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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
I guess the word "some" tripped you up a bit. Sorry.
Meanwhile, back in the real world, there are absolutely positively people who show up just to stir the pot. That's kinda what I already posted that you seem to be claiming to disagree with, by saying the same thing using different words.
And sure some of those well-intentioned people will get angry and fight back, if a group of ill-intentioned NON-protesters show up with torches, or sticks, or knives, or KKK patches, or nazi signs, or rifles, or whatever else they do when they show up at these things intending to stir things up.
Personally if it were me, I'd run. But I have no problem admitting to cowardice in the face of violence. I don't have the stomach for it. But in a crowd of people peacefully protesting, when they are faced with violent people who are NOT protesting, moving them closer and closer together (herding them) and manipulating their movements, it's inevitable that at some point - someone is going to start shoving back.
People who show up to stir things up know this. That's why they do it.
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As a resident of "the real world", here's my takeaways:
Some people would write an entire post essentially saying that it's really outside agitators (white nationalists) who are to blame. Never mind that there's no evidence of such activity in this case that I've seen as of this writing.
Some people would make statements that it's not BLM protesters at all. It's
those outside instigators. Really? Wow. Who knew that no one in the BLM movement could ever resort to property destruction or violence?
Some people would suggest that the real well-intentioned protesters
just aren't smart enough to realize they are being manipulated by these outside extremists. Of course,
some people who suggest this think that they, themselves, are smart enough to see it from afar. It's just those intellectually-limited protesters who can't see what's going on around them.
Some people find that after posting something so off-base, they have to come back and repeatedly explain their points. You see,
those people think that everyone else online is intellectually challenged and incapable of understanding the truth of what's going on. Oh, lest I forget, the intellectually challenged people online are also uncivilized - or close to it.
We should all be thankful for
some people like this. Where would we be without the omniscience topped with gratuitous sarcasm?
Just so it's clear, here's my thoughts on
anyone involved in violence and/or property destruction: find them, root them out and prosecute them. It makes no difference whatsoever if they are white nationalists or any part of those engaged in supporting BLM.
Those people are criminals. They need to be brought to justice.
But for
some people to suggest or imply that no one involved in the BLM movement could possibly be involved in property destruction and/or violence without being manipulated is just naive at best.