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Then where were the protests when similar incidents happened dozens of times before COVID? Has there been anything on this scale since Rodney King?
by closeparen 6y ago
Then where were the protests when similar incidents happened dozens of times before COVID? Has there been anything on this scale since Rodney King?
- a_bonobo 6y agoPeople were busy with their lives. Now that there's mass unemployment (=time and anger), a generally hated administration, and even more videos of police brutality all over the place it's all bubbling up.
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- NoSorryCannot 6y agoAre you suggesting we shouldn't protest now because we haven't protested at such a scale in a while? There have been protest since King, though not at this scale, no. The current circumstances are Political with a capital P, the class of things that can reshuffle a society. If this isn't the time to protest for redress of grievances, then there is no time. And I disagree if you're arguing that protesting is not essential.
- closeparen 6y ago>doesn't care if there's a pandemic or not I am suggesting that the our reaction to the issue very much depends on whether there is a pandemic or not, and that the vigor of these protests is not despite the pandemic but because of it. I can respect and admire the decision that you personally dying of COVID-19 is worth it in order to express this grievance, but the nature of infectious disease is it's not just yourself that you're sacrificing here.
- coredog64 6y agoFerguson. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferguson_unrest https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferguson_unrest