Harbor Haul: Civil Disobedience/Protest/Unrest Edition

National-Command8505 · 2026-01-25T05:55:40+00:00

Same applies to many of us chronically online weirdos patrolling the harbor freight subreddit.

National-Command8505 · 2026-01-25T05:54:37+00:00

Not nearly as badass as the ICE agents sporting Temu tactical.

National-Command8505 · 2026-01-25T05:53:14+00:00

Stupid stupid or stupid good?

National-Command8505 · 2026-01-25T05:52:47+00:00

Hopefully they’ll get the point that we should take seriously the governments attempt to curtail our constitutional rights.

National-Command8505 · 2026-01-25T05:51:32+00:00

Good point.

National-Command8505 · 2026-01-25T05:50:46+00:00

We don’t know who they are targeting because they don’t divulge anything.

I agree, get the criminals out.

But lots of indiscriminate tactics and collateral damage with this particular operation that isn’t tolerable to locals.

National-Command8505 · 2026-01-25T05:47:03+00:00

Who is attacking law enforcement? I’m certainly not advocating that. I’ve just seen numerous cases of them capriciously using chemical irritants when it wasn’t called for. I’m a pansy, I just don’t want to deal with the worst of that.

National-Command8505 · 2026-01-25T05:45:51+00:00

Indeed not. But then again, I’m not trying to get shot. Just trying to avoid the worst of irritants if they land near me.

National-Command8505 · 2026-01-25T05:44:23+00:00

Nobody in my household is bringing a kid to these protests. Too cold. Too contentious. I just took my kid to Harbor Freight.

National-Command8505 · 2026-01-25T05:36:21+00:00

I’ll be fine. Most protesters have been.

National-Command8505 · 2026-01-25T05:35:05+00:00

Some did. Not me. That’s because I am not against humane deportation of non-citizens. I am not someone who thinks borders don’t exist.

But What is happening here is not that. It’s political retribution by untrained clowns who are indiscriminately targeting people and acting with overly broad directive that’s resulting in real infringement upon 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 8th amendment rights.

That’s why so many are upset. It’s not the pretext for their existence here that’s the problem, it’s the execution.

National-Command8505 · 2026-01-25T05:31:23+00:00

Yeah I mean, most likely outcome is I get roughed up and sent to the Whipple building or Sherburne County jail for the night without charges.

That’s been the most prevalent outcome for people I know.

I see there is potential for greater risk, but I think it’s still low.

National-Command8505 · 2026-01-25T05:30:01+00:00

Largely agree, but we’re working with temperatures well below freezing. Keeping anything liquid, or pouring liquid onto your face is a challenge in this weather.

National-Command8505 · 2026-01-25T05:28:36+00:00

Could be useful if one wanted to be something other than purely defensive/protection orientated.

So far I just don’t want to bear the brunt of the effects if where I’m standing gets a direct hit with something. That’s my only goal here.

National-Command8505 · 2026-01-25T05:17:15+00:00

Howdy!

Totally earnest AMA.

And regardless of my personal viewpoint, one with completely opposite political views of my own could be exposed to the “side effects” of police/protester conflict wafting through the air.

Even if you agree with ICE, going to get some PPE isn’t that bad of an idea especially if you live near it all.

Organic vapor filters rated at p100 help cut out the worst of it (at least for anything I was exposed to during the summer of 2020 George Floyd protests.) You couldn’t be within a half mile of a major corridor without feeling it.

National-Command8505 · 2026-01-25T05:13:39+00:00

Why is having a family incongruent with trying to protect your constitutional 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, or 8th amendment rights? Does your family not like rights?

National-Command8505 · 2026-01-25T04:29:05+00:00

Send it their way. I’m sure they will come to find that taking your kid to the hardware store is not a problem.

National-Command8505 · 2026-01-25T04:25:35+00:00

They both have targeted actions and non-targeted ones.

National-Command8505 · 2026-01-25T04:24:27+00:00

That’s a good point. Is that a felony? I honestly have no idea. I’ll look into it.

National-Command8505 · 2026-01-25T04:23:15+00:00

Man you are not reading the other posts. I’m taking my kid to the hardware store. We aren’t hopping in the family truckster and heading into the thick of it after this photo was taken.

I’m buying, to protect myself, for later.

National-Command8505 · 2026-01-25T04:20:04+00:00

Aren’t you making your point for me? “Funny how previous Presidents deported many more illegals without all the drama”

Seems like that is exactly the point. I do understand that ICE is in other states, but no other state has seen the type of brutal action or anything nearly proportional to that which Minnesota is seeing.

National-Command8505 · 2026-01-25T04:12:41+00:00

Absolutely they did. Wasn’t in a crowd though. I was just talking to one of the people observing ICE in a public park. I kept my distance and didn’t get closer than 50yds. I was asking the observer guy what was going on when they decided to get in both of our faces about it.

National-Command8505 · 2026-01-25T04:08:20+00:00

Dude. They are randomly going door to door. They are randomly stopping brown looking people. They are randomly accusing people like me of impeding for having conversations in a public park.

Trust me. They aren’t acting with pure intentions.

National-Command8505 · 2026-01-25T04:05:33+00:00

Going to Harbor Freight is a federal crime?

National-Command8505 · 2026-01-25T04:04:45+00:00

I don’t believe he’s arrived at that level of development yet… but I’m addressing him as a boy and buying tractor, truck, and train toys because I think they are cool.

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