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> the rioters were universally condemned No, they were not. There was hand-wringing about “the language of the unheard”, bail funds being raised for arrested

> the rioters were universally condemned No, they were not. There was hand-wringing about “the language of the unheard”, bail funds being raised for arrested rioters, the author of a book titled “In Defense of Looting” being interviewed uncritically on NPR, Chris Cuomo on CNN rhetorically asking why protesters need to be peaceful, and many other such examples.

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>There was hand-wringing about “the language of the unheard” By who, this is supposedly coming from mainstream media, so cite your source. >bail funds being raised for arrested rioters By which major corporation or media group? Again, citation please. >the author of a book titled “In Defense of Looting” being interviewed uncritically on NPR That's what NPR does, they attempt to give a platform without injecting their own opinions into the interview. Regardless, I'd again say: citation, I even took the liberty this time for you: https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2020/08/27/906642178/one-authors-argument-in-defense-of-looting https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2020/08/27/906642178... >Chris Cuomo on CNN rhetorically asking why protesters need to be peaceful It's great to take a part of a clip out of context. If you listen to the FULL clip - he's referring to protestors yelling and being angry and not following curfew (which he says they'll justifiably arrested for). In the very same clip he literally says "Looting, arson, violence, now that’s something else. Don’t confuse that with protest or the people doing it with protesters" So yes, taken out of context you can pretend that Cuomo was supporting violence. Citation? Did I say that yet? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1z0ekwqQX4&feature=emb_title https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1z0ekwqQX4&feature=emb_titl...

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> the rioters were universally condemned No, they were not. There was hand-wringing about “the language of the unheard”, bail funds being raised for arrested

by philwelch 6y ago

tw04 6y ago
>There was hand-wringing about “the language of the unheard” By who, this is supposedly coming from mainstream media, so cite your source. >bail funds being raised for arrested rioters By which major corporation or media group? Again, citation please. >the author of a book titled “In Defense of Looting” being interviewed uncritically on NPR That's what NPR does, they attempt to give a platform without injecting their own opinions into the interview. Regardless, I'd again say: citation, I even took the liberty this time for you: https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2020/08/27/906642178/one-authors-argument-in-defense-of-looting https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2020/08/27/906642178... >Chris Cuomo on CNN rhetorically asking why protesters need to be peaceful It's great to take a part of a clip out of context. If you listen to the FULL clip - he's referring to protestors yelling and being angry and not following curfew (which he says they'll justifiably arrested for). In the very same clip he literally says "Looting, arson, violence, now that’s something else. Don’t confuse that with protest or the people doing it with protesters" So yes, taken out of context you can pretend that Cuomo was supporting violence. Citation? Did I say that yet? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1z0ekwqQX4&feature=emb_title https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1z0ekwqQX4&feature=emb_titl...