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Most folks that I know in Seattle didn't think that CHOP/CHAZ was a good thing, and one of their leaders Raz Simone was heavily criticized for being... well, du
by cheeze 6y ago
Most folks that I know in Seattle didn't think that CHOP/CHAZ was a good thing, and one of their leaders Raz Simone was heavily criticized for being... well, dumb to put it lightly.
It's okay to criticize both things here. CHOP/CHAZ was clearly wrong, as is throwing a molotov at a police officer. No question about that. The capitol was wrong as well.
- DaniloDias 6y agoIf CHAZ was so clearly wrong, then why was the democratic city council of Seattle so reluctant to do something about it for so long? We want to pretend that this is all Trump’s fault- but we’re unable to recognize that it’s Trump who is a symptom of a systemic failure of logic and reason.
- loeg 6y ago> If CHAZ was so clearly wrong, then why was the democratic city council of Seattle so reluctant to do something about it for so long? It wasn't "clearly" wrong initially; just weird and novel. It was a nice break from SPD's regular violence against protesters. Why didn't the city's electeds attempt to move back in sooner? Because something about gassing their own citizens was politically unpopular for some reason. Note that this was summer, most Seattlites don't have air conditioning, and teargas spreads in the air. People I knew on Cap hill were coughing despite having all their windows closed (and sweltering).