Have we had our 2021 Boston Tea Party?

[Singlestack]

I'm re-reading about the events that led up to the revolutionary war. The Boston Tea Party happened in 1773, and was really a property crime with no injuries or deaths - intended to send a unmistakable message to King George III. He didn't take it well, to put it mildly. I have been wondering in the wake of Jan 6 if that event was more or less analogous to the Boston Tea Party? There were deaths (3?) and some injuries, and some property crime although a lot less than in most if no tall of the summer riots. Im not suggesting that the events leading up to 1776 are in any way parallel to today, but this one event and the aftermath seem more alike than different.

https://dailytorch.com/2021/01/banne...ton-tea-party/

[hollohas]

I think what we're seeing is a lot closer to the time period between the Boston Tea Party and the battles of Lexington and Concord. Lookup Worcester Revolt. For months, citizens raided British controlled courts to force out officials not sympathetic to their push for freedom.

No shots were fired. Guns were left at home in many cases. Just pissed off men storming government buildings to pressure officials.

[BushMasterBoy]

Shots were fired in the capitol. So much denial of the truth.

[Great-Kazoo]

Shots were fired in the capitol. So much denial of the truth.

What Truth?


Actually Whose Truth?

Since the public at large will only get what's spoon fed them by the media.


And you, of course .

[Bailey Guns]

Shots were fired in the capitol. So much denial of the truth.

Shots were fired by the gov't...not the citizenry. Big difference.

[hollohas]

Shots were fired in the capitol. So much denial of the truth.

Dude, I was talking about the Worcester Revolt. No shots were fired that day. The Patriots that day left their guns at home.

Nobody is denying anything here.

Try to stay on topic.

[battlemidget]

If there was one point/event that I think 'sparked' the current unrest (all the unrest over the past few years), I'd have to say Kathy Griffin's meme. Once that went over, things started going downhill socially.

[Singlestack]

The list of crap is growing daily, but the things I'm currently aware of include:

- Lists of Trump administration officials, donors, and supporters, including personal information such as home addresses
- Planned boycotts of companies that hire former Trump administration officials
- Pressure against companies to not hire former Trump administration officials
- Boycotts of companies that make political donations to Republicans who opposed the election certification
- Banning of dozens of high profile, Trump supporting social media accounts
- Initial claims by the Justice Department that Capitol protesters sought to "capture and assassinate elected officials," which was later withdrawn due to a lack of evidence
- FBI warnings of wide scale violence ahead of last weekend, repeated breathlessly by the media, but which ever materialized
- Calls for the IRS to investigate and disqualify tax exempt political groups present at the Capitol protest
- Calls for a "USA PATRIOT Act 2.0" to combat domestic right wing extremism
- Legislation entitled "Insurrection Financing Transparency Act," which would force the disclosure of ownership information of private companies alleged to have given money to tax exempt political groups at the Capitol protest
- Calls for Facebook to expand de-platforming of "domestic terror networks," and the encouraged hiring a full-time executive to counter extremism on the social media platform
- Cancellation of data hosting services for Parler, and continued campaigns to prevent use of the social media site
- Leaking and/or hacking of data on Parler databases, and the exploitation to expose personal information such as geolocation data and potentially images of driver's licenses
- Revoking the availability of Parler from the Apple and Google app stores
- Calls for "de-programming" and "re-education" efforts against Trump supporters
- Calls for a new domestic security agency to track right wing domestic terror groups
- Calls for the Federal Communications Commission to counter broadcast outlets like Fox News, Newsmax, and OAN
- Pressure against cable and data companies to drop FoxNews, Newsmax, and OAN
- Pundit and "expert" comparisons of Trump supporters to Al-Qaeda and Islamic State terrorists, feeding further fear and needless agitation

With no brakes on the train, this appears to be heading to very bad places, fast.

[Great-Kazoo]

The list of crap is growing daily, but the things I'm currently aware of include:

- Lists of Trump administration officials, donors, and supporters, including personal information such as home addresses
- Planned boycotts of companies that hire former Trump administration officials
- Pressure against companies to not hire former Trump administration officials
- Boycotts of companies that make political donations to Republicans who opposed the election certification
- Banning of dozens of high profile, Trump supporting social media accounts
- Initial claims by the Justice Department that Capitol protesters sought to "capture and assassinate elected officials," which was later withdrawn due to a lack of evidence
- FBI warnings of wide scale violence ahead of last weekend, repeated breathlessly by the media, but which ever materialized
- Calls for the IRS to investigate and disqualify tax exempt political groups present at the Capitol protest
- Calls for a "USA PATRIOT Act 2.0" to combat domestic right wing extremism
- Legislation entitled "Insurrection Financing Transparency Act," which would force the disclosure of ownership information of private companies alleged to have given money to tax exempt political groups at the Capitol protest
- Calls for Facebook to expand de-platforming of "domestic terror networks," and the encouraged hiring a full-time executive to counter extremism on the social media platform
- Cancellation of data hosting services for Parler, and continued campaigns to prevent use of the social media site
- Leaking and/or hacking of data on Parler databases, and the exploitation to expose personal information such as geolocation data and potentially images of driver's licenses
- Revoking the availability of Parler from the Apple and Google app stores
- Calls for "de-programming" and "re-education" efforts against Trump supporters
- Calls for a new domestic security agency to track right wing domestic terror groups
- Calls for the Federal Communications Commission to counter broadcast outlets like Fox News, Newsmax, and OAN
- Pressure against cable and data companies to drop FoxNews, Newsmax, and OAN
- Pundit and "expert" comparisons of Trump supporters to Al-Qaeda and Islamic State terrorists, feeding further fear and needless agitation

With no brakes on the train, this appears to be heading to very bad places, fast.

and once again. The party of antifa have shown to be anything but.

[wctriumph]

The commies behind the scenes and pulling the strings of power will once again call for a federal “police” force to supplement local LEO enforcement and will have jurisdiction over local LEO. One size fits all controlled by the fearless leader.