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> More people have been killed and had their lives destroyed as the result of non-protestors taking advantage of the protests to destroy communities. [Citation

• ravenstine 6y ago
  > [Citation needed] If you had simply asked me to share what I know, I would have given you some links. But I have a distaste for the "[Citation Needed]" meme because it's pompous, so I suggest you do some basic research yourself. If you can do 2nd grade arithmetic, you can figure out that 2 or more deaths is greater than 1 death. If you've even watched a minute of TV in the last 5 days, I shouldn't have to argue whether more people's lives have been destroyed than if the riots didn't happen at all. > I find it hard to believe that a few days of these riots has caused more damage and loss of life than generations of racial oppression and police brutality. That's not even close to what I said.
  • ViViDboarder 6y ago
    > If you had simply asked me to share what I know, I would have given you some links. But I have a distaste for the "[Citation Needed]" meme because it's pompous, Totally fair. That wasn’t very conservative. I’m sorry. > That's not even close to what I said. Could you clarify what you were saying? I directly quoted you, but I’ll admit your sentence isn’t clear. It says “More” but doesn’t indicate “more than what?”, so I assumed you meant the oppression that rioters are responding to. Maybe that’s not the case.