• helenslunch@feddit.nl
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    1 year ago

    Really? You think people had their businesses burned down and their town destroyed and thought to themselves “boy I hope these people get what they wanted!” or do you think they thought “These people are human garbage and I hope they rot in prison”? Which one of these thought processes makes more sense to you?

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      1 year ago

      The protests started because the police murdered a man in full view of a group of witnesses, a lot of people had a vested interest in making sure that didn’t happen again, in a way that non violent protest would not have achieved.

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        1 year ago

        Quite the opposite. A non-violent protest would have achieved much more. The rioters and looters only obstructed the cause.