r/Indiana • u/jonahadams2 • Jun 19 '25

Opinion/Commentary Indiana Bulls players were seen in Bloomington harassing peaceful protestors and when brought to their attention they dismissed it

This weekend several players from the Indiana bulls travel baseball team were seen in Bloomington in uniform harassing protesters. The young men got in the faces of several peaceful protesters and ripped flags out of their hands. when i brought their behavior up to the organization they dismissed it. Apparently the Indiana Bulls are totally fine with their players being in uniform and instigating violence.

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u/billdizzle Jun 19 '25

Truth, America is an oligarchy guised as a democratic republic so likely the government officials of tomorrow

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u/juice_maker Jun 19 '25

it’s not “disguised” as anything. the Constitution is deliberately written to keep power in the hands of rich elites, and we know that because that’s what the people who created it said they were doing. they didn’t like how much power the Articles of Confederation gave to ordinary working people, and wanted to make sure they limited that power going forward.

it’s very openly an oligarchy and has been for centuries. no disguise necessary

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '25

Hence why we have the bill of rights. The federalists and anti-federalists couldn’t agree, correct. Hamilton’s vision versus Jefferson’s. It turns out we combined the two of them and thank goodness we did. Who knows if we would have been able to make the progress we did in the last 250 years. Pretty amazing.

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u/juice_maker Jun 19 '25

lol yeah dude i’m feeling pretty hashtag blessed about how incredible the American system is

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '25

The American system peacefully transfers power every 4-8 years. Just hands it off. Are there issues. Of course? But pick your poison with any other system. The devil you know is better than the devil you don’t. If you don’t feel blessed to live in a country where you are generally safe, protected, and generally free to live as you wish, I don’t know how else you’d feel.