Such comments remind me provocateur methods used by police to suppress any legitimate critique. It works like this: 1. there is some legitimate issue 2. pe

Such comments remind me provocateur methods used by police to suppress any legitimate critique. It works like this: 1. there is some legitimate issue 2. people protest (peacefully) 3. a provocateur does something over the top (violence, absurd statements like "defund the police") 4. legitimate protesters are discredited because of 3.