Seriously, no one is talking about the riots?

[clubgop]

I’m glad to see you brought yourself back from the edge.

I was never close to supporting this nonsense. I still hate the shit out of Trump, if that's what you're talking about.

Dude, you were having a civil exchange with Clubby. You aren't on the other side anymore.

You had to chase off Monty didn't you? Watching him writhe and squirm knowing he was such a virus absolutist trying to justify this crap. Trying to juggle things, not bowling pins but political narratives.

[Xenophon]

Found some entertaining posts on the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone subreddit. You can find it here: https://www.reddit.com/r/CapHillAutonomousZone/

Discussing battle tactics:

Before I get into this, I want to be clear, this is not intended to be an attack against leftists. I myself am a leftist, an anarchist/libertarian socialist to be exact. When I first heard of the CHAZ, I loved it and thought you guys were doing amazing work.

And then y'all just had to go completely insane.

Look, this is NOT a revolution. You are not Nestor Makhno, you are not Vladimir Lenin, you are not Emiliano Zapata, you are not Abdullah Ocallan, or whoever your leftist historical figure of choice is. You are not at war with the United States of America. You have not seceded from the United States of America. You are not overthrowing capitalism.

You are creating a nice community center for people to enjoy, and a place for people to hang out, relax, and socialize amid the protests. You are providing a beacon of hope, however brief it may be, in these trying times where seeing the good is often hard to do. These are admirable things you are doing.

Reply to the above post:

Look up what autonomous zones are, they exist and they're based on anarchism/libertarian socialism. They're an addition to the community and have a lot of value. You think because your dad was a hippie you know all about it lol.

Look up Ruigoord and ADM in the Netherlands, Christiania in Denmark, ZAD in France and there are way more all around the world, this isn't LARPing smh.

Next, they get a dairy cow. I give the cow two weeks before it looks like it's been wandering the streets of Mumbai.

A family friend had to leave the country to care for his sick parents and didn’t know what to do with his dairy cow. His property sale is closing next week so he was getting desperate. I support what you guys are doing and was even active in the protests the first few days. I told him guys will need food so he agreed to donate the cow to the cause!

His cousin will be picking her up tomorrow morning and dropping her off at 8-9am, depending on traffic.

A little bit about her:

She is a 4 year old Holstein so she has many years to go.

She produces a solid 6 gallons of milk per day.

She will come with roughly 2 weeks worth of feed and several large water containers.

She prefers grass but a thick stall mat will be included so she can hang out on the sidewalk if needed.

My friend’s cousin just needs what intersection to come to. He vaguely knows the area but hasn’t been here in a while so he’s worried about getting lost. Where should I tell him to go?

Edit: he’s also willing you donate basic farming supplies and tools. What do you guys need?

6/11/20 7:00 am update: she doesn’t want to get in the trailer, we’re trying to figure out how to do this. Might be slight delays.

I wouldn't want to get in the trailer either, Bessy. I'm getting mad just thinking about these inner-city liberals trying to care for livestock.

Another post in that thread from the OP:

You guys need fill dirt? I know someone trying to get rid of several dump trucks worth. Probably a solid 80-100 yards.

A reply:

i have no idea. maybe just bring it and we'll figure it out from there

I think it's a troll by the OP, but some of the replies are hysterical.

[Xenophon]

Free Pizza guys!

[Xenophon]

Whoever is calling this anarchy, this is not, and that's beautiful. This a community revolution. This is about redefining who, how and why all neighbors of Seattle feel like they belong.

...I realize real quick, that this isn’t going anywhere. This place is nothing like what the news is trying to make it out to be. This will be a symbol of community and the Black Lives Movement for the rest of Seattle’s history. It’s a new commons.

As I look around, it is pure co-creating community at its most raw. It’s now been about 24 hours since the police have left the zone and its been reclaimed and proclaimed free by our neighbors who grew up on these streets of Seattle.

At first, you would think there is no leadership whatsoever, but underneath the chaos, is a strong sense of order. And one of the most beautiful things about the leadership, is that it is all black.

Some editorializing by the esteemed artist PPgirl



Finally, I present you, the People's Garden. Note they made a plot of cardboard and threw dirt on it.



They've made progress on the Community Garden since that last picture.

[Xenophon]

The mighty leader of the CHAZ, Raz Simone. Evidently, he attacked someone else last night.



Evidently, there is confusion as to who is leading the miscreants. The more "principled" leftists don't want to acknowledge Raz's leadership, but he has guns and is beating people up in the street, so I'm going to go ahead and say he's the de facto warlord of the region.

His Royal Highness's newest single:

[Ph64]

Critically injured. Yup, play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

[PartyOf5]

Each day that goes by with the Capitol Hill autonomous zone in place makes Trump look weaker. Seattle and the state of Washington leaders have no interest in stopping it. Trump made a tough guy statement, but words mean nothing at this point.

[SuburbanFarmer]

Each day that goes by with the Capitol Hill autonomous zone in place makes Trump look weaker. Seattle and the state of Washington leaders have no interest in stopping it. Trump made a tough guy statement, but words mean nothing at this point.

His only option is to invade the foreign territory with the US Military, which would not be very good for PR.

Best strategy is probably just to let them fail and disband on their own.

[Martin Hash]

Each day that goes by with the Capitol Hill autonomous zone in place makes Trump look weaker. Seattle and the state of Washington leaders have no interest in stopping it. Trump made a tough guy statement, but words mean nothing at this point.

His only option is to invade the foreign territory with the US Military, which would not be very good for PR.

Best strategy is probably just to let them fail and disband on their own.

This is Inslee’s problem. I live in WA and think Trump is off the hook. Any other interpretation is suspect.

[The Conservative]

Each day that goes by with the Capitol Hill autonomous zone in place makes Trump look weaker. Seattle and the state of Washington leaders have no interest in stopping it. Trump made a tough guy statement, but words mean nothing at this point.

His only option is to invade the foreign territory with the US Military, which would not be very good for PR.

Best strategy is probably just to let them fail and disband on their own.

They are going to fail on their own because they don't have an iota of braincells to rub together....