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The looting and rioting after the George Floyd incident (as a separate event from the peaceful protests) were not limited to commercial districts. Across multi
by berneezy3 6y ago
The looting and rioting after the George Floyd incident (as a separate event from the peaceful protests) were not limited to commercial districts. Across multiple cities, government buildings and police stations were vandalized/looted. In an extreme case, in Portland, the federal courthouse was set on fire.
Also, the post-George-Floyd looting/rioting persisted for far more than a day. An example is the CHOP zone in Seattle, which lasted for 3 weeks before protesters were forcibly removed.
This doesn't absolve the Capitol Hill rioters either, but simply describing the BLM looting "looting commercial districts" downplays the amount of damage done. In my opinion, I think reasonable questions to ask are: over what period of time did the violence persist, what amount of value was destroyed, and how many lives were claimed during the looting.
- res0nat0r 6y ago> over what period of time did the violence persist, According to BLM the violence against them has persisted since the founding of the country. Rioting against being systemically killed for generations and destroying property because nothing else you do changes the system is absolutely fundamentally different than storming Congress because your cult leader and GOP officials have lied to you, you're dumb enough to believe it, and cause you to commit insurrection. There is no comparing the two no matter how many times people try and draw up this false equivalence.
- mlang23 6y agoI disagree. I used to be left-leaning for at least 20 years. But this sort of argument from the left, simply claiming "our cause is the better cause" has opened my eyes. I can no longer support the left, because of their bigottery.
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