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Real-Life 'Purge' Expected In Louisville, Kentucky

Did people not understand that The Purge was a movie about wealthy suburban white people taking one night a year to legally hunt down and murder the homeless?
 
Deuce said:
Did people not understand that The Purge was a movie about wealthy suburban white people taking one night a year to legally hunt down and murder the homeless?
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Progressives aren't trained to distinguish between fact and fiction.
 
Superfly said:
Not just Louisville, baby girl. I've heard several cities are talking about this, including Detroit and Jacksonville.
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I don't see how that would be any different than a normal Friday night in Detroit. Police response to virtually any sort of crime in the city of Detroit is a joke.
 
RabidAlpaca said:
Video of Ferguson police gassing news crew and dismantling their equipment - Boing Boing

Anyone who thinks these people are being held properly accountable are not paying attention. While yes, I agree that our police need special weapons and tactics to react to certain scenarios, it has become for many police departments the standard reaction to just about anything. SWAT is being used constantly in no-knock raids, breaking doors/walls in the middle of the night to flash bang babies, shoot dogs, and drag the "perp" out into the street, when often times he wasn't the even the person growing the plant in the first place.

Over the past few decades the militaristic capabilities of police departments has grown exponentially, but accountability and responsibility has plummeted. It's a dangerous combination and I think you know that. When police are firing on citizens less discriminately and with looser ROE than soldiers in afghanistan, something is wrong.
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If your definition of the militarization of police departments is what is bold, and not necessarily the equipment that they use, then I'm on board with that. After all, even if you took away the gear they've received from the military, they would continue to use such tactics with the gear that has always been available to them. This is why I was so happy with the ruling in Texas, where the jury found the man had every right to shoot the cop who barged into his home when they made no effort to announce they were entering the home.
 
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Deuce said:
Did people not understand that The Purge was a movie about wealthy suburban white people taking one night a year to legally hunt down and murder the homeless?
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No it wasn't. It was a movie about anybody who wanted to, to break the law without repercussion. It wasn't just wealthy suburban white people - not by a long shot. They were just a small part of it.
 
Superfly said:
Oh, I don't know hon. The stuff I've seen said the end of the month. I think the Jax one is the 31st. I thought they were all for the end of the month. My bad!! :D
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Well, the good news is that if it's scary and on Facebook, there's a huge probability that it isn't true. Plus, if criminal assholes were planning a crime spree, I doubt they'd advertise.
 
ocean515 said:
Progressives aren't trained to distinguish between fact and fiction.
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If I were a criminal in Louisville, Kentucky, I would suspect that a trap was being laid for me, and I wouldn't take that bait on a dare! But then I'm not stupid, where others might be. :lamo:

Greetings, ocean515. :2wave:
 
Helix said:
Well, the good news is that if it's scary and on Facebook, there's a huge probability that it isn't true. Plus, if criminal assholes were planning a crime spree, I doubt they'd advertise.
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I think it's much ado about nothing. It probably started out with some kid posting something on FB and it snowballed. I think there will be random pockets of violence, but nothing more. And nothing at all like the movie.
 
Helix said:
while i'm sure that's partially true, i also took off on foot when i was there and walked by myself. ran into nothing but cool folks. there were a ton of great independent shops; kind of reminded me of my own town's downtown when i was a kid before all of the huge stores swooped in. everybody i ran into was cool as hell, which was the complete opposite of my previous visit in 2006. the difference is that this time, i was staying with someone who lives there.
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The downtown business area is not bad. There is 'business' there and no so much residential. I'm guessing you didnt meander into the Washington Park or Englewood areas.
 
Superfly said:
Well, I don't know a lot about Louisville, other than every time I've ever driven through it, I saw nothing but construction. I do know about Detroit and Jax, and I know that they are both extremely high in crime.

I would think it would behoove the police departments in both cities to have extra people on duty, just in case. In Jax, people will pistol whip you for $1.
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Very rare for Louisville. Relatively speaking quite safe; however, this happened March 22:Teen Mob Violence both very unusual. I think a social-media retard was trying to make a new name for boring Lou. BTW all that construction was probably the huge Waterfront renewal and bridge work. Huge difference from the 80's to 90's.
 
Kobie said:
What on earth does this have to do with "progressives"?
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Well, like cinderella, if the shoe fits.....

Think about it, a lame little movie designed to further the Progressive meme about the wealthy gets the social media-O-sphere all twisted over the possibility that it's planned in a neighborhood near you.

The connection and reaction seems obvious to me.
 
polgara said:
If I were a criminal in Louisville, Kentucky, I would suspect that a trap was being laid for me, and I wouldn't take that bait on a dare! But then I'm not stupid, where others might be. :lamo:

Greetings, ocean515. :2wave:
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Tweet, tweet, it must be true....

I just don't get it.
 
ocean515 said:
Well, like cinderella, if the shoe fits.....

Think about it, a lame little movie designed to further the Progressive meme about the wealthy gets the social media-O-sphere all twisted over the possibility that it's planned in a neighborhood near you.

The connection and reaction seems obvious to me.
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Or, yanno, maybe it's just a movie.

This is far from the first non-story that social media has gone bonkers over. But hey, anything to further demonize "progressives," whatever the hell that word means this week.
 
Kobie said:
Or, yanno, maybe it's just a movie.

This is far from the first non-story that social media has gone bonkers over. But hey, anything to further demonize "progressives," whatever the hell that word means this week.
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Exactly kobie, it's just a movie. A pathetic little movie to further demonize the wealthy and make hero's of the homeless. Runs pretty straight down the Progressive meme to me.

With that in mind, who do you think is all twisted over the social media postings? People who saw the movie, and that would be the target audience.

My guess is the backers of the movie have been busy....
 
VanceMack said:
The downtown business area is not bad. There is 'business' there and no so much residential. I'm guessing you didnt meander into the Washington Park or Englewood areas.
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Edgewater, Andersonville, and random downtown areas.
 
ocean515 said:
Exactly kobie, it's just a movie. A pathetic little movie to further demonize the wealthy and make hero's of the homeless. Runs pretty straight down the Progressive meme to me.

With that in mind, who do you think is all twisted over the social media postings? People who saw the movie, and that would be the target audience.

My guess is the backers of the movie have been busy....
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Could be a bit of viral marketing, since the sequel's out in theaters now.

RE: the bold, if you had seen the original Purge, the homeless were not the heroes of that movie.

I forgot, in some people's universe, the wealthy are the true victims of society, because every once in a while someone makes a movie that doesn't portray them as our generous benefactors.
 
Kobie said:
Could be a bit of viral marketing, since the sequel's out in theaters now.

RE: the bold, if you had seen the original Purge, the homeless were not the heroes of that movie.

I forgot, in some people's universe, the wealthy are the true victims of society, because every once in a while someone makes a movie that doesn't portray them as our generous benefactors.
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Well, innocent victims are a common plot trick, so let's not ignore the obvious.

As to the universe and this movie, you've nailed the objective. The wealthy are evil and have the ability to create laws that allow them to "purge" society from the smelly little people. Pretty much the Progressive meme, and the basis for my original comment.
 
ocean515 said:
Well, innocent victims are a common plot trick, so let's not ignore the obvious.

As to the universe and this movie, you've nailed the objective. The wealthy are evil and have the ability to create laws that allow them to "purge" society from the smelly little people. Pretty much the Progressive meme, and the basis for my original comment.
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So "progressives" believe that rich people want to kill poor people. Okay. :roll:
 
Helix said:
Edgewater, Andersonville, and random downtown areas.
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The narrative is either approx people a weekend in Chicago are being shot or they are not. Either the media is lying and the city government (and everyone else) is lying, or you stayed in safe business and tourist areas.

Id guess the latter.
 
VanceMack said:
The narrative is either approx people a weekend in Chicago are being shot or they are not. Either the media is lying and the city government (and everyone else) is lying, or you stayed in safe business and tourist areas.

Id guess the latter.
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Nobody is claiming that people aren't getting shot in Chicago. However, as with many cities, the violence is largely compartmentalized into several problem areas. I've seen conservative media try to paint the picture of the entire city of Chicago as one big war zone, and that's simply not accurate. People are not getting blown away outside of Wrigley Field on a daily basis.
 
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