(January 15, 2021 at 3:23 pm)Brian37 Wrote:(January 15, 2021 at 3:00 pm)DodosAreDead Wrote: 'Burning down Seattle/Portland' is hyperbole and you know it.
OLB along with too many on the right do not understand unrest because people don't like fearing being murdered while interacting with law enforcement, or say a riot after a sporting event, and attempts at insurrection because a leader sold you the lie that you were a victim when they merely lost a fair election.
There were were riots after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr too. Martin Luther King Jr advocated peaceful protest, but he also said, you cant expect those whom abuse you to never react. Martin Luther King Jr was not advocating violence in saying that. He was appealing to those in power to address inequity and abuse of power.
The white nationalists on the extreme right are not getting violent because they are oppressed, they are getting violent because they fear changing demographics.
This is what OLB doesn't understand.
Militia groups, proud boys, Neo Nazis, boogaloo do not value pluralism, they do not value democracy, they value power and hate. BLM and the leaders on the left don't like the riots either, but they also understand why they happen and know what can be done to reduce that fear and desperation.
The centrists on the right, and far too many GOP in congress are not doing enough to distance themselves from those supporters who are willing to get violent.
Being a cunt is being a cunt....
Burning down the neighborhood Starbucks or Verizon store because you think you aren't getting a fair shake is being a cunt.....
And appologizing for cuntlike activity makes you a cunt as well.