I would like to ask you a question with all of the lies that trump has told do you think that his supporters should be embarrassed that he doesn't take responsibility for his actions.
Sounds like those governments don't want to be reelected. In Chicago, they have 100 people in custody, imposed curfews, closed highways, shut down public transport and drew up the bridges to try and prevent the lootings. I know this is D&D but do try to substantiate your claims a little bit - it's the respectful thing to do.
So if Gucci donates a bunch of shoes and cologne to the looters , does that make them happy and satisfied? Why aren't people looting Ross or Old Navy?
I call BS on the looters they are materialistic people based on the stores they loot. Nobody really needs a Gucci purse, they can get a purse at JC Penny . I don't think Malcolm X and MLK cared about luxury brands during the civil rights movement. This is more of stealing materialistic items to boost one sense of worth. Not actually any improvements on rights, relationship with the police, or economic status.
Yep. And gaining political power by telling people they can loot. If your base is criminals, your platform has serious issues.
I’m going to say again that In Minneapolis where this latest crisis started we only had about three nights where it was really bad. Since then there have been large protest but almost no looting or outbreaks of arson. This narrative that our cities are war zones and mayors and governors aren’t doing anything isn’t true at all for Minneapolis. I won’t speak personally for other cities but I doubt it’s actually as bad as what rhetoric would say it is.
As people will remember I was very critical of the looting and the burning here in Minneapolis. Having seen it first hand both then and during the Rodney King I don’t think such behavior should be tolerated, excused or rationalized as the “voice of the unheard”. I will repeat again that in that same speech MLK warned that violence will make things worse. I’m still very disappointed Thant not just people on Internet forums but media figures who have large followings like Trevor Noah, John Oliver essentially justified destruction. It was irresponsible and it still is. I don’t know how much influence the person cited in the piece by the OP is but I will say that it is the type of misleading rhetoric that isn’t just unhelpful but making things worse.
Oh I know it’s the D&D, was just asking the question. Not everyone on this forum is from Houston or Texas. There really isn’t much of anything going on in Houston except for people doing donuts in the middle of intersections in the Galleria. Just seeing posts in this forum alone seem to show other cities in disarray for months and it seems to just keep going on and on. You don’t even hear George Floyd’s name anymore. It’s all about ANTIFA, white extremist, BLM and looting. And defunding the police, which is who would be the ones stopping this looting.
Chicago police spoil the reparations party, call for federal prosecution of the deserving recipients of reparations: https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/0...es-during-unrest-blasts-states-attorney-foxx/
I saw a 10 person BLM rally the other day in Southside. It was small, so hopefully this "reparations" type of message is not reverberating among community. Chicago is very poorly integrated and is practically 50/50 divided among white and black (unlike Houston). Economic disparity is glaring. I think emotions run especially hot here because of that. We had huge protests for at least a couple of weeks on the North side of City. This latest looting was further north than before - in my predominantly white neighborhood. A lot of boarded up stores here now - esp. big box stores with the insurance. Heh We could really use a uniting type of leadership that could be trusted to handle pandemic (and the economic fallout) as well as say Canada. Which is why i think our mayor is justified to tell the good-for-nothing potus to f*ck off. And our police is not great based on my own interactions throughout years - a lot of rude, power crazed dudes. Some are ok and seem to find honor in the service though. Anyway, the looting so far not spreading to mom and pops stores or private residences, so don't worry too much...
Good article. A pertinent quote from Catanzara:- "The violence is not going to stop until we have a willingness by the prosecutors to do their job,” he wrote.
That quote from MLK is a positive statement about the condition of human nature. It isn't a normative statement making a moral claim about rioting.
