Could Minneapolis become the new Belfast?

[Independent thinker]

Some thoughts on Minneapolis:

I don’t know much about my maternal grandmother other than she immigrated from Cork, Ireland in the early 1900’s. Her last name was Bolster which does not sound Irish; she was a devout Catholic. She would tell us occasional stories about life in Ireland but even as a small child I could tell she was holding something back.

The reason I find this significant is because I did some research on the rioting and violence in Northern Ireland in 1960’s and I can make a connection to what is happening today in Minneapolis. That city is circling a civil powder keg that could make it a modern-day Belfast and the Pandora’s box it opens could easily spread in many directions.

The structural underpinnings are remarkably similar—tribalistic distrust of authority, the feeling that established power is stacked by some against others, and inflammatory language coming from what some see as outposts against oppression. Others see it as a disciplinary action to quell unrest. The belief that the system is rigged is the only thing shared by adversaries.

We do not need to be Nostradamus here, but we can draw some disturbing parallels. The poison that did its dirty work in Ireland is here today and it has a much larger host to affect. Civil war? Not likely. What is far more probable is a lockdown of personal freedom for everyone. When this kind of social incompatibility exists, it leads to desperate measures on both sides because neither side believes the other acts in good faith.

Strong emotions have risen in Minneapolis, and two people have died in the conflict of visions that nests there. Why is this so dangerous? Because we could enter the same avenging loop that choked Northern Ireland for so long. When right or wrong becomes them or us, redemption on any level becomes impossible. It devolves into a deadly game of one-upmanship like a revolving door. Belfast should be an object lesson for us all because it played out for us to see. George Santayana’s quote about repeating patterns of history applies aptly to Minneapolis.

As an older American I used to hear: “Hey, it’s a free country”, all the time. Do we want car bombings and innocent collateral deaths that will escalate perceived grievances to the max as in Belfast? What will happen to freedom then? —Traded it for security?

We need to lock up the insurrectionists now before it is too late, no matter who they are.

 

[Mack The Finger]

Belfast is not in Ireland.

Gaza matters but Belfast doesn't !

 

[Dorian Mode]

We need to lock up the insurrectionists now before it is too late, no matter who they are.

How? Every time someone does something to stop the incessant bullshit from the left, some leftist judge blocks it. Maybe we should lock up all these leftist insurrectionist judges first.

 

[1srelluc]

The Troubles....MN can now be known as the "troubled state".

 

[jknowgood]

No the specifics are kind of important.

If Harris had won in 2024, this wouldn't have happened.

No shit, our border would still be wide open and the fraud wouldn't be known. Thank God for Trump.

 

[Kondor3]

It was once a great city but the Somalis have made it a shit-hole.

Modern-day Africans phukk-up everything they touch...

 

[Kondor3]

...In MN, everyone was getting along just fine until the ICEstapo showed up after being explicitely told they weren't welcome.

Their being welcome or unwelcome is irrelevant to the mandated enforcement of US Immigration Law.

Don't want I.C.E. there in large numbers?

Revoke your Sanctuary State and Sanctuary City legislation and policies.

Routinely and effectively assist the Federal government in locating and detaining Illegal Aliens.

Problem solved.

 

[task0778]

Could Minneapolis become the new Belfast?​

The new Beirut.

Or Mogadishu 2.0. I don't see the Islamists as assimilating into America, I see them spreading their culture all over the country and eventually trying to take over as much as they can.

 

[Dorian Mode]

Or Mogadishu 2.0. I don't see the Islamists as assimilating into America, I see them spreading their culture all over the country and eventually trying to take over as much as they can.

The left is desperately trying to invoke a culture war. The left was really counting on the black community to do it, but they didn't. Now the left is abandoning the black community and embracing the muslim community hoping that they will eventually do a Jihad in America. The problem with their strategy is that they think the Muslims will stay under their control. When they find out that the Muslims hate them just as much as every other American then the left will beg the Christians to embark on a modern day crusades. Never underestimate the ability of the left to completely FUBAR everything.

 

[Hollie]

This is a pretty stupid analogy.

In Belfast, there was a conflict between Protestants and Catholics.

In MN, everyone was getting along just fine until the ICEstapo showed up after being explicitely told they weren't welcome.

Everyone was getting along fine with the various Somali frauds stealing taxpayer dollars. The retarded demoNazis just went along for the kickbacks.

 

[22lcidw]

This is a pretty stupid analogy.

In Belfast, there was a conflict between Protestants and Catholics.

In MN, everyone was getting along just fine until the ICEstapo showed up after being explicitely told they weren't welcome.

Can you imagine the innocent people minding their own business getting killed in suicide explosions? Magnificent! We can regale in Irish like songs and rhymes of another era. So much injustice and only the Progressive Socialists can us all through massive death and destruction.

 

[Cassandro]

We need to lock up the insurrectionists now before it is too late, no matter who they are.

I have wondered why that hasn't already been done.The Dems think that these "protests" give them good media coverage, but the GOP understands that the majority of voters oppose them. I think the hammer will come down after this year's elections.

 

[JoeB131]

Are you really saying that 3.1% inflation was under control? Compared to 2.2% really do not think you have a leg to stand on. But you do crazy all you want. If the democrat party had put up a decent candidate they may have won. As it was they put up two terrible candidates. Two candidates that were worse than Trump. Think about that.

So you suck at math, then?

No, a 0.9% difference in inflation is not that much.

 

[task0778]

I have wondered why that hasn't already been done.The Dems think that these "protests" give them good media coverage, but the GOP understands that the majority of voters oppose them. I think the hammer will come down after this year's elections.

If the hammer comes down then the democrats will sweep into power in 2028. Too many people in this country value the right to protest and people getting shot is kinda bad for politicians that support ICE. I think the GOP knows that and so do the democrats.

 

[Dorian Mode]

If the hammer comes down then the democrats will sweep into power in 2028. Too many people in this country value the right to protest and people getting shot is kinda bad for politicians that support ICE. I think the GOP knows that and so do the democrats.

I think the GOP is handling the dumocraps much better this time around. They are giving the dumocraps and their paid protest force just enough rope to hang themselves eventually. Never underestimate the ability of the dumocraps to **** up everything they touch. One day they will go too far with these protests and the people will turn against them and develop protest fatigue and the popularity of the dumocrap party will fall even more.

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

This is a pretty stupid analogy.

In Belfast, there was a conflict between Protestants and Catholics.

In MN, everyone was getting along just fine until the ICEstapo showed up after being explicitely told they weren't welcome.

Call out someone on stupid analogies but you compare ICE to the Gestapo. You loons are historically retarded.

 

[Cassandro]

If the hammer comes down then the democrats will sweep into power in 2028. Too many people in this country value the right to protest

Too many people in this country value law and order. If the SAVE Act is passed, there will be too many Red states to elect another Dem President.

 

[task0778]

Too many people in this country value law and order. If the SAVE Act is passed, there will be too many Blue states to elect another Dem President.

I think you meant Red states (GOP). Regardless, the Senate is NOT going to pass the SAVE Act, even if they abolished the filibuster there are a few repubs that won't vote for it. As it is, the Senate requires 60 votes for this and I don't see that happening.

A lotta people do favor law and order AND they also favor deportation of illegals.

 

[GLASNOST]

I don't see the Islamists as assimilating into America,

True.

I see them spreading their culture all over the country .

Those do not adhere to Islamic law/principles so they are not speading "their culture". They are thieves and rapists and murderers and that is not Islamic teachings. So, I agree with your first statement but not with your second one. "Good" Muslims keep to themselves.

 

[Maxdeath]

So you suck at math, then?

No, a 0.9% difference in inflation is not that much.

So you suck in understanding that a lot of everyday Americans struggle to pay bills and even a small drop can make a big difference to them. But look I get it you are so enthralled by everything the democrat party tells you that you lap it up and pretend that everything is perfect with your party. While I do not follow either party I was not having a heart attack when a party told us that an island would tip over. I was not claiming that people were not seeing the truth or hearing the truth when Biden was wondering around lost or claiming that he just talked with dead people.