https://mobile.twitter.com/AOC/status/1334184644707758080

“protests are supposed to make people feel uncomfortable”
-elected officials

well then, we heard it from our ruling-class overlords: protest in a manner that makes others uncomfortable. i dont agree with this in all instances, but im just a normal american citizen taxpayer and not a member of the privileged class

People on the left aren't against protesting, but the immense gap in police response is worthy of concern.

As RATM put it:"Some of those who work forces, are the same who burn crosses."

https://globalnews.ca/news/7559368/canada-pro-trump-rallies-us-capitol-lockdown/amp/

They've made it to toronto too 🤔



No buildings have been burned down yet, don't think the damage is really comparable

This post was edited by duffman316 on Jan 7 2021 09:22am

That’s true, however regardless of said motivation, it’s should never be acceptable to riot & destroy property, like we saw a multitude of times from the blm / antifa riots, in place of a peaceful gathering & protests. Motivation is important though, I agree.

Excellent post, my friend. You can’t forget this democratic insurrection in 2011 against a republican governor



The media praised it. The [obvious] caveat being nobody was shot & killed here though

When peaceful methods are ineffective violence becomes inevitable. If it was just a riot out of nowhere I would agree, but when such a simple act of protest as kneeling for the pledge of allegiance results in politicians and normal people alike actively attacking the methods and actively minimizing the problem they're dooming riots to eventually occur.

This is also ignoring that the police actively incited the protesters to violence and caused a ton of damage to blame it on the rioters, and actively targeted peaceful protesters and journalists during... So the BLM riots are far from a simple "violence vs non violence" dichotomy.

This post was edited by Thor123422 on Jan 7 2021 09:31am

yeah gap in response to protests indeed. cops shot and killed an unarmed woman at the peaceful protests yesterday. thats how the left’s train of thought works no?

police brutality is vile in either case

thank you my friend and completely forgot about that. at the time it was hailed as a democratic party bastion of resistance against an evil tyrannical governor who wanted to kill everyone through tax cuts pass a fiscally responsible balanced budget

So you're simultaneously justifying violent riots and decrying peaceful occupation (protest)?

Interesting.

Burning and looting is ok if you feel sorry for the people doing it? Lot of em which happened to be white for some reason

This post was edited by duffman316 on Jan 7 2021 09:36am