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No, you don't because while there is widespread acceptance that law enforcement abused power, there is no such acceptance that the rioters have

seanmcdirmid 6y ago
So you are suggested that the police get a pass because we already accept that some are bad but protesters shouldn’t because some people don’t realize that rioters like to hang out and cause mayhem at protests?
- waheoo 6y ago
  Nobody is suggesting this. No sane person can look at the riots and say this is protest it stopped being that long ago. It stopped being that the moment it turned into riots. Those still participating are complicit at the very least and I would hazard a guess are well fucking aware of what they're doing. I should clarify, I am well aware there are still ongoing peaceful protests. Those are not an issue, and nobody on this side is confusing them or labelling them as rioters. If you want to see what biased but relatively fair coverage of this, go watch tim pool on youtube. There is a bit of exaggeration but by and large what he speaks is mostly pretty solid reasoning. The extreme left has taken over this issue and is destroying our chances at finally removing trump. And I'm pissed about this, because the issues these riots started over are real, and need resolution, but these riots don't result in this outcome. They result in more people falling down the right side of things.
  - seanmcdirmid 6y ago
    > No sane person can look at the riots and say this is protest it stopped being that long ago. Plenty of us sane people can still see the protests going on, the actual riots are not that common but are covered disproportionately by the press (but especially by FoxNews who is making out Portland and Seattle as apocalyptic hellscapes). I assume you are either in Portland and just not paying attention or you are getting all your information from the media.

seanmcdirmid 6y ago

So you are suggested that the police get a pass because we already accept that some are bad but protesters shouldn’t because some people don’t realize that rioters like to hang out and cause mayhem at protests?

waheoo 6y ago
Nobody is suggesting this. No sane person can look at the riots and say this is protest it stopped being that long ago. It stopped being that the moment it turned into riots. Those still participating are complicit at the very least and I would hazard a guess are well fucking aware of what they're doing. I should clarify, I am well aware there are still ongoing peaceful protests. Those are not an issue, and nobody on this side is confusing them or labelling them as rioters. If you want to see what biased but relatively fair coverage of this, go watch tim pool on youtube. There is a bit of exaggeration but by and large what he speaks is mostly pretty solid reasoning. The extreme left has taken over this issue and is destroying our chances at finally removing trump. And I'm pissed about this, because the issues these riots started over are real, and need resolution, but these riots don't result in this outcome. They result in more people falling down the right side of things.
- seanmcdirmid 6y ago
  > No sane person can look at the riots and say this is protest it stopped being that long ago. Plenty of us sane people can still see the protests going on, the actual riots are not that common but are covered disproportionately by the press (but especially by FoxNews who is making out Portland and Seattle as apocalyptic hellscapes). I assume you are either in Portland and just not paying attention or you are getting all your information from the media.