The Real timschochet

Sorry you feel this way. There is nothing but good vibes out here. Everyone is having fun. American flags everywhere, Army veterans.

Again, you’re wrong on all counts. Huge protests have an effect on voters, they energize them like nothing else. This is probably the biggest protest in American history. You can disagree with the message but not with the importance. This is incredible.

Why not do it yourself tough guy? Get your jackboots out of the closet and go to the rally. Start a fight.

Love this sign an old lady is holding: “I am Aunt Tifa!”

Some great signs: “Keep the immigrants, deport the racists!” “Orange Lies Matter” ”Mike Johnson, Guardian of Pedophilia”

Standing here with a bunch of army veterans. But yeah they hate America.

Hey hey! Ho ho! Donald Trump has got to go! Real violent, huh?

It really is amazing out here. The atmosphere is terrific. Everyone is super friendly. Helps that it’s a beautiful day too (but then it almost always is in Paradise (Southern California)

You know what old people do best? They vote. You are so screwed….

1. I am specifically accusing ICE, under the direction of Donald Trump, of breaking our laws and violating the Constitution. 2. Trans is a very important issue to Trans people and their loved ones. Stop persecuting them. Leave them alone. They’re no sicker than you.

Don’t you have a Biden pedophilia YouTube video to post?

Stop watching Fox News. This isn’t about Hamas or Palestine. It’s not even a topic here. But since you brought it up I doubt Gaza feels very free at the moment…

The rally hasn’t even started yet, we got here early. I am in the heart of conservative Orange County. I doubt there are very many progressives here. Just regular folks, a lot are Republicans, fed up with Trump’s crap.

American flags everywhere. “Protect the Constitution!” Is the most common sign. This is awesome.

You’re wrong. The response is incredible. People do care about this. It’s a big focking deal.

Caroline Leavitt a few hours ago: “the main constituency of the Democratic Party are Hamas supporters, illegal aliens, and violent criminals.” And yet liberals are the ones accused of polarizing language. Seriously?

The right is FREAKING OUT about this. So awesome. They are terrified that people are speaking out. OK I’m on my way. Should be fun; will report back later. Hopefully the Nazis won’t show up.

Actually I was trying to differentiate between the protestors and MAGA thugs who might try to provoke violence.

I was caught in the middle of the Rodney King riots in 1992. I didn’t see any murders, but I saw, directly in front of me, plenty of looting and burning. I would call that violent activity. I don’t anticipate that today.

Im going to be at the Huntington Beach Pier today. Now the last time there was a large gathering at the Pier it was a vigil immediately following Charlie Kirk’s murder. Unfortunately things got ugly because a group of Neo-Nazi skinheads showed up holding signs blaming blacks, Jews and undocumented immigrants for what happened to Kirk and attacking the police and peaceful bystanders. “White men fight back”. https://beachgrit.com/2025/09/white-men-fight-back-protests-erupt-in-huntington-beach-in-wake-of-charlie-kirk-murder/ But that was a right wing gathering. Hopefully none of these idiots show up today.

Well the last “No Kings” protest was 99.5% nonviolent: https://wagingnonviolence.org/2025/08/new-data-shows-no-kings-was-one-of-the-largest-days-of-protest-in-us-history/ when you have this many people protesting in so many cities there’s always going to be a few isolated incidents. But if you’re expecting a repeat of the George Floyd riots (not to be confused with the George Floyd peaceful protests) or 1/6/21, not gonna happen.

If there is burning and looting or violent activity today or tonight by protestors I will come here and admit that I was wrong about what would happen. If none of that occurs will you admit that you were wrong?

I should have learned a long time ago that it’s pointless to argue with you. When one attempts to break down how terribly wrong you are your only response is to double down. Oh well. I think that what actually happens today will destroy your arguments in real time. I hope you’re man enough to at least admit it after the fact. Not holding my breath though.

If there is any violence today at all it will be from ICE, along with possible individual MAGA types trying to provoke a response. Hopefully we won’t give them one. Martin Luther King, Jr., when leading nonviolent protests, always warned about this sort of thing. Back then the southern racists like George Wallace made the exact same arguments @EternalShinyAndChrome is making now: that the civil rights protestors were all leftists who hated America and wanted violence. The rhetoric was eerily similar. Then they would try to provoke that violence.

OK. You and others have made this argument before (conflating opponents of Trump, which is a combination of liberals, moderates, independents and even some conservatives ac “leftists”, conflating American progressives and Black Lives Matter with Antifa, conflating all of it with violence and terrorism.) I’ve never been sure how much of it is trolling and how much of it is seriously believed which is why I asked. It’s false, dangerous, and stupid.