Unexpectedly
By Mitch Berg
To: The Minneapolis City Council
From: Mitch Berg, Unruly Peasant
Re: Threats
Minneapolis City Council Members,
In this Channel 4 story, you are individually and as a body shocked, shocked, that “activists” are getting more angry, even borderline-violent, in their interactions with…the City Council.
In this case, it was over a vote re…it doesn’t matter that much, except it’s something moderately routine, except for the “activists” involved.
Anyway (with emphasis added by me):
After the failed vote, protestors began to shout and scream at councilmembers and approach the dais. The meeting had to go into recess and the protestors were removed before it continued.
During the shouting, an aide for Councilmember Michael Rainville says specific threats were made against Rainville’s family. Councilmember Emily Koski joined Rainville in filing a police report against the protestors.
“You can’t have democracy if you don’t allow the democratic process to happen and if you have someone that is fearful for their lives or that of their families because of a vote that they took, that is wrong,” said Mayor Jacob Frey.
Anyone but me remembering when Mayor McDreamy all but told the police to stand down in the face of threats to Trump supporters when they rallied at the Target Center?
Democracy didn’t matter so much then, I guess…
…but that’s a matter for another rant.
The answer comes from Economics 101 – a class no Minneapolis City Council person passed before the class (like the City Council) was taken over by the people from the Grievance Stuidies department; when you reward, or fail to provide negative consequences for, negative behavior that someone sees as benefitting them, you will get more of that behavior.
The Twin Cities “activist” class blocked freeways – and those who objected got the negative consequences.
They attacked Trump supporters at rallies – and were practically feted by the city.
Then, after they ran riot after the death of George Floyd, and the Mayor and Governor decided to follow Baltimore mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s dubious example and give the mob “space to destroy” Baltimore, they threw the mob a bone; not just an entire (majority black, Latino and immigrant) neighborhood, but an entire police precinct, thinking the mob was some toddler that needed to work out his aggressions, and was shocked, shocked that they just kept going?
In confrontation after confrontation, the city o Minneapolis, and the Walz Administration, has shown those who were willing to resort to violence that not only would there be no consequences, but it would positively help them get their way.
You sowed the poo-storm. You are reaping the poo-storm.
Well, you’re starting to. You’re discovering that, in a Minneapolis (and Minnesota) run by the Grievance Studies department, expecting to be safe is a privilege.
Unexpectedly
That is all.
February 27th, 2023 at 11:07 am
Minneapolis City Council President Amy Bender on June 8, 2020:
“Yes, I mean, I hear that loud and clear from a lot of my neighbors,” she explained. “And I know — and myself, too, and I know that that comes from a place of privilege. Because for those of us for whom the system is working, I think we need to step back and imagine what it would feel like to already live in that reality where calling the police may mean more harm is done.”
“And so in the very immediate, we have to lean into whatever changes we can make in our existing police department,” Bender said. “You know, I think we look to cities like Camden, New Jersey, that completely restructured their department, as we build up systems. And we’ve already done that. We are not starting from scratch.”
I expect the police to send Violence Interrupters to meet with the protesters and the Council, sit in a circle, share their feelings (but only when holding the Speaking Stick), reach an understanding of the other side’s concerns and culminate in a group hug. There may also be drums and possibly giant paper-mache heads.
February 27th, 2023 at 11:21 am
Yes, and after beetch Bender did her damage in Minneapolis, she moved her white bread, privileged ass to Wayzata.
February 27th, 2023 at 12:04 pm
It’s so cute that they want the police to protect them.
The left is cutting down all the laws and those who enforce them and is now left with nothing to hide behind when the devil comes for them.
From a Man For All Seasons:
“Yes, I’d cut down every law in England to do that!”
Sir Thomas More: “Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned ’round on you, where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country is planted thick with laws, from coast to coast, Man’s laws, not God’s! And if you cut them down, and you’re just the man to do it, do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I’d give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety’s sake!”
February 27th, 2023 at 12:25 pm
The Minneapolis City Council knows as everyone in the know, knows, those violent creeps own the DFL primary process.
So you get your choice, live with their threats or find another line of work.
Oh, and by the way, those same violent creeps, pretty much run the Minnesota non-profit industry infrastructure, so if you are looking for another line of work, you best look to the private sector…..which explains why you are where you are.
Word to the wise, for all you violent left-wing creeps who are ruining downtown…. pretty soon the monied class will realize you are stomping on their wallet.
February 27th, 2023 at 1:00 pm
The degenerates have lost control of the Gollum they created to attack civilized people…you’d have thought Frey, of all people, would have known better.
February 27th, 2023 at 1:16 pm
“Activists” threaten Republican senator Sinema and Republican endorsed Supreme Court justices: “This is what democracy looks like!”
“Activists” harass the Minneapolis City Council: “This is what terrorism looks like!”
(It should be noted that the City Councilmembers under the gun are newbies who won election for being more “moderate”. If you’re surprised, I can draw you a picture in crayon.)
February 27th, 2023 at 2:11 pm
The one upside to being a lonely conservative in commie Murderopolis part 2 is seeing leftists eat their own. I enjoy watching the city figuratively (and in 2020 literally) burn down. Call me the Joker.
February 27th, 2023 at 3:50 pm
All of the radical members of the Minneapolis City Council are Woke. They got elected by swearing allegiance to Woke.
Woke says that crime is caused by “overpolicing.” If the council members so much as hint that they are forgetting that, that support more policing and more police powers, their twitter accounts are bombarded by activists — some of them barely literate, reminding them of this in harsh language. Some of these activists are hardened, violent criminals. The council members have reason to fear them.
The death spiral of Minneapolis continues.
But all of these council members were elected. The people of Minneapolis are getting exactly what they voted for. Mike Freeman was elected HennCo Attorney by a wide margin in his last election. He resigned because he wasn’t woke enough. His replacement, also elected by a wide margin, is worse.
February 28th, 2023 at 5:39 am
Stomp your feet and yell louder.
February 28th, 2023 at 10:39 am
“All of the radical members of the Minneapolis City Council are Woke.”
It’s not the opinions of the ‘woke’ that is objectionable. It is their bullying, and insidious takeover of institutions by creating a climate of fear, cancelling and, ironically, intolerance.
February 28th, 2023 at 2:11 pm
Oh! Here is rAT, fresh from his latest BiRKie triumph.
Tell us, rAT, where did you place? What was your finish time (look at your slip)?
Your fans are dying to hear the details!
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Stillwater MN skier Jesse Diggins Wins Gold, Makes History at 2023 World Championships
https://usskiandsnowboard.org/news/diggins-wins-gold-makes-history-2023-world-championships
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Diggins gives USA its first gold at WSC since 2013 | Planica 2023
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tjeLZ041q-Q
Congratulations Jesse Diggins. An elite performance from a world class athlete.
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Hey, dickhead rAT! Forget Jesse Diggings. I’m asking *you*, rAT Emery, a straight up, simple question.
You claim to be a Birkie shredder, rolling out of a fabulous ski shack.
How did you place at the Birkie? What was your finish time?
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