Will the protests at the DNC be civil?

[Beefalow and the Consumer]

Given what we saw in Nevada, what will we see in the City of Brotherly Love?

[MasterJedi]

I suspect the Sanderistas will riot, if not inside, outside. Likely try and riot on the inside too and demand the supers overthrow the will of the people.

[windjammer]

I suspect the Sanderistas will riot, if not inside, outside. Likely try and riot on the inside too and demand the supers overthrow the will of the people.

^^

[Beefalow and the Consumer]

What I fear is Trump supporters "going undercover" and instigating violence.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

That's up to Bernie. He wants to maintain the rage etc, but what he says and more importantly, does will be key here.

The nomination race is OVER and has been for months, BUT the long-term race is still very much underway and he can choose to be a positive contributor to that, or a negative force. He can still be that positive voice that he started the campaign being. The message from Sanders after NJ and CA is key, if he's still carrying on this BS about a floor-fight and winning over SDs (and what an interesting way they have in 'winning' them over) then it's clear the path he's chosen.

[Beefalow and the Consumer]

That's up to Bernie. He wants to maintain the rage etc, but what he says and more importantly, does will be key here.

I think at this point it's #NotAllBernieBros, and out of his hands, tbh.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

That's up to Bernie. He wants to maintain the rage etc, but what he says and more importantly, does will be key here.

I think at this point it's #NotAllBernieBros, and out of his hands, tbh.

He can't stop ALL, but he can stop most.

[Suburbia]

There will be riots. This is what the extreme far left lives for. Ferguson, Chicago, Baltimore. C'mon. This is their MO.

[beaver2.0]

It's going to be "fun".

[Seneca]

That's up to Bernie. He wants to maintain the rage etc, but what he says and more importantly, does will be key here.

I think at this point it's #NotAllBernieBros, and out of his hands, tbh.

Yeah, it's definitely not going to be Bernie people causing a ruckus. If anything, they'll be ones attacking the black block, if anarchists decide to show.

[Chief Justice Keef]

It'll be a combination of both the Chicago Trump rally protest and the Nevada Dem convention. Just absolute chaos, and it'll further keep Clinton from creating unity within the party.

[Lyin' Steve]

That's up to Bernie. He wants to maintain the rage etc, but what he says and more importantly, does will be key here.

I think at this point it's #NotAllBernieBros, and out of his hands, tbh.

Yeah, it's definitely not going to be Bernie people causing a ruckus. If anything, they'll be ones attacking the black block, if anarchists decide to show.

Yup, two weeks ago I was down in Westlake Square in Seattle to go to Nordstrom and there were a bunch of punk musicians playing and people walking around in black balaclavas and knife belts.  Lots of Bernie signs as well as people asking for money for their own various causes where their begging signs also claimed they supported Bernie (for street cred I guess).  I seriously thought it was a Sanders party.

Turns out it was an anarchist revolutionary event for May Day and got very violent shortly after I left.

If Sanders gives an open invitation to people to just show up in Philadelphia and cause trouble for the sake of causing trouble, rest assured he has a lot of supporters who will jump at the chance.

[Crumpets]

One thing I wonder is that, even though riots will make the Democratic party as a whole look bad, might blatant disregard for civility turn off some Berners and make them a bit more sympathetic to Hillary? The Bernie supporters I know in real life probably wouldn't be too happy if his campaign (or those representing his campaign) promoted violence over the democratic process.

[Seneca]

That's up to Bernie. He wants to maintain the rage etc, but what he says and more importantly, does will be key here.

I think at this point it's #NotAllBernieBros, and out of his hands, tbh.

Yeah, it's definitely not going to be Bernie people causing a ruckus. If anything, they'll be ones attacking the black block, if anarchists decide to show.

Yup, two weeks ago I was down in Westlake Square in Seattle to go to Nordstrom and there were a bunch of punk musicians playing and people walking around in black balaclavas and knife belts.  Lots of Bernie signs as well as people asking for money for their own various causes where their begging signs also claimed they supported Bernie (for street cred I guess).  I seriously thought it was a Sanders party.

Turns out it was an anarchist revolutionary event for May Day and got very violent shortly after I left.

If Sanders gives an open invitation to people to just show up in Philadelphia and cause trouble for the sake of causing trouble, rest assured he has a lot of supporters who will jump at the chance.

Were you in Seattle for May Day? That's hilarious.

And no, radicals don't give a sh**t about Sanders. They'll show up their own volition. I'm saying that Sanders supporters are the kind of liberals that will claim to be non-violent but then attack people smashing windows or whatever.

[Lyin' Steve]

That's up to Bernie. He wants to maintain the rage etc, but what he says and more importantly, does will be key here.

I think at this point it's #NotAllBernieBros, and out of his hands, tbh.

Yeah, it's definitely not going to be Bernie people causing a ruckus. If anything, they'll be ones attacking the black block, if anarchists decide to show.

Yup, two weeks ago I was down in Westlake Square in Seattle to go to Nordstrom and there were a bunch of punk musicians playing and people walking around in black balaclavas and knife belts.  Lots of Bernie signs as well as people asking for money for their own various causes where their begging signs also claimed they supported Bernie (for street cred I guess).  I seriously thought it was a Sanders party.

Turns out it was an anarchist revolutionary event for May Day and got very violent shortly after I left.

If Sanders gives an open invitation to people to just show up in Philadelphia and cause trouble for the sake of causing trouble, rest assured he has a lot of supporters who will jump at the chance.

Were you in Seattle for May Day? That's hilarious.

And no, radicals don't give a sh**t about Sanders. They'll show up their own volition. I'm saying that Sanders supporters are the kind of liberals that will claim to be non-violent but then attack people smashing windows or whatever.

Not all radicals are Sanders supporters but many Sanders supporters are radicals.
There are very few radical Clinton supporters though.  It's mostly Bernie or nobody.

[Ebsy]

What happened at Nevada would not have happened had Sanders not wanted it to.

[NeverAgain]

Sadly I will be there. I really hope this doesn't become another '68. If they do riot, I would really enjoy getting out there and crushing them in a debate.

[Gass3268]

[Hermit For Peace]

Bernie doesn't know how to control anything. He's weak on that front, and he would be a weak President. He's all "Wall Street blah blah blah" and "break up the banks blah blah blah" and the "poor Middle Class blah blah blah".  He's all talk, but how much would he really be able to get done as President?

So I'm saying in a round about way, yes there will be awful protests at the DNC because Bernie does not have control over his minions.

Remember this? No control.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BnbwUT7lBg

[This account no longer in use.]

Hopefully not, but I'm not making any predictions yet.

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

I'm sure ANSWER will be there to instigate violence.

[Fuzzy Bear]

One thing I wonder is that, even though riots will make the Democratic party as a whole look bad, might blatant disregard for civility turn off some Berners and make them a bit more sympathetic to Hillary? The Bernie supporters I know in real life probably wouldn't be too happy if his campaign (or those representing his campaign) promoted violence over the democratic process.

This.

I think there'll be yelling and shouting, but nothing more. 

I think that the Democrats need new leadership.  Debbie Wasserman Schultz has been so blatantly in the tank for Hillary that it has precluded the Democrats from nominating anyone other than a Socialist who looks like Father Time and isn't really a Democrat, and the repulsive spouse of a lecherous sleazebag who acts like she's owed the Presidency and plays the Gender Card nonstop.  Let's get real here.  Debbie Wasserman Schultz was the table-setter for events that have kept the Democrats from nominating a candidate whom folks might actually like that is mainstream.

[Seneca]

That's up to Bernie. He wants to maintain the rage etc, but what he says and more importantly, does will be key here.

I think at this point it's #NotAllBernieBros, and out of his hands, tbh.

Yeah, it's definitely not going to be Bernie people causing a ruckus. If anything, they'll be ones attacking the black block, if anarchists decide to show.

Yup, two weeks ago I was down in Westlake Square in Seattle to go to Nordstrom and there were a bunch of punk musicians playing and people walking around in black balaclavas and knife belts.  Lots of Bernie signs as well as people asking for money for their own various causes where their begging signs also claimed they supported Bernie (for street cred I guess).  I seriously thought it was a Sanders party.

Turns out it was an anarchist revolutionary event for May Day and got very violent shortly after I left.

If Sanders gives an open invitation to people to just show up in Philadelphia and cause trouble for the sake of causing trouble, rest assured he has a lot of supporters who will jump at the chance.

Were you in Seattle for May Day? That's hilarious.

And no, radicals don't give a sh**t about Sanders. They'll show up their own volition. I'm saying that Sanders supporters are the kind of liberals that will claim to be non-violent but then attack people smashing windows or whatever.

Not all radicals are Sanders supporters but many Sanders supporters are radicals.
There are very few radical Clinton supporters though.  It's mostly Bernie or nobody.

By radicals I mean anarchists, communists and so on. All of those people think Sanders is a distraction meant to keep people invested in the political process. Hillary is like the modern incarnation of The Man, the idea that any radicals might support her is absurd.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

No, because Roger Stone must defend his life against Hillary.

[Crumpets]

Also, are people talking about inside the convention hall or outside? The reason 1968 was such a clusterf*** was because of the violence inside. The "the whole world is watching" stuff helped to fan the flames, but has been pretty much par for the course for convention protests.