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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]So what? An occasional inconvenience to accommodate social protest? Don’t value freedom of expression over a bit of list sleep? [/b][/quote]

Not enforcing laws on gatherings also led to a 20 person shooting and one death this weekend. There is a reason that we have reasonable, lawful ways to gather whether for entertainment, protest or anything else. If you don't want laws  or don't want laws enforced, or want to pick and choose which ones are--perhaps you should start your own community? There are lots of people in Michigan who live in groups with like-minded individuals and print their own money etc. You would fit right in.[/quote]

I'm willing to bet big money that those that cry freedom of expression from the bored, white teens and 20's suburbanites protesting in the middle of the night would feel much differently if the "mostly peaceful" protests were in their own neighborhoods in the middle of the night, on their lawns, trashing their cars, and waking them up scared in the middle of the night, and most would dial 911 demanding police protection. Feel free to prove me wrong.[/quote]

How are we supposed to prove wrong an entirely hypothetical claim? 911 can bring the police, who bring state sponsored violence, so in my house we have rules about when they're called that are very limited; medical emergencies we can't handle ourselves (with extreme trepidation if it involves mental health issues because of the history of police violence against the mentally ill), fires, and crimes where we'd feel morally okay if the police showed up and killed someone. We've never had a fire or a violent home invasion, so we've only ever called 911 for medical issues.

You can choose not to believe that, but that's our approach.[/quote]

You’re insane [/quote]

What did I say that was even wrong? Are police not tools of state violence? That's indisputable. You're okay being a party to that. I largely am not. No one is insane, we just disagree.[/quote]

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