests, and I'm going to the one tomorrow. NO ONE gets paid. NO ONE. That's a fact.
I'm a Democrat who comes from the working class. My dad didn't graduate HS, but my mom did. He worked his ass off his entire life. So, that makes me a libard, right? I worked my own ass off to become a lawyer, now retired.
I believe in the 2nd A, the rule of law, accountability, as small of a government as possible, and the lowest amount of taxes. I also recognize that taxes are essential to ensure that people aren't dying in the streets, the poor aren't starving to death, that first responders respond, and our bridges don't collapse.
I was born right after WWII. We had a great economy. The middle class was thriving. My dad could buy a house, and my mom could stay home and raise us. Millionaires were taxed at 91%. They survived just fine, and our nation's wealth was shared much more equitably. There were plenty of jobs at decent salaries. No one had to depend on the so-called rich job creators to provide jobs, proving that trickle down economics has always been a fraud. Everything was hunky dory.
Then came Vietnam. It's been downhill from there. Since Reagan, wealth in this country shifted to the rich and jobs and salaries flatlined. Today, our wealth gap is equal to Russia's. No democracy can survive that disparity. Largely because of Supreme Court decisions, money has corrupted our political system. Today's level of corruption is out of this world, for all to see. The Constitution's emoluments clause has been rendered meaningless as has been the separation of powers designed by our Founders to protect us from tyrants.
If you can't see what's happening, you've been living on another planet. The bottom line is that WE ARE ALL AMERICANS. We're in the SAME BOAT. Name calling and treating each other as enemies is exactly what the people in power want. Divide and conquer is the name of the game. It's been that way for centuries ,and it's still with us today. Without talking to each other and recognizing that all of us love our country, we are lost and our democracy will fall.
Do we want this? Let's argue policies while respecting one another. Let's work out our differences over a beer and a handshake. We used to do that. Let's get back to that.......
Otherwise, I see us using our weapons to kill each other. Liberals know how to use them, too. We just don't talk about them much. Let's stop this crap now before we cross over the rubicon.

 

[Phenix]

They would need to invite outsiders into my town, doubt more than a handful would bother to get out there. Who’s going to cheer them?

My wife actually got an email invite to a “peaceful protest”, no idea why, but she sent it to the trash where it belongs.

I was hoping to make a quick $2,000 the going rate, but no invite.

Did they really offer her $2,000 dollars to show up?

 

[STCM(SW)]

Looks like we have a new joined troll on this thread......

 

[Rocketmedic40]

Looks like we have a new joined troll on this thread......

All disagreement isn’t “trolling”, my Republican friend. Weirdly, it’s entirely possible for your fellow Americans and even human beings in general to have contrary opinions about any given subject that don’t neatly align with your own beliefs. I know, I know, revolutionary concept. But let me go a step farther.

It’s also entirely possible for someone to make a reasonable, nuanced decision based on their own personal experience, knowledge and values that doesn’t fit your narrative and expectations. I know, it’s scary and weird, but it happens!

Catch a bubble, friend. We don’t yell here. Catch a bubble and take a breath.

Just because you see something in a certain way and act a certain way doesn’t mean that others will do the same.