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In reply to the discussion: Sorry, but if you did your job as a parent, your kid would NOT be rioting in the streets!!! [View all]MaggieD
(7,393 posts)And I am sure, in fear for her child. Are you a mother? I think it's hard to describe how much a mother can fear for her child in certain situations. I'm not going to judge her.
As for rioting, meh. If the kid is normal for his age he probably does not have deep seated political beliefs about injustice. He may be just wanting to get involved in a riot for the experience. Kids do stuff like that. No matter how fantastic their parents are.
But, I am not surprised that people are fed up enough to riot. I mean these cops are killing people for no reason. And POC have put up with serious police harassment for decades. At some point it boils over. It just has to at some point.
Hell, we started a revolutionary war based on less than POC have had to go through. I don't find it surprising that it is boiling over, and I sure as hell am not going to condemn them.