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> The big violent demonstrations are gone. Um... didn't the biggest riots in American history just happen two years ago?

• gumby 4y ago
  Not even close.
  • whoooooo123 4y ago
    What were the biggest? The MLK riots? How does one measure these things precisely anyway?
    • lazide 4y ago
      There are tons of bigger ones [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watts_riots https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watts_riots], [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Los_Angeles_riots https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Los_Angeles_riots], [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Chicago_riots https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Chicago_riots], [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Detroit_riot https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Detroit_riot] hell even [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_race_massacre https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_race_massacre] Last 2 years have been nothing, except for the ‘implications for democracy’ anyway. Pick any metric - deaths, injuries, property damage, etc.
    • suoduandao2 4y ago
      Relevant: https://hwfo.substack.com/p/a-new-unit-of-measure-for-civil-unrest https://hwfo.substack.com/p/a-new-unit-of-measure-for-civil-...