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Of course the riots are just a symptom. And of course a lot of people of in those riots are not there for the cause. Would there be riots right now had Floyd n
by mfcl 6y ago
Of course the riots are just a symptom. And of course a lot of people of in those riots are not there for the cause.
Would there be riots right now had Floyd not been killed? Have you even seen a riot started out of nothing? Just for fun?
I doesn't change the original point that if a politician's first goal is to stop the riots, it's only to cover a symptom while the real problem is not fixed. And it's a matter of time before everything starts over again.
- thaumasiotes 6y ago> Have you even seen a riot started out of nothing? Just for fun? It's a pretty well-known phenomenon. You hold a sports riot when your team wins, not when it loses.
- kamarg 6y agoI don't think that's a safe statement to make. See Vancouver in 2011 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Vancouver_Stanley_Cup_riot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Vancouver_Stanley_Cup_rio...).
- goodcanadian 6y agoIt's pretty clear that the instigators planned to try to start a riot either way.
- mfcl 6y agoThen the team losing is what started the riot. I never said the reason had to be worth rioting for. I only said that riots start from somewhere.
- thaumasiotes 6y agoDid you read my comment as if it said the opposite of what it actually says?
- AlecSchueler 6y agoIn Northern Ireland it's known as "recreational rioting!"