Truck in Iowa Runs Over Protester

[iceberg]

White6 did say it was situational, and I agree.

Those are difficult situations. One can't really judge the intentions of the driver, maybe it's a parent who's scared to death cause they have kids in the car, or maybe it's just a dumbass looking for someone to run over (God knows there's enough if them out there these days).

You can try to look in the car, in that split second before you shoot the tires, but maybe the windows are tinted. And if you blow out the tires you might be putting a child's life in danger, so it's a tough call.

you can make everything situational. his underlying pretext as i read it was as i responded.

most times in my experience, these "situations" give their side a "valid reason" to commit these acts of violence and "protest" - but if the other side does it, it's an insurrection and wrong.

the picture i painted was clear - if he would shoot the tires out of a vehicle moving over people, would he also shoot the people who were attacking AN INNOCENT PERSON simply trying to get through?

the only difference i read was he'd maybe not shoot the tires out of one. he flat out said he has no obligation to help someone who is simply trying to get through.

so, he'd help 1 side, ignore the other.

the fact we're so biased in simple human nature and compassion these days speaks volumes to where we are. i don't care the reason, if someone is being attacked unjustly and i have the ability to reasonably stop it, im going to try. now how i try yes, that can be situational.

i'd be wanting to help peaceful protestors getting mowed over and i'd want to help someone simply trying to get by and avoid a cause not their own. yes, that is dangerous ground these days but here we are.

continuing to do the same will simply leave the world as is.

 

[JusticeHammer]

Yep, just as I said. The right wing brownshirt fascists are getting more and more violent.

Here, two of them go full metal Nazi and actually brag about how violent they are.

You should really shut up, you keep looking stupid.

 

[mamooth]

You should really shut up, you keep looking stupid.

As my point is how unstable and violent your fascist loser cult is, I thank all the fascist losers here for so enthusiastically proving my point.

 

[Bob Blaylock]

White6 did say it was situational, and I agree.

Those are difficult situations. One can't really judge the intentions of the driver, maybe it's a parent who's scared to death cause they have kids in the car, or maybe it's just a dumbass looking for someone to run over (God knows there's enough if them out there these days).

You can try to look in the car, in that split second before you shoot the tires, but maybe the windows are tinted. And if you blow out the tires you might be putting a child's life in danger, so it's a tough call.

As far as I am concerned, any motorist who finds himself in that situation, of having this car surrounded by “protesters”, has every right and reason to assume that he is in immediate danger of the same fate as Reginald Denny, and to do whatever it takes to get himself out of that situation as quickly and safely as possible.

If that means running over and killing “protesters” , then so be it.

 

[scruffy]

As far as I am concerned, any motorist who finds himself in that situation, of having this car surrounded by “protesters”, has every right and reason to assume that he is in immediate danger of the same fate as Reginald Denny, and to do whatever it takes to get himself out of that situation as quickly and safely as possible.

If that means running over and killing “protesters” , then so be it.

Absolutely. Fully agreed.

Protesters have no right to harass ANYONE, much less vehicles. It would be a very stupid dumbass leftard thing to do

 

[iceberg]

You should really shut up, you keep looking stupid.

you may as well try to piss successfully up a waterfall.

 

[scruffy]

you can make everything situational. his underlying pretext as i read it was as i responded.

most times in my experience, these "situations" give their side a "valid reason" to commit these acts of violence and "protest" - but if the other side does it, it's an insurrection and wrong.

the picture i painted was clear - if he would shoot the tires out of a vehicle moving over people, would he also shoot the people who were attacking AN INNOCENT PERSON simply trying to get through?

the only difference i read was he'd maybe not shoot the tires out of one. he flat out said he has no obligation to help someone who is simply trying to get through.

so, he'd help 1 side, ignore the other.

the fact we're so biased in simple human nature and compassion these days speaks volumes to where we are. i don't care the reason, if someone is being attacked unjustly and i have the ability to reasonably stop it, im going to try. now how i try yes, that can be situational.

i'd be wanting to help peaceful protestors getting mowed over and i'd want to help someone simply trying to get by and avoid a cause not their own. yes, that is dangerous ground these days but here we are.

continuing to do the same will simply leave the world as is.

Okay. I sense some history here, so I'll bow out. My own solution would be to "engineer an outcome" if possible. You know in advance that if you fire a loud weapon several times, you're going to scare the shit out of both the protesters and the driver. So maybe start there.

 

[iceberg]

Okay. I sense some history here, so I'll bow out. My own solution would be to "engineer an outcome" if possible. You know in advance that if you fire a loud weapon several times, you're going to scare the shit out of both the protesters and the driver. So maybe start there.

if i had said gun, sure. that would hopefully either get them to back off, but now you need an exit strategy. would they back off or try to surround you because you made yourself a target? i can't honestly answer that unless im in that situation.

but i can't picture myself looking away while people attack someone like that.

 

[JusticeHammer]

As my point is how unstable and violent your fascist loser cult is, I thank all the fascist losers here for so enthusiastically proving my point.

The only point you have is your pointed head. Keep opening that pie hole, quite entertaining.

 

[AZrailwhale]

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Uh boy
I dont think this person has ever been to rural America

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Considering that anywhere from two thirds to all of those rural people have guns and most are hunters who are used to one shot one kill, that guy and his rioter friends wouldn't survive very long playing arsonist in those small towns.

 

[Correll]

Look, if the OP did not want to have access to the whole posted article used for the story, he should have picked something that did not include the reporting. I figure, he thought nobody would scroll down or maybe didn't bother to himself on the twitter feed.

It is not credible that the mob was not doing teh normal lefty mob thing, especially when we can SEE IT DOING THE NORMAL LEFTY THING.

 

[Correll]

The guy was out of his mind, just like half the GOP....End crap hateful propaganda...

We can see the mob attacking the truck, as lefty mobs have been doing. That the guy wanted to get away from a violent mob of crazy people, is completely sane.


That you pretend otherwise, is you being a lying troll.

 

[eagle1462010]

The driver who ran over the woman has a "side"?

Jesus you're insane

The lady who left the sidewalk by her own admission to run out and stop the truck because she was mad?

 

[Weatherman2020]

So that driver who ran over a protester was "keeping himself from harm"?

Shut the fuck up

How does one run over a foot?

 

[Bob Blaylock]

The lady who left the sidewalk by her own admission to run out and stop the truck because she was mad?

Did she really believe that she could stop a truck that weighs at least a hundred times what she weighs?

 

[eagle1462010]

Did she really believe that she could stop a truck that weighs at least a hundred times what she weighs?

Yup

 

[bodecea]

We won.




















Get over it.

Fun times in November...we vote.

 

[bodecea]

Save your crocodile tears for the next Republican baseball game.

Keep milking that, sweetie....

 

[Correll]

Fun times in November...we vote.

Funny. You seem very angry for someone anticipating victory...

 

[AZrailwhale]

How does one run over a foot?

It happens. One time I was pushing my Vega and ran over my own foot. Fortunately it was a fairly light car with wide tires so nothing was damaged except my pride.