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| Have Trump's Threats Finally Put the Fear of God Into Seattle's CHAZ? Oh, Sorry, CHOP? |
| 2020-06-14 |
| [PJMedia] The Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ), the antifa/anarchist movement that illegally seized control of six city blocks in Seattle, Wash., appears to have changed its name after less than a week. Some CHAZzies have already started removing CHAZ signs and replacing them with signs reading the “Capitol Hill Occupied Protest.” Some have said they are “not seceding from the United States,” despite clear signs of an attempt at secession. They are now insisting that the original CHAZ signs were placed by “detractors.” Color me skeptical. While Mayor Jenny Durkan and Gov. Jay Inslee (D-Wash.) appear utterly feckless and unwilling to act, perhaps President Donald Trump’s warnings that he will restore order have driven the fear of God into these lawless rebels. “There is a growing consensus to rename the area from the ‘Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone’ to the ‘Capitol Hill Occupied Protest.’ An occupier is trying to remove one of the CHAZ street signs,” Townhall’s Julio Rosas tweeted.
It seems no one is quite sure who exactly is in charge of CHAZ. In a scuffle Friday night involving whether or not to remove the signs reading “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone,” one woman asked, “Is anyone in charge here?” A man appears to have responded with something like, “This ain’t a damn democracy here!” A Twitter account claiming to represent the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest gave a rationale for the change from CHAZ to CHOP. “Black Leadership has requested to stop calling it CHAZ as ‘Autonomous’ has specific implications and it is reported that Durkan and the media labeled it as such…Capitol Hill Occupied Protest = #CHOP.” “That name CHAZ, we didn’t actually come up with. We’re not sure if it was detractors or people who tried to push a false narrative, but they definitely came in with that name, came in with signs, and they had nothing to do with that movement so far,” one black man in the movement said. “The conditions of us making a clear statement that we are CHOP is in order to push the narrative that this is not an autonomous zone. We are not trying to secede from the United States.” Whatever name CHAZ settles on, its signs reading “You are now leaving the U.S.A.” could not be clearer in stating that the instigators were launching a rebellion. Local residents are insisting that their rights have been violated. Rebels appear to have engaged in a form of taxation without representation, using a shakedown racket to force local businesses to provide supplies. The rapper Raz Simone has reportedly installed himself as warlord because as one rebel of CHAZ put it, “he has all the guns.” Simone is reportedly attempting to enforce borders and prevent people from entering CHAZ without identification, although Simone himself disputes the “warlord” designation. These are not the actions of a protest — they are the actions of a rogue state. CHAZ is, to some degree, a rebellion aspiring to be a protest. The rebels seem more intent on changing American society than they are on setting up an autonomous state that will exist in perpetuity, but by declaring themselves outside the purview of the United States they are legally rebels. In fact, Townhall’s Julio Rosas reported that a packet circulating in CHAZ presented suggestions about the way forward: “Permanently taking over the East Precinct, move the zone to another location, or to dissolve the zone completely.” CHAZ can’t even decide whether or not it should exist. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #15 Hey, thanks, O.P. It’s 9.18 am here, and now I have to start drinking. Good to hear from you, anyway. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2020-06-14 19:21 |
| #14 I think CHAZ is perfect: "Capital Hill ARCLIGHT Zone". Won't be "occupied" after the second strike. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2020-06-14 18:58 |
| #13 ☺ the rest of the Masculine paraphernalia |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2020-06-14 18:52 |
| #12 /\....SOCCENT, the 'The Mole Hole.' Some may remember the name. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-06-14 17:32 |
| #11 I remember the grunts eventually standing in line, putting their hands out obediently, trying to smile, and swearing to protect their new sisters. Sob. What a sweet story, Dron. Surely some of the men thought to give their actress a sisterly teddy bear or something to remember him by. Or a challenge coin... Mr. Wife still has the one given to him years ago at the end of a training seminar by one of his fellow students, at the time the officer in charge of Lebanon for (reading from the thing) SOCCENT, US Central Command. It sits on the dresser alongside watches, cufflinks, and the rest of the masculine paraphernalia. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2020-06-14 15:12 |
| #10 Did they ask Chaz Bono about using her/his name? |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2020-06-14 13:37 |
| #9 CHAZ/CHOP - only a week and already they've got splitters. Personally, I like CHAZ. It has a nice lacrosse-playing white-boy fraternity sound to it. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2020-06-14 11:49 |
| #8 #6 😍 |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-06-14 11:12 |
| #7 I got it - Capitol Hill Unified Municipal Prefect; ...a.k.a. CHUMP. |
| Posted by: Raj 2020-06-14 10:42 |
| #6 ☺ Aah. Yes, very beautiful. And way smarter than most actresses, Grom. Smart enough to settle down with a most decent young fellow at least. Terrible time the poor kid went through before she got married. Pakistani dons and what not. My friend, who retired from the IB in 2009, had something to with bailing her out of it. He even wrote a book. She asked to leave her name out of it. Here's a laugh riot, which you'll dig. I shook her hand once. All these actresses had come out to tie raakhis on our hands just after the Kargil War. It's a colored string sisters tie on a brother's wrist. Some men were actually upset they were going to have to play brothers to Ash and Preity and Mahima and what have you. I remember the actual letter to Northern Command brass. It went something like this. Sir, Something like that. In fact I helped write the bloody thing. I remember the grunts eventually standing in line, putting their hands out obediently, trying to smile, and swearing to protect their new sisters. Sob. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2020-06-14 10:31 |
| #5 ^Maybe you should consider a career in Bollywood. Hey, if you do, can you introduce me to Aishwarya Rai? Nothing improper - I just want to worship at her feet. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-06-14 09:46 |
| #4 Oh ! Uhh ! It seems wherever my loopy mind goes, a doped out H'wood studio writer has already been there. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2020-06-14 09:27 |
| #3 |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-06-14 09:15 |
| #2 Perhaps one could infiltrate the CHAZzers - because infiltrating the CHOPpers would be tricky - and start a fight. Have them argue while you put both groups in jail for sedition and insurrection. Come down hardest on CHAZzers. Maybe have them bumped off ? High hopes, Dron... Then declare it a CHUD - Capitol Hill Unoccupied District |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2020-06-14 09:13 |
| #1 If you don't know who you are you don't know what you is... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-06-14 08:48 |