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Shell_Seas

(3,568 posts)
1. What was wrong? That they destroyed insured property? Or they lashed out after a life time of
Sat May 30, 2020, 12:00 PM
May 2020

Oppression?

LakeVermilion

(1,646 posts)
2. I'm thinking that very few protester's went with idea of burning and looting.
Sat May 30, 2020, 12:08 PM
May 2020

I'm all in on people showing up to use the protests as cover to destroy property.

lark

(26,113 posts)
5. What went wrong is them being lead and overtaken by rw out of state provocateurs.
Sat May 30, 2020, 12:32 PM
May 2020

Everyone arrested in MN last night was from out of state = everyone.

Beakybird

(3,402 posts)
3. RW governments always encourage false flag perpetrators.
Sat May 30, 2020, 12:12 PM
May 2020

This gives them justification to clamp down and restore order. This increases their power.
The undecided voters just want a stable economy. They will support peaceful protests but not looting, wanton violence, and destruction of property.
This plays into the wrong hands.
And besides, it's wrong to throw rocks at people and to break things that aren't yours. That's why white supremacists are infiltrating. They want to bring discredit to peaceful protesters.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
4. In Atlanta, protesters should have gone after Capitol, Governor's mansion, police department, etc.,
Sat May 30, 2020, 12:24 PM
May 2020

but some didn't. Breaking into Gucci's or Louis Vuitton's ain't protesting, and muddies the message.

On the other hand, the vast majority of protesters didn't do that.

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