Quote (Thor123422 @ Jun 14 2020 10:16pm)
Most criticism of liberal points that I see isn't honest, especially in America. It relies on denying the problem exists, or denying that it can be fixed, or whatever. Take Climate Change. We literally knew it was a possibility in 1890, knew it was happening and that we were the cause by 1970, and it only got into the public attention in the 2000's and was outright denied by one of our major parties until like 2015. This should have never been an issue of "if", because the "if" was solved literally 50 years ago. It should have been a question of "how", and since we wasted 40 years on a non-existent "if" the "how" became "drastic action now, or just accept our fate".
These riots are another example of that exact mentality.
The left argues that violence and mass looting is justified because of oppression. Whenever the violence and/or looting gets too unpalatable, however, the left quickly pivots to some other narrative. Either the instigator of violence is secretly some white liberal (in itself a red herring, as if critics of looting care whether or not the perpetrator is white or black) or secretly a member of some obscure far-right group, often supposedly present in communities where there are no members and would be no realistic presence or support.
When that argument falls apart, we're treated to some variation of "We can't let this distract from the underlying message!". Even when the underlying case is proved false (e.g. Michael Brown / Ferguson), we're told that because it represents a sense racial injustice that is omnipresent (but apparently too difficult to find coherent examples of), we might as well consider it as having happened after all.
The fact that this conversation even happened at all is quickly forgotten, and a day later activists online are back putting "Michael Brown" in a list of victims murdered by police.