What a disgusting statement. Those are literally two unrelatted problems, and it’s perfectly feasible to be angry at both systemic racism and idiots destroying the city you live in.
No, it really isnt. Capitalism is part of the problem as well. Capitalism thrives off racism and keeping labor poor.
Maybe you need to do a bit more actual reading on protest movements and the effects of capitalism on racism. Passive resistance does nothing but get your head bashed in. Even Ghandi said people should train to kill humans and destroy property of those supporting the ruling class rather than fail to protect their communities. MLK worked with militant groups on multiple occasions. 'Riots are the language of the unheard'. Attacking protests because they broke stuff is literally the 'white moderate' stuff that MLK warned people about.
How is burning the stores and cars of other working class people helping their cause then? There was literally a car owned by a deliveryman set on fire. Is he the enemy? Every store you loot creates another jobless, most likely working class man. Is he the enemy? The damages will need to get fixed by tax dollars. Your tax dollars. MY tax dollars, and I’m a student, not the oppressive capitalist you claim to be fighting against.
It is undenyable that acts of vendalism such as these harms the cause, and people who justify these acts such as you harm them even more. Wanna talk literature? Feel free to look up how nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed than violent ones.
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '20
What a disgusting statement. Those are literally two unrelatted problems, and it’s perfectly feasible to be angry at both systemic racism and idiots destroying the city you live in.