Yeah, if people could just bow down to the Man like they’re supposed to, and kiss his jackboots. Then the armored vehicles and the nightsticks and the teargas and the firearms (maybe loaded with rubber bullets, maybe not) wouldn’t have to come out.

Imagine if this had been mentioned several times in the article you skimmed. Just imagine!

What’s it like to be a total piece of shit? Is it fun?

I’m assuming when you say “people” you’re really saying “black people” so... I’d say step one would be not murdering unarmed citizens and igniting riots in the first place?

You make the assumption that those who are rioting are the same living in the rioted area. For someone who is reliant on evidence, you seem to lack some there.

Counterpoint: No it isn’t

Can’t you see that by how he values property over people?

You don’t get people to stop “acting like animals” by treating them like animals.

Citations for what specifically? You need a citation that rioting is acting like an animal?

Yeah, if only King George III would have had a few of these babies, right?

I cannot get over how much Hannity talks over Koppel— a well-respected, white, male TV journalist. Like, if he’s willing to talk over Ted Freakin’ Koppel...imagine any black woman who has ever had the misfortune of interacting with Hannity.

It would be nice if rich people treated the poor like human beings.

Did you stop to ask what kind of a political system would cause people to take to the streets in desperation in the first place?

Said the cat with zero citations, broad refutations, personal accusations, and defiance of widely available resources.

If you look at the history of SWAT unit deployment in smaller towns, you see that they’re not being used to take down drug houses, but to serve warrants for non-violent offenders. Again, do your own research.

Aside from personal experience? Do your own research. Google “cops undercover in protests”. I mean, even fucking Infowars has an article on this shit and they’re not known for being liberal hippie apologists. NYPD, Denver, Oakland, Chicago, Montreal, Los Angeles all have documented instances where cops got caught…

So what? There is nothing wrong with plain clothes cops watching to make sure nothing goes wrong.

Or spray them down with astroglide and MDMA and just let it dissolve into a giant orgy and then when everyone is tuckered out they’ll all just go home to sleep off the afterglow

I thought you were a grown-up!

Today is a good day to count to drei.