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Vehicles flying Trump flags try to force a Biden-Harris campaign bus off a highway in Texas.

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by Xerobull, Oct 31, 2020.

  1. durvasa

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    Highways are regularly fully obstructed, e.g. when there is a major accident. Dealing with that is a normal part of being a driver.

    Having your car surrounded by other vehicles driven by antagonistic strangers you don't know is not comparable to that. If I'm in a surrounded vehicle, I'm afraid for my safety. If I'm confronted with an obstruction on the highway ahead of me, I'm frustrated over the inconvenience, but there is very rarely any actual fear involved.
     
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    Did they brandish a firearm or were they scared of the flags? I have had vehicles on all sides of me before and I rolled on. They made great time on that highway with their escort.
     
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    When you're driving on a highway, you are responsible not just for your safety but the safety of others. Two vehicle smashing into each other on a freeway can be just as dangerous or more so as a firearm. That was the threat, which you are portraying as simple fun and games.

    If you have kids, is this something you'd be OK with your kids doing?
     
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    The Trump vehicles were supposedly shouting threats as well. 911 was called at the time by the Biden Bus.

    That is understandable given the multiple murders, plans to kidnap etc. by right wing groups.
     
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    of course the trump butt-kissers will defend, make excuses for and joke about this. yall are pathetic.

    surrounding a bus and slowing down to 20 MPH on I-35, where cars are regularly driving 80+ MPH. i drive that stretch all the time - what they did was stupid and dangerous. theres no excuse for it.

    im against the BLM/police brutality protestors also getting on I-35 and shutting it down. thats bad too and imo, actually does harm to their cause and message.

    why is it so difficult for so many to get out of this "whataboutism" and just acknowledge that bad behavior is bad behavior?

    also, worth pointing out that biden continually condemns violence and these kinds of tactics, no matter who is doing it...and trump only condemns when its "liberals", but cheers it on when its his supporters.
     
  6. Astrodome

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    The white car was part of the campaign and slammed into the truck. How are trumpers being blamed for this?
     
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    youre either lying or you didnt watch the video. the truck clearly slammed into the white suv.

    what i would like to know, however, is who instigated that...was the white suv behind the bus and the black truck shoved it out of the way or vice versa. if the white suv was the instigator i would say that the black truck was justified in hitting it...if the other way around though, the driver of the black truck should be arrested.
     
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    There's a difference between driving anonymously and driving while people are targeting and harassing you.

    You didn't answer his question. I wouldn't want my kids driving recklessly like that either.

    Some of you guys need to take a step back get some perspective and not be blinded by this democrat/republican bias. If you can be upset about the protest from the left blocking roads (which I was), wouldn't you also be upset about reckless driving and harassment in this incident from the right? C'mon man.
     
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    Doubtful he watched the video. Very doubtful.
     
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    Ok, I'll bite.

    Harris would be declared ineligible based on what, exactly?
     
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    The white car did not slam into the truck
     
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    I didn't see the collision. But the reason that white car was maintaining such close distance behind the Biden truck appears, to me, to avoid getting separated from the truck by the surrounding Trump vehicles. The Trump vehicles therefore bear responsibility for that, as they forced the Biden campaign vehicles into an unsafe formation in reaction to their intimidation.
     
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    Anyone that looks at this caravan and thinks "This is normal and nothing is wrong here" has a serious mental issue. You are part of a cult now and need intense therapy to break you of this. When, in the history of this country, have you ever seen people act like this? As far as those incredible rednecked morons thought, Senator Harris was on that bus. This was nothing short of an act of intimidation and is not acceptable in any way, shape or form.
     
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    This is a ridiculous position that the trump supporters here are taking in order to defend the indefensible... the trump supporters can all be charged with reckless driving. The driver of the truck could be charged with assault and battery involving a vehicle (no different than "road rage" cases).
     
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    Go back and look at who leaves their lane as the collision happens.
     
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    Is safe formation a part of driving school curriculum these days? I doubt using your vehicle to wedge your way in to safe formation is a golden rule to drive by. The video pans away at a critical point to fully determine who is at fault. The white car was in the middle lane edging toward the right lane which the truck was already in.

    It was childish and unsafe of the Trump Supporters to harass the Biden bus. It's quite possible it was even more so of the white car to force it's way in to the right lane, if that's what transpired.
     
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    If you watch the video, you can see before the camera pans away, the white car is in the middle lane edging back toward the right lane which the truck is solidly in. The white car is not 100% proven of being totally innocent here. Blame is likely shared here.
     
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    domestic terrorists are what these people are and it will really been seen how bad it can get once the election is over.
     
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    Disregard. My error. I thought she was not a natural born citizen. I did not research enough. Additionally AOC is not eligible due to her age.
     
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    You can stop with the "troll the libs" bulls***.

    I saw the video of the incident as you did. There could easily have been an accident; there were a few near-misses.

    Funny how one of the oft-seen-in-Texas caravan of Trump douchers goes out and, at "best", terrifies drivers and passengers in another vehicle and at worst puts those people and themselves at risk. As if "Mad Max" were real life.
     

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