Michigan capitol closes amidst death threats from armed protestors

[ataraxia]

Egged on by the President of the United States, armed protesters have made the threats against the governor of Michigan and state legislators and are currently occupying the Michigan State Capitol. The state government has shut down in the midst of trying to manage a public health crisis.

The threats were made by protesters who planned to attend a "Judgement Day" protest at the capitol. The protesters ostensibly oppose Whitmer's statewide shutdown orders meant to slow the spread of coronavirus.

Dozens of posts in private invitation-only Facebook groups called for Whitmer to be hanged, lynched, shot, beaten or beheaded. One suggested crowdfunding sources to hire a hitman to kill her.

"We haven't had any bloodshed yet, but the populous [sic] is counting to three, and yesterday was day two," wrote Dave Meisenheimer in a 385,000-member Facebook group called Michiganders Against Excessive Quarantine. "Next comes the watering the tree of liberty with the blood of tyrants," he concluded.

Michigan Closes Down Capitol in Face of Death Threats From Armed Protesters Against Gov. Whitmer

I am sure the president will cover their legal fees if they do start killing governors and legislators. And they wonder why they are called deplorables.

 

[Termn8or]

Egged on by the President of the United States, armed protesters have made the threats against the governor of Michigan and state legislators and are currently occupying the Michigan State Capitol. The state government has shut down in the midst of trying to manage a public health crisis.

I am sure the president will cover their legal fees if they do start killing governors and legislators. And they wonder why they are called deplorables.

It is just horrifying that Americans are standing up for their freedom against an incompetent authoritarian governor!

How ridiculous that citizens reject fake science and demand the right to work to support themselves, rather than accept welfare or go bankrupt.

Submit to the State!

 

[ataraxia]

It is just horrifying that Americans are standing up for their freedom against an incompetent authoritarian governor!

How ridiculous that citizens reject fake science and demand the right to work to support themselves, rather than accept welfare or go bankrupt.

Submit to the State!

So anytime someone doesn’t like what a democratically elected official does, they can shoot them? That’s your idea of freedom?

 

[ataraxia]

It is just horrifying that Americans are standing up for their freedom against an incompetent authoritarian governor!

How ridiculous that citizens reject fake science and demand the right to work to support themselves, rather than accept welfare or go bankrupt.

Submit to the State!

Freedom to do what? Make everyone else sick?

 

[bluesmoke]

The deniers attitude towards those who believe in the protection of the public health: Eat Corona and Die!

 

[apdst]

It's a great day when the government fears the people!

 

[What if...?]

It is just horrifying that Americans are standing up for their freedom against an incompetent authoritarian governor!

How ridiculous that citizens reject fake science and demand the right to work to support themselves, rather than accept welfare or go bankrupt.

Submit to the State!

You are aware that you could get a $30 fine ($560 today) for not wearing a mask in public, in San Diego, in 1918, right? And that we have data from that period that demonstrates the difference in outcomes in places that stayed shut down and those who just opened back up.

 

[apdst]

The deniers attitude towards those who believe in the protection of the public health: Eat Corona and Die!

Stay home and starve.

 

[Rogue Valley]

Trump Brownshirts.

 

[Termn8or]

It is just horrifying that Americans are standing up for their freedom against an incompetent authoritarian governor!

How ridiculous that citizens reject fake science and demand the right to work to support themselves, rather than accept welfare or go bankrupt.

Submit to the State!

So anytime someone doesn’t like what a democratically elected official does, they can shoot them? That’s your idea of freedom?

Who was shot?

Oh, no one.

Next.

 

[apdst]

You are aware that you could get a $30 fine ($560 today) for not wearing a mask in public, in San Diego, in 1918, right? And that we have data from that period that demonstrates the difference in outcomes in places that stayed shut down and those who just opened back up.

Jim Crow laws still existed in 1918, too.

 

[CaughtInThe]

It's a great day when the government fears the people!

Death threats must now be a good thing.

 

[apdst]

Trump Brownshirts.

Freedom fighters.

 

[Termn8or]

It is just horrifying that Americans are standing up for their freedom against an incompetent authoritarian governor!

How ridiculous that citizens reject fake science and demand the right to work to support themselves, rather than accept welfare or go bankrupt.

Submit to the State!

Freedom to do what? Make everyone else sick?

Liberals just don't get it.

1) Almost all Americans have enough common sense not to get infected and not to infect others without ridiculous authoritarian lockdowns.

2) This virus has been hugely, hugely over hyped.

3) More people would die in a depression than will die from the virus.

4) The lockdown and ridiculous hyperbole about it might well kill more people from lack of medical care, suicide, drug abuse, etc. than the virus itself.

So Americans will stand up for their freedom.

 

[apdst]

Death threats must now be a good thing.

It's a good thing when an oppressive government fears the citizens.

 

[ataraxia]

Who was shot?

Oh, no one.

Next.

Oh I see. So routinely making death threats against elected officials is fine. Got it.

 

[ataraxia]

It's a good thing when an oppressive government fears the citizens.

It’s a democratically elected government.

 

[apdst]

It’s a democratically elected government.

It's an oppressive government that's abusing it's power.

 

[Termn8or]

It's a good thing when an oppressive government fears the citizens.

Exactly.

That's the spirit of the American Revolution.

Thanks to liberalism, we've gotten to the point where Americans fear their government.

 

[Casper]

It's a great day when the government fears the people!

So Trump should be afraid? Probably. So, how do think this would go over if armed Citizens invaded the Capital or Whitehouse, wanna bet trump would be in Marine 1 within minutes.

 

[apdst]

So Trump should be afraid? Probably. So, how do think this would go over if armed Citizens invaded the Capital or Whitehouse, wanna bet trump would be in Marine 1 within minutes.

The government should always fear the people. When the people fear the government, we're no longer a republic, but a tyranny.

 

[Casper]

The government should always fear the people. When the people fear the government, we're no longer a republic, but a tyranny.

I doubt we as a People fear the government, though we should never totally trust them, and should hold all of them accountable for their actions. So long as there are Patriots that put the Nation above Parties and the 2nd A remains in place this country will remain a Free Nation.

 

[ataraxia]

It's an oppressive government that's abusing it's power.

Why? If people don’t like it, they can vote them out.

Do you really want to have a situation where anytime anyone doesn’t like something their government dies, they go shoot the officials?

 

[apdst]

Why? If people don’t like it, they can vote them out.

Do you really want to have a situation where anytime anyone doesn’t like something their government dies, they go shoot the officials?

And they can protest.

No one's been shot.

 

[bluesmoke]

It's a great day when the government fears the people!

It's a bad day when people fear other people who put everyone's lives at risk.