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By calling for the military to shoot protesting citizens? Come on.
by ndespres 6y ago
By calling for the military to shoot protesting citizens? Come on.
- skocznymroczny 6y agoHow is looting stores and destroying public property a proper way to protest?
- krapp 6y agoEver heard of the Boston Tea Party?
- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoThe Boston Tea Party was a deliberate provocation. If the protesters here are trying to incite a violent revolution, I suppose that's their right in some sense, but all of us who don't want a revolution have a right to be put out by it.
- krapp 6y agoSure, but in a country where the bar for legitimate protest is set by Constitutional law at "mass armed violence," everything else seems like fair game.
- jonhohle 6y agoReplying to krapp: violent armed protest protected by the constitution is explicitly targeted at the government in response to loss of freedom. That may be justification for attacking a police station, but not local businesses.
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- happytoexplain 6y agoThe severity of the looting relates to how justified the use of violence against it is. It obviously does not relate to how justified the glorification of that violence is.
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- jonhohle 6y agoLooting is a reasonable form of protest? George Floyd’s death is horrific, and I pray justice is served, but communities cannot be destroyed in pursuit of that justice. Some of this reminds me of Koreatown during the LA riots. If authorities don’t step in, militia’s will rise up to defend their families and livelihood. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Los_Angeles_riots#Destruction_of_Koreatown https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Los_Angeles_riots#Destruc... I think it’s reasonable that a community would defend itself when attacked, but when the National Guard is purposed for that protection, why shouldn’t they be called in?
- happytoexplain 6y ago>Looting is a reasonable form of protest? This is an insulting rhetorical question that only distracts the conversation. The parent obviously did not say nor imply this.
- jonhohle 6y agoParent stated that the military was being called in to shoot protesters. No one has ever suggested that action or would consider it reasonable. Implying that was what anyone else was suggesting is insulting and disingenuous.