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DanieRains

(4,619 posts) Tue Jun 2, 2020, 12:20 PM Jun 2020

Why Is It That So Many People Are Looting? [View all]

It's like they have no respect for the law.

Imagine that.

Why?

I am trying to wrap my head around it. I would never break windows and steal stuff, but many others feel differently. Ideas why?

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Why Is It That So Many People Are Looting? [View all] DanieRains Jun 2020 OP

No job, no unemployment Lars39 Jun 2020 #1

A color TV or designer sneakers really help you survive... brooklynite Jun 2020 #13

Come down where the rest of us live. Lars39 Jun 2020 #15

Of stolen stuff? HotTeaBag Jun 2020 #23

Happens all the time Lars39 Jun 2020 #25

Really? I guess I'll have to keep a lookout the next time I go to one. HotTeaBag Jun 2020 #30

Even when Kaepernick took a knee he still offended people JonLP24 Jun 2020 #31

I don't disagree. HotTeaBag Jun 2020 #34

I'm against looting & stealing in general JonLP24 Jun 2020 #38

Pretty much exactly my point and how I feel about it. HotTeaBag Jun 2020 #43

Must be a lot of yard sales going on. Tipperary Jun 2020 #32

A lot of people were living paycheck to paycheck Lars39 Jun 2020 #39

Loot a grocery store Watchfoxheadexplodes Jun 2020 #58

And that's probably happened too. Lars39 Jun 2020 #59

If I had to steal, I would not be stealing big screen TVs or multiple boxes of sneakers. Tipperary Jun 2020 #60

But might only feed your family for a meal or two Lars39 Jun 2020 #61

This. Tipperary Jun 2020 #33

Nailed it brooklynite Devil Child Jun 2020 #37

That doesn't justify stealing. A person can seek out charities, there are Blue_true Jun 2020 #41

"Where I live"...you don't live everywhere. Lars39 Jun 2020 #44

Doesn't matter. Poverty does not justify stealing. Blue_true Jun 2020 #47

You are speaking from privilege. Lars39 Jun 2020 #48

It Pays, Ma'am The Magistrate Jun 2020 #2

Flee Markets work wonders to Wellstone ruled Jun 2020 #4

How many people are looting? nt. Mariana Jun 2020 #3

There's no official accounting from police or locals yet, so we might/might not know in the future. ancianita Jun 2020 #6

Here In Philadelphia RobinA Jun 2020 #54

Define "so many". maxsolomon Jun 2020 #5

too many RussBLib Jun 2020 #7

I take it you know why these looters loot, right? ancianita Jun 2020 #8

Looting via Super Pac MoonlitKnight Jun 2020 #46

Totally. That last idea is great. Creating boundaries works against the whole taint on protesters. ancianita Jun 2020 #50

here bigtree Jun 2020 #9

Great post JonLP24 Jun 2020 #19

Why are you so shocked to learn there are criminals in our society? Mariana Jun 2020 #10

It's like someone in charge has planted seeds or something, but who would be that big an asshole? Brainfodder Jun 2020 #11

Did you see the snuff film? SideStep Jun 2020 #12

trump did nothing to prevent this, duforsure Jun 2020 #14

To create chaos in an attempt undermine a movement for human/civil rights tenderfoot Jun 2020 #16

+1 uponit7771 Jun 2020 #20

Because they can bottomofthehill Jun 2020 #17

When leaders loot the Treasury and act lawlessly, why should people have to obey the law? berni_mccoy Jun 2020 #18

+1 ancianita Jun 2020 #51

Yeah, ... How dare those people loot without forming a corporation first !?!?!? uponit7771 Jun 2020 #21

Because injustice breeds chaos n/t budkin Jun 2020 #22

Bingo. nt Blue_true Jun 2020 #45

Thanks DanieRains Jun 2020 #55

The thin threads of society come apart at times Beringia Jun 2020 #24

Sadly, I think that the looters and burners tavernier Jun 2020 #26

Biden is dominating in polling JonLP24 Jun 2020 #28

Biden has been dominating and well on his way tavernier Jun 2020 #42

This is what frightens me. Tipperary Jun 2020 #35

I disagree. If rightwing instigators are involved, and it looks like they are, Blue_true Jun 2020 #49

Like Russia? LeftInTX Jun 2020 #62

Hope you're right. tavernier Jun 2020 #64

This message was self-deleted by its author jmg257 Jun 2020 #27

Get the Looter In Chief and his crime family out of the White House. Paladin Jun 2020 #29

Opportunists, criminals and people disenfranchised by systemic racism. chowder66 Jun 2020 #36

Because there is a good sized number of people in this country Blue_true Jun 2020 #40

not to worry they are going to give all that stuff to their suffering fellow americans lol nt msongs Jun 2020 #52

Many of the looters are criminal gangs backscatter712 Jun 2020 #53

to me, riots, vandalism and looting all speak to the failure of the social contract 0rganism Jun 2020 #56

This is the best explanation I have heard... tonedevil Jun 2020 #57

Because many people are dishonest. The question is, though, exactly how many is "many"? Dial H For Hero Jun 2020 #63