Will there be riots?

[southernleftylady]

If McCain wins...or horrible stupid celebrations that get out of hand making us look like fools.. what do yall think? will this happen?

[WilliamPitt]

1. No.

[endelfam]

2. Ditto

[Skink]

3. Gore conceded even after he might have won. Mccain would...

just be an assshole. Oh but he is already there.

[Jack Rabbit]

4. There will be no riots

Not only will Obama win, but the vote count will reflect it.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

5. Yes

wait... not a riot necessarally... I plan on finding a busy street in Portland and sitting my butt in the middle of the intersection and holding a sign that says "Count EVERY vote!"

care to join me?

[Gwendolyn]

6. No.,,

[Egnever]

7. If mcsame wins

Yes there will be riots... Good thing he isnt going to win.

[EmeraldCityGrl]

8. I'm standing on my deck and yelling like a damn fool either way.

I just can't take anymore of this.

[lutefisk]

9. No, just months of 9-11 type sadness and depression around the world.n/t

[Dogmudgeon]

10. Riot fears come from racist and classist stories

Given any kind of crisis, the idea is that "people" will riot. Which people? The people who are less intelligent and less cultured than you and me. The idea comes from racist and classist "fantasies" in fiction, especially sci-fi. It's always the lower classes, the lumpen-proletariat, and the Bad People. The theme now appears in most apocalyptic fiction.

The reality is that when crises occur, people hide and get depressed. THAT is what keeps people alive. Rioting is almost always sporadic, involves mainly young men, and is reported with rapt attention.

--p!