Taking over I-35 at night is probably a bad idea....luckily, they didn't succeed. A lot of "protesters" could have died. Some of this is NSFW (language)

I totally agree with your second paragraph.

I'm not sure why one of my post twisted so many panties. There were several posts (dagger, thomas, sea hoss, even you) who had very few, if any, posts on Austin board and most were predominately Politics. I wasn't policing and don't give two ***** if you want to talk about Trump but there's a board for that. The thread had some fun parts and I echo Charpie. We haven't had a four-pager on this board in a long time and it was entertaining. I feel like sone were disappointed that Austin wasn't an ash heap this morning. Although that was a helluva storm cell that blew through 30 minutes ago.

Federale01 said:

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There have been numerous reports of "Antifa" coming to this place of that. It's excited folks on the right and folks have even shown up to "protect" this city or that. In the end, almost all of them have been hoaxes designed to troll the proud Boy crowd or the result of over active imaginations.

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the post you replied to, my post, didn't have anything to do with that. I didn't believe buses were coming, or that "confidential information" allegedly "from the FBI to local law enforcement and DPS" (but "I can't tell you where I heard it" ha!) was being shared for the first time on Texags, or that Antifa was on rooftops scouting out police headquarters. Which is why my first reply referenced Jade Helm. BUT, I do believe law enforcement could have enough belief in it to respond in some way - I know someone in Travis COunty emergency response and they'll pretty much treat everything as a legitimate threat until proven otherwise, it's a bit bizarre sometimes but the "safety first" defense is usually what they go with. For whatever reason, Austin PD and DPS had an elevated presence in Austin this weekend.

I was just trying to say I wasn't surprised such an inflammatory title lead to more than typical austin board activity, and didn't like the idea that someone who doesn't regularly post on the Austin board shouldn't now be here - even if they are right wing, left wing, or prone to conspiracy theories. And also trying to say that despite all the odd claims and left/right bickering on the thread the thing that was most distasteful to me, if true, was the OP claiming his law enforcement contacts were excited about battling rioters.

My point was not an attempt to contradict yours. It was merely trying to elaborate on how these urban legends and hoaxes are forming. Take anything you read about the supposed sourcing of these stories with a huge grain of salt and don't believe for a second APD was looking forward to fighting with protestors, etc. I can't think of anything worse than dealing with these guys on a typical hot Texas night in the Covid era. I am sure the police agree.

SeaHoss said:

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"dagger, thomas, sea hoss,"

I finally made a Texags list!

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me too - woo hoo! see ya'll next weekend!

Looks like I missed a fun thread

You realize Austin is a war zone, right?

I love my minivan!

The Fall Guy said:

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Correct. The policies in Austin most definitely affect the surrounding towns.

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I-35 runs (slowly) both ways!

Same with the City of Austin is in Hays County also. The policies force the local municipalities to have to Adhere to Austin's policies.

Same with Govt. The head Judge Becerra praises former judge Eckhart and her socialist ways. Echos her sentiments all the time.

San Marcos is Austin circa 1990 right now but changing dramatically.

I like how the original thing we were all fighting about turned out to be such a bust we've moved on to fighting about new stuff.

Agreed keep politics on the politics board. The moment ANTIFA enters the conversation it will no longer be about Austin and be about politics. Also, the answer is no, I don't want to read non residents complaints about Austin unless the specifically affected you like Frozen's. Although a homeless camp on my running trail doesn't bother me specifically.

@Mods since it was already linked on F16, can this just go to the politics board where it belongs?


And in an effort to see this post fall off the first page in the next year on the Austin board, this will be my last post on this thread.

I, too, live in Austin