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In response to
"I understand that argument and I have sympathy for it in general, but I don't agree with that sentiment when it comes to criminal behavior."
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pmb
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to be clear...
Posted by
colin (aka colinski)
Aug 10 '20, 09:17
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yes, they'll be arrested, it's illegal, it's not part of organized action, it's something that happens out of anger and passion. i don't condemn it because i think it negates WHY it happens. will i participate or encourage others to? nope. but i also think that it's effective when it happens.. that's obviously not a main stream viewpoint. i get why you don't like it, agree with it, or think it's effective.
i do NOT want it to be normalized, i don't think anybody does. i do get frustrated when people get far more upset about looting than they do about someone being murdered by the police.
i think you get to the root of it - there are rules, there are societal norms. people who murder should be prosecuted to some extent based on what happened. that's why places are boiling over with anger - breonna taylor was murdered and the rule of law we thought existed is being ignored for people in our society. what do you do with that? asking or trusting that the system works just... doesn't work. something different has to happen.
my fear is that looting is the start.. i've talked to folks in marches.. they've made it clear that at some point, cops are going to start being killed. we're on the brink. i'd rather see a lot more looting than an all-out war.
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