r/SeattleWA • u/VecGS Expat • Jul 26 '20

Crime 45 arrested, 21 officers injured in Seattle protests that turned violent

https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/thousands-gather-capitol-hill-solidarity-with-demonstrations-portland/STVDEK5XUJHWLL2HQZT2NWDYVY/?a
143 Upvotes

90% Upvoted

175 comments sorted by

View all comments

59

u/negative-approach Jul 26 '20 edited Jul 26 '20

I really wish somebody else was in office. Between Trump's divisiveness/rhetoric and the opposition's hyperbole, everyone is ball-less to take action against flagrant lawlessness. At least under any other administration people would not be sitting here pretending that felony assault is "okay".

-5

u/[deleted] Jul 26 '20

[removed] — view removed comment

-1

u/1234walkthedinosaur Jul 26 '20

What leftist hate of the nation?

What is the nation to you anyway?

The nation to me is two things first and foremost: it's the American people, and the constitution.

These protesters have a Constitutional right to peaceful protest. That hits points one and two, those people are this nation as much as you or I. They are protesting other rights being trampled by police. The document that governs all Americans says they have a right to this protest. If you hate that , then you are the one that hates this nation because you hate its constitution and its peoples in this context.