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In reply to the discussion: What is the message from those who vandalize, set fires, and loot hope to impart? [View all]Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,739 posts)31. That given the right circumstances they can get away with it.
I'm convinced that most if not all of them are Black Bloc anarchists or right wing "Boogaloo" types.
The arrests in Minnesota have shown this to be true.
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What is the message from those who vandalize, set fires, and loot hope to impart? [View all]
still_one
May 2020
OP
The British asked the same question about our fabled Tea Party 200+ years ago.
BamaRefugee
May 2020
#1
I don't understand how people can compare a focused protest to general destruction and theft
ripcord
May 2020
#4
The British didn't ASK the colonists anything. They TOLD the colonists how it was.
BamaRefugee
May 2020
#16
And here we are. And here we'll be again. This is now a firmly entrenched American tradition.
BamaRefugee
May 2020
#37
Neither. There's never going to be justice for the George Floyds out there. You can't fix stupid.
BamaRefugee
May 2020
#58
I agree, and those that think the mindless destruction will help some cause, I think are very
still_one
May 2020
#14
The looting and the arson takes away from the message that the peaceful protesters are trying to get
still_one
May 2020
#15
It's all the fault of Obama and Democrats is the screed they need... but only their minority base
abqtommy
May 2020
#8
That doesn't appear to hold true in Hennepin County, according to CNN's analysis.
Jedi Guy
May 2020
#57
I agree with your assessment. I just wonder what the violent protesters think they will accomplish?
still_one
May 2020
#26
Sometimes some people who riot and loot DO have a message - not all of them, but some do
StarfishSaver
May 2020
#33
From what I have seen it sure seems that way, and the peaceful protesters seem quite frustrated that
still_one
May 2020
#35
The fact that anyone is asking what their message is may be one of the reasons they're resorting
StarfishSaver
May 2020
#32
There are people who don't care about the protest or the message, that are intentionally
still_one
May 2020
#38
What message does a policeman who murders a man in broad daylight hope to impart?
Merlot
May 2020
#39
You've heard of Crisis Capitalism? This is Crisis Social Destruction. Seriously. Who benefits?
Hekate
May 2020
#41
We will see how that resonates in November, and how many of those violent protesters vote
still_one
May 2020
#44