Quote (fender @ Jan 29 2021 11:43am)
you understand that the hyperfocus on "bUrNinG dOWn rEsiDenTiaL bUiLdInGs aND LOoTiNg bUsInEsSEs", pretending like that's core to BLM (even though we know for a FACT that right wing instigators and people who have absolutely nothing to do with BLM participated in those actions, that OF COURSE deserve condemnation) is a braindead right wing talking point to distract from the fact that one is a grassroots movement addressing real grievances and systemic flaws, while the other one is an insurrection, systematically incited by months of lies and falsehoods by the president, in order to overturn a democratic election because he didn't like the outcome, right?
it's so ridiculous to draw an equivalence between those, and you uncritically perpetuating that silly talking point doesn't exactly speak for your critical thinking abilities. the whole 'who did more material damage' question is a giant red herring, intended to distract from the fundamental differences in motivation and organisation. a bit disappointing to see you buy into that so easily tbh...
I don’t care about the difference in motivation. One is a single incident of domestic terrorism that targets the government and the other is domestic terrorism that randomly targets civilians and business owners.
I get that you don't care because this doesn't happen in your back yard but anyone who's not a jobless sjw bum or an alt right delinquent can condemn both which is what i do.
Blm and looting go hand in hand and if i was a business owner id much rather have proud boys marching by my donut shop to protest the government down the street than have blm marching by to protest the police station down the street because there is non neglible chance they will rob me and burn down my store.
The Chicago Black Lives Matter organizer who justified looting as “reparation” has doubled down — insisting this week that even calling someone a criminal is “based on racism.”
Ariel Atkins told WBEZ that her group “100 percent” supports the violent looters who trashed chunks of the Windy City on Monday, again repeating her claim that it is “reparations.”
“The whole idea of criminality is based on racism anyway,” she told the NPR station.
“Because criminality is punishing people for things that they have needed to do to survive or just the way that society has affected them with white supremacist BS,” she said.
This post was edited by duffman316 on Jan 29 2021 11:28am