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tenderfoot

(8,425 posts)
Thu Aug 27, 2020, 02:01 PM Aug 2020

Are BLM Protestors solely responsible for rioting and looting?

Personally, I'm not convinced that they are and most of the destruction is result of WHITE MAGA provocateurs that we'll find out about eventually.


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Yes - they make "us" look bad and they should go home now that they've made their point.
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Some have caused problems but on the whole, no.
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Are BLM Protestors solely responsible for rioting and looting? (Original Post) tenderfoot Aug 2020 OP
I am like you Ohioboy Aug 2020 #1
Police terrorism is uponit7771 Aug 2020 #2
Protestors protest. Rioters riot. Looters loot. OneBro Aug 2020 #3

Ohioboy

(3,236 posts)
1. I am like you
Thu Aug 27, 2020, 02:10 PM
Aug 2020

Provocateurs have been used in the past to create justification for politically motivated action. It can happen here. There is a lot of evidence showing that provocateurs are at work.


Minneapolis police say 'Umbrella Man' was a white supremacist trying to incite George Floyd rioting
https://www.startribune.com/police-umbrella-man-was-a-white-supremacist-trying-to-incite-floyd-rioting/571932272/

Pence uses death of federal officer to smear protesters
https://www.yahoo.com/news/pence-death-federal-officer-protesters-rnc-address-boogaloo-antifa-164755209.html?ncid=facebook_yahoonewsf_akfmevaatca

OneBro

(1,159 posts)
3. Protestors protest. Rioters riot. Looters loot.
Thu Aug 27, 2020, 02:32 PM
Aug 2020

People who protest are called protestors. People who riot are called rioters. People who loot are called looters. Can a protestor become a rioter? Sure. Can a rioter become a looter? Sure. Right wingers want the public to conflate protestors, rioters and looters as though they are all the same. Let's not.

Frankly, there has been plenty of evidence that provocateurs have been organized for the sole purpose of turning peaceful protests into rioting and looting. Let's not reward them.

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