Unless you’ve been blissfully unaware of the news recently, then you likely know about the autonomous anarchist commune that has been declared in a part of Seattle (apparently in a bid to out-Commie Portland), and have declared independence (while remaining dependent on city services, including EMS). So “oppressed” these wannabe revolutionaries are, that the Seattle Times decided to print a puff piece extolling how spiffy this woke, anti-racist, anti-Capitalist, &c. non-hierarchical paradisaical utopia is. Why they even have a “big tiddy Antifa girl” to convince you!
But, unsurprisingly, it turns out that the “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ)”, which has been renamed “CHOD”, isn’t a happy place with flowering meadows and rainbow skies, and rivers made of chocolate, where the children dance and laugh and play with gumdrop smiles.
So what’s so non-utopian about what’s going on in Seattle? The rape, robbery, and other violent acts that the police can’t get to.
Seattle Police Chief: "Rapes, robberies and all sorts of violent acts have been occurring in the area and we're not able to get to [them]." #capitolhillautonomouszone #antifa #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/Oe5YfVz3uL
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 12, 2020
Or, perhaps that they seem to have hostages, in a cult-like atmosphere.
She is forbidden to discuss the job she doesn’t have. #SummerofLove pic.twitter.com/lrUNkIV5BZ
— Mike (@Doranimated) June 16, 2020
They have effectively set up a police state. And no, considering that we all know that’s how these little “communes” tend to end up, it is anything but “ironic”.
They are violently going after journalists with armed de facto police/militia.
They are terrorizing residents.
Some emotional comments from another man involved in the local business. The business is apparently within the no-cop zone.
“I can’t even get the police to show up, I can’t get the fire department to show up … and this kind of mob stuff, that doesn’t work.” pic.twitter.com/LD3Q8JpL6N
— Shelby Talcott (@ShelbyTalcott) June 15, 2020
They are terrorizing their own revolutionaries! (Mensheviks hardest hit).
Policing in the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone by @RazSimone. There appear to be no body cameras, reports, or oversight and accountability. This was an attempt at de-escalation for spraying paint onto a building which resulted in an alleged assault. #chaz #FreeCapitolHill pic.twitter.com/dI1J6QNcpn
— TheWholeStory (@TheWholeStory6) June 10, 2020
My latest report from the “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone“: Things are getting dangerous for people who are accused of wrongdoing. In one instance, an accused thief was surrounded by a crowd and interrogated, with one person brandishing a bat in his face. https://t.co/NkGWiUXmfa pic.twitter.com/dVLJvTbStG
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) June 11, 2020
There’s also sexual assault in this woke paradise!
And just who is taking up leadership? It was initially a suicidal sexual abuser, but quickly enough the “warlord” Raz took it upon himself to bring forceful order to this totes consensual and peaceful utopia without hierarchies… with the assistance of firearms!
Here is another video of Simone allegedly assaulting another protestor the same evening: pic.twitter.com/IkfNAqFg7b
— Christopher F. Rufo (@realchrisrufo) June 10, 2020
The #SeattleAutonomousZone is devolving into warlordism.
Rapper Raz Simone, who has been patrolling the barricades with an AK-47 and a handgun, has begun assaulting residents who disobey him.
"We are the police now," says his crew. "We are the leaders."pic.twitter.com/IJXYpyyYsy
— Christopher F. Rufo (@realchrisrufo) June 10, 2020
They're openly talking about being armed:pic.twitter.com/2qE8tMnzZV
— Alex Salvi (@alexsalvinews) June 11, 2020
And oh, how the “justice” they demand is so very woke, including amongst other things:
- Abolishing police (and disarming them in the meantime)
- Reparations
- Voting for prisoners
- Abolition of prisons
- “Restorative”/”transformative” justice replace the current criminal justice system
- Autonomous “anti-crime systems”
- Replace 911 with “mental health experts”
- Convictions of “people of color” be thrown out and retrials with juries of the same
- Decriminalization of not just this but all future such “autonomous zones”
- Socialized healthcare
- Free housing
- Naturalization of all illegal aliens
- “De-gentrification”
- Government subsidized “arts and culture”
- Free college
- Guarantee homeless encampments
- A “decentralized election process”
- Mandatory “anti-bias training”
- And most ironic of all, demanding that Confederate memorials/statues be removed because they are “treasonous”!
And some of the “justice” they are already bringing includes shaking down residents for “reparations” and instituting “segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever” in their attempts at farming.
Update: Antifastan has segregated their farms pic.twitter.com/zEheaVPcxm
— Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) June 13, 2020
Of course, things inevitably break down into factions…
Tensions are still high as speakers are arguing on what to do next in the “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone.” pic.twitter.com/0IeM98L8eO
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) June 12, 2020
This, of course, necessitates the correct people to institute a Nomenkatura to deal with dissenters (non-hierarchically of course). While at first this “Conflict Resolution Advisory Council”—A type of “Committee on Public Safety, if you will—is “advisory”, they declare that:
“In the future the system could evolve to become more mature with binding resolutions, impositions, retribution, enforcement, and imprisonment.”
And if you have any doubts as to what form this “Council” may very well take, do note that they are invoking the French Revolution and the head-chopping of the Reign of Terror.
“Does anybody know what happened to the people who did not get on board with the French Revolution?”
“CHOPPED,” the crowd answered. pic.twitter.com/FfyUAvcUhM
— Shelby Talcott (@ShelbyTalcott) June 15, 2020
The ones who are just thrown out are probably the lucky ones.
Occupiers forced this guy out who was live-streaming inside the zone. The crowd was calling him a white supremacist, though the man being pushed out says he’s simply an anti-abortion advocate. The crowd chanted, “Who don’t matter? This motherfucker!” pic.twitter.com/qCBl1K7G90
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) June 11, 2020
And in their quest to fight imperialism, voter ID, and anti-illegal immigration laws, the woke commune has… vowed to take over other neighborhoods, instituted ID checks, and engaged in violence against unwanted immigrants to their utopia!
What are the authorities doing while assaults, rapes, and robberies happen?
At best, they sitting back and letting the mobs take over the city.
Antifa and BLM have broken into Seattle city hall
Despite their mayor @MayorJenny being beyond progressive
They are demanding she resign since she won’t defund the Police
This is the new normal in big cities of America
— ELIJAH SCHAFFER (@ElijahSchaffer) June 10, 2020
Speaker Sarah Tornai says the movement needs to be led by LGBTQIA women of color. Worries that without organization, movement will fracture. “We are up against the city of Seattle, but this is a national global movement.” pic.twitter.com/cuoFuHRsmp
— Evan Bush (@evanbush) June 10, 2020
Oh, wait, she totally endorsed this!
She has not only declared that is was a “peaceful expression” of grief, and went so far as to declare it to be “patriotic”, while not only denying that the Federal government could send in troops under the Insurrection Act, but even called for this to go nationwide!
She is treating this like an innocent block party, and even said it could be the “Summer of Love”:
This exchange actually happened on CNN about #CHAZ…….
Chris Cuomo: How long do you think Seattle in those few blocks looks like this?
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan (D): I don't know. We could have the summer of love! pic.twitter.com/ApIDfMN9RD
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) June 12, 2020
Spoiler: This ain’t the Summer of Love
This entire woke experiment can be summed up in a couple of tweets.
Protesters called the fire department about the dumpster fire. pic.twitter.com/Fkd7VAzuN2
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) June 11, 2020
P.S. If you really want to understand how this “revolution” isn’t some “rising of the proletariat from the streets”, but rather institutional power flexing its muscle and letting its freak flag fly while testing the boundaries of what it can get away with, there is no better proof than the fact that this “autonomous” commune is getting its fortifications and decorations not only paid by the city, but being built by it to.
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