Quote Originally Posted by AP69 View Post
I can see where you're coming from there and they have been rightly condemned for doing what she did.
The taking of the government building and the creation of an 'independent' state in Portland didnt merit any world leader condemning their actions.
As frightening as any country being overrun with right wing policies is im just as concerned about the power the far left have at the minute, especially in media outlets.
It won't come as any surprise to anyone that I consider myself left of centre so maybe I don't recognise/see the influence of the far left as much as others who aren't necessarily of the same persuasion (you can sort of see where different posters' politics lie from their posts in the same way they can see mine, I'm sure...the good thing it doesn't-and nor should it-stop us all getting along).

My concern about what's happening in America is that the far right scum like the KKK and the Proud Boys -what a wank name-feel empowered by what Trump says and the inferences you can make about how he really feels, as do an awful lot of his supporters who at the very least have 'sympathies' with these groups. To see KKK flags and Confederate flags being flown openly on capitol Hill tells you an awful lot about the people involved in last night's violence.