OccultHawk

I am so voting for Kanye!

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rostasi

Did anyone here watch the racist “in charge” redefine the Civil War while flashing a white power hand sign tonight?
Happy Birthday Amerikkka!

rostasi

"Two narcissists and a dementia patient walk into a bar..."
Sanders is probably sitting somewhere with arms folded shaking his head.
Tomorrow morning, after the meds wear off, West will realize that he can't get on the ballot anyway and go south.

OccultHawk

He can get on the ballot.

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rostasi

Nope. He has to petition all 50 states and D.C.
In most states the sig requirements would be horrifically difficult to meet,
(plus the near impossibility of ever meeting the upcoming deadlines),
but even if he somehow could get thru all of the available states in record time
(during a pandemic, I'll add), there are top states that wouldn't allow him to register
at all this late - my state being one of them - and about a dozen more.
He definitely wouldn't be allowed to be on the ballot if he wanted people in, let's say,
his own home city of Chicago or New York City to vote for him no matter what he did.
That's why this is an attention-getting stunt by a mentally disturbed guy
wanting to push his new release.

OccultHawk

Dude, he’s Kanye.

Those Stone Mountain protestors should just blast the carving with their weapons.

I think I might have said that already or maybe I fell asleep.

I wonder if Kanye will cure the virus.

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rostasi

I don't care if he's Bezos with same-day service,
he's not getting on the ballot when, right now, a quarter
of the country is already closed to new candidates and
very soon it will be half the country, so, no, he will not
be on the ballot.

jwb

I didn't say Antifa and I didn't say it was a violent takeover. The cops could've run them out at any time. 3 or 4 shootings later and the mayor decided to do so.

Basically it was an abject failure, though it's not surprising some people refuse to see it as such.

OccultHawk

I’m the triple crown champion of the MB elections and I know what it takes to get things done. Kanye will be on every mfing ballot you mark my goddamn words. #vision2020 biatch

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SGR

Let's say Kanye manages to get on the ballot.

Of the candidates running for the two major political parties, which one would Kanye act as a spoiler for?



Was it really an abject failure though? What was the goal of those who set up the autonomous zone? Was it to permanently establish a zone that was self-governing without any kind of federal or state oversight? Or was the goal to amplify their message through media coverage?

Even then, regardless of their goal, the events that took place, I think, contain lessons for both the left and the right, if we're willing to look at the events without any kind of bias. For the left, one lesson that could be taken is that, without police, those who have the guns will likely fill the vacuum of power. For the right, one lesson that could be taken is that, rather than outright crushing opposition and protest like this with the use of state force, it may be more beneficial to let some things fizzle out on their own.

Was it the '3 or 4 shootings' that prompted Mayor Durkan to end the CHOP, or was it the fact that protestors ended up outside her house?