IF Obama doesn't win, will there be rioting?

[bellebud]

So, police are on stand-by (we live outside of NYC and many NYCPD live here)... do you think there will really be actual rioting?

 

[Mrs.Toad]

No more rioting than there would be if McCain doesn't win.

 

[C.Ann]

No.. And if there is anything that can be remotely contrused as "rioting", it will be small pockets of people who just look for any and all reasons to "act out" and be rowdy..

 

[Liberty Belle]

There's another long thread about this.

In short, no.

 

[Amirah95]

I won't be rioting and the people in my community will not either.

 

[tink_n_pooh]

I dunno but I think I'm going to be planted safely in my bed just in case

 

[Biscuitsmom31]

So, police are on stand-by (we live outside of NYC and many NYCPD live here)... do you think there will really be actual rioting?

No. Just mourning and hopelessness.

 

[just4today]

After watching footage of the "gentleman" from the Black Panthers who was intimidating people outside the polls in Philadelphia, I have my doubts that a McCain victory would not bring trouble.

 

[bubie2.5]

I find all those talk about riots if Obama doesn't win really racists. Why doesn't anyone asks if there'll be rioting if McCain loses?

I'm really sick of it!

 

[Holly]

I find all those talk about riots if Obama doesn't win really racists. Why doesn't anyone asks if there'll be rioting if McCain loses?

I'm really sick of it!

Me too.



Now I know some whiner is going to come in here and complain that they can't even say anything because they will be called racist, but hey, let's just call a spade a spade.

 

[Sk8Leigh]

I work in downtown Chicago, and I know I wouldn't want to be anywhere near that rally in Grant Park tonight if Obama loses. I unfortunately have to work late, but I am getting out of here to go home to the 'burbs by a decent hour, well before the final results will be in.

 

[HonnyDipp]

I find all those talk about riots if Obama doesn't win really racists. Why doesn't anyone asks if there'll be rioting if McCain loses?

I'm really sick of it!

My thoughts exactly!

 

[John Smith1]

My thoughts exactly!

I'm sick of them, too.

 

[bellebud]

Why doesn't anyone asks if there'll be rioting if McCain loses?

Because dh came home from voting earlier and said he ran into our neighbor, a NYC police officer, who was telling him he's on stand-by, in case Obama loses. He told dh how while he's at work these past few months, he's heard this time after time from people on the street while he's on patrol. He's never once heard anything relating to rioting if McCain loses. So I guess the police depts are gearing up for what they're hearing on the street??? But the fact is that they are gearing up, so they must think it's a possibility.

So that's why I wouldn't even think to ask if anyone thinks there will be rioting if McCain loses... I've never once heard even a whisper of it. If I had heard it, I would have asked about him too.

 

[LuvOrlando]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCeD1RcJjAg

What country is this?????????????????

 

[Free4Life11]

Absolutely! I love me a good riot...I'm getting my pitchfork and torch ready, just in case the unthinkable happens!

 

[shkeogh]

History.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYnJiiLGwjY

 

[Allison]

Another thread about rioting?

 

[MarkBarbieri]

My thoughts exactly!

I don't think that there will be rioting, but I don't think it is a silly question either. Why ask it about Obama and not McCain? Here are just a few reasons, none of which have to do with race:

1) Obama is widely expected to win. People get more emotion over surprise losses than losses that they expect.

2) There is still great bitterness over the 2000 (and for some the 2004) elections, with a sense that they were lost by the Democrats unfairly. That bitterness is much more likely to lead to an impulsive reaction than a loss for the Republicans.

3) Since the 60s, most politically motivated riots have occurred with people on the left doing the rioting. That's true of the Vietnam protests, the riots in reaction to Dr. King's assassination, the riot's in reaction to Senator Kennedy's assassintation, and the more recent anti-globalization riots. Extremist on the right have unquestionably used violence to achieve their goals (Rudolph, McVeigh, KKK, etc), but it has usually not taken the form of riots.

 

[chrisw127]

My thoughts exactly!

Me too. Or maybe I should be worried that the guy across the street, the black buy with the very lucrative surgical practice, two kids, and a car that's worth more than the cost of the average house in this county, is going to riot? Gee, come to think of it, he does have an Obama sign in his yard.