XPost: alt.politics, talk.politics.misc   
   From: invalide@invalid.invalid   
      
   c186282 wrote:   
   > On 3/6/26 18:02, pothead wrote:   
   >> On 2026-03-06, Chris Ahlstrom  wrote:   
   >>> super70s wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:   
   >>>   
   >>>> State Republicans Target 'Paid Protesters' With 'Mercenary Rioting'   
   >>>> Bill   
   >>>> GOP lawmakers have long claimed -- without evidence -- that protesters   
   >>>> who frequent the legislature are being paid   
   >>>> The Nashville Scene   
   >>>> March 5, 2026   
   >>>>   
   >>>>    
   >>>   
   >>> Isn't all that covered by existing law?   
   >>   
   >> I do not believe it matters if the protesters are paid for or not other   
   >> than the credibility of the side that is hiring them   
   >> and as long as they are not inciting a riot.   
   >   
   >    But they've been inciting riots, destroying govt   
   >    property, threatening/harming law-enforcers,   
   >    terrorizing opponents, for YEARS.   
   >   
   >    They aren't 'protesters', they're a revolutionary   
   >    army being led by foreign-leaning bastards.   
      
       Aha! THe 6ers and fake electors etc are "led by   
       foreign-leaning bastards"! I knew it!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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