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>Try harder. And while you're trying, learn a little US history. The real stuff, not fauxnews talk show host interpretive stories designed to create controversy

>Try harder. And while you're trying, learn a little US history. The real stuff, not fauxnews talk show host interpretive stories designed to create controversy in order to sell more ads... Could you point me to the part in US history that shows rioting and destroying innocent people's lives and property is not an act of hatred?

mikem170 6y ago
Off the top of my head: Boston tea party? (about taxation without representation, and related issues) I guess it is pretty typical that the establishment doesn't want to understand or acknowledge the real reasons for why rioters are upset, they'd rather smear them and keep things the way they are.
- logicchains 6y ago
  >Boston tea party The people involved in that did not go around destroying the property of random uninvolved shopkeepers, it was specifically a rebellion against the English.
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  - mikem170 6y ago
    When the established rules leave some in a bad enough spot they will become frustrated enough to break the rules as best as they can. Sometimes all you get are pointless riots, sometimes you get music, sometimes you get a revolution. It depends on the situation. What is always true is that the establishment wants to maintain the current order. They don't want to understand or accommodate the malcontents. Instead they smear and continue to oppress them. In the case of the recent riots, there is a large segment of white america that want to see blacks kept down, and are happy for the police to do their dirty work. That's why there are protests, and that's also why there are riots - different people expressing their anger and frustration in their own ways.
12xo 6y ago
Seriously? Where did you go to school? Start with the US revolution... and then find your way up through the 20th century. There are thousands of instances.
- logicchains 6y ago
  The US revolution wasn't people going around randomly burning down other people's houses and businesses, it was specifically targeted at the English oppressors.
deepakhj 6y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_race_massacre https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_race_massacre
- logicchains 6y ago
  Are you implying the Tulsa race massacre wasn't an act of hatred?

mikem170 6y ago

Off the top of my head: Boston tea party? (about taxation without representation, and related issues) I guess it is pretty typical that the establishment doesn't want to understand or acknowledge the real reasons for why rioters are upset, they'd rather smear them and keep things the way they are.

logicchains 6y ago
>Boston tea party The people involved in that did not go around destroying the property of random uninvolved shopkeepers, it was specifically a rebellion against the English.
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- mikem170 6y ago
  When the established rules leave some in a bad enough spot they will become frustrated enough to break the rules as best as they can. Sometimes all you get are pointless riots, sometimes you get music, sometimes you get a revolution. It depends on the situation. What is always true is that the establishment wants to maintain the current order. They don't want to understand or accommodate the malcontents. Instead they smear and continue to oppress them. In the case of the recent riots, there is a large segment of white america that want to see blacks kept down, and are happy for the police to do their dirty work. That's why there are protests, and that's also why there are riots - different people expressing their anger and frustration in their own ways.

12xo 6y ago

Seriously? Where did you go to school? Start with the US revolution... and then find your way up through the 20th century. There are thousands of instances.

logicchains 6y ago
The US revolution wasn't people going around randomly burning down other people's houses and businesses, it was specifically targeted at the English oppressors.

deepakhj 6y ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_race_massacre https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_race_massacre

logicchains 6y ago
Are you implying the Tulsa race massacre wasn't an act of hatred?