yeah, people have been told that Portland and Minneapolis were BURNED to the GROUND repeatedly, even though nothing even remotely close to that happened, and that Seattle was a lawless area of anarchy. Not surprising a family from Texas would have absolutely no idea what was going on in reality.
There were posters on various chat rooms, notably Denver Post’s (before they shut it down) that would constantly make that claim.
I kept asking them exactly which cities “burned to the ground”? Where is the evidence for any of their claims, etc…they’d either try to get me silenced, claim they didn’t literally mean it, but lots of buildings did burn to the ground, or tell me “everyone’s saying it, watch the news, whole cities are on fire” or to do “my own research”, LOL.
They love to make statements, pretend they are just axiomatic self-evident truths that everyone just accepts without evidence and without question, and the very minute they run up against someone that has the fortitude to ask them about their premises, they faceplant.
Also, even with the instances of arson, it’s not really clear that there is any pattern that would tie this to BLM protesters per se. It’s certainly not endorsed by BLM. And we definitely have no idea how many were done by undercover cops, right wing agent provocateurs, and just random bad actors looking to get their kicks. We definitely know that there is a history of right wing government agents using agent provocateurs to undermine populist movements…
Yes, it’s very, very common for conservatives to make broad claims, usually insulting, and fail to provide any evidence or logic for it.
I was in Portland when the Floyd protests started. All that really happened was people shot fireworks at a Fed Govt building. A small fire was started inside. An Apple Store got smashed up (I have a cool pic of it) but I don’t think it was left/liberal protestors who did that. Zero buildings burned down in Portland in 2020 during the protests. Still, the New York Post did their dude as a sensational conservative tripe outlet and said “Protesters burn government building during riot in Portland”
Haha! I was reading that same link it so happens…note in the property location portion
Many property locations owned and operated by ethnic minorities and immigrants were among those damaged by fire,
🤔
And yeah, setting fire to shit and breaking shit is really quite stupid. Not only does it lose you a lot of public support, it also gives the cops reasons to start getting more violent.
Which is probably why agent provocateurs resort to this kind of thing, but the average person at or near a protest should definitely not engage in this kind of thing - if anything they should try to intercept anyone that is.
There’s still a portion of deranged Republicans in any blue area, and in Texas, the suburbs and rural areas are full of people with insane stubborn delusions and ignorance.
yeah, people have been told that Portland and Minneapolis were BURNED to the GROUND repeatedly, even though nothing even remotely close to that happened, and that Seattle was a lawless area of anarchy. Not surprising a family from Texas would have absolutely no idea what was going on in reality.
There were posters on various chat rooms, notably Denver Post’s (before they shut it down) that would constantly make that claim.
I kept asking them exactly which cities “burned to the ground”? Where is the evidence for any of their claims, etc…they’d either try to get me silenced, claim they didn’t literally mean it, but lots of buildings did burn to the ground, or tell me “everyone’s saying it, watch the news, whole cities are on fire” or to do “my own research”, LOL.
They love to make statements, pretend they are just axiomatic self-evident truths that everyone just accepts without evidence and without question, and the very minute they run up against someone that has the fortitude to ask them about their premises, they faceplant.
Also, even with the instances of arson, it’s not really clear that there is any pattern that would tie this to BLM protesters per se. It’s certainly not endorsed by BLM. And we definitely have no idea how many were done by undercover cops, right wing agent provocateurs, and just random bad actors looking to get their kicks. We definitely know that there is a history of right wing government agents using agent provocateurs to undermine populist movements…
Yes, it’s very, very common for conservatives to make broad claims, usually insulting, and fail to provide any evidence or logic for it.
I was in Portland when the Floyd protests started. All that really happened was people shot fireworks at a Fed Govt building. A small fire was started inside. An Apple Store got smashed up (I have a cool pic of it) but I don’t think it was left/liberal protestors who did that. Zero buildings burned down in Portland in 2020 during the protests. Still, the New York Post did their dude as a sensational conservative tripe outlet and said “Protesters burn government building during riot in Portland”
Buildings were set on fire in Minneapolis, which overall I think is ridiculous as it harms so many innocent people and damages businesses and facilities people rely on. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arson_damage_during_the_George_Floyd_protests_in_Minneapolis–Saint_Paul
Haha! I was reading that same link it so happens…note in the property location portion
🤔
And yeah, setting fire to shit and breaking shit is really quite stupid. Not only does it lose you a lot of public support, it also gives the cops reasons to start getting more violent.
Which is probably why agent provocateurs resort to this kind of thing, but the average person at or near a protest should definitely not engage in this kind of thing - if anything they should try to intercept anyone that is.
Notably Dallas itself is blue, although there’s plenty of asshat fascists everywhere.
There’s still a portion of deranged Republicans in any blue area, and in Texas, the suburbs and rural areas are full of people with insane stubborn delusions and ignorance.