I understand a First Amendment right to assembly and free speech.
The point's been made. The cop's been arrested and charged with murder. Now we have cities in chaos. I've seen more than one scene of a business owner beaten by mobs for the sin of trying to protect their property and livelihoods. Police officers dragged through the streets in Chicago, a black Federal Officer killed by a drive by shooter in California, the Courthouse and City Hall in Nashville set afire. Again and again across America, there's been destruction and violence.
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| Chicago Cop Dragged Through Streets |
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| Oakland, CA, Where a Federal Officer Was Killed by a Driveby |
What's the endgame? What are the terms? This can't keep going on and on. Well it can, actually, but at some point there will be a counteraction and it won't be pretty. The government has been very measured in response, I presume the response has been measured in an effort to avoid escalation. But if the violence, terrorizing, and destruction keep up, either the government will put it down or we will start to see vigilantism. Nobody wants to see that, but there will come a point that that's what will happen.
Who speaks for the mobs and thugs? Yeah, thugs. And a lot of them are white, so don't tell me it's fucking racial to call the violent and destructive rioters and terrorists thugs. (I hate the fact that that term, 'thugs', has been called racial by so many, when it refers to people who display thuggish behavior, and is not a racial pejorative.) What is it they want? And the peaceful protesters, what about them? When do they walk away from the terrorists because they don't agree with, condone, or support their tactics. You want to call them protesters? Fine. But until they make it clear they don't support the terrorists and thugs they're mingling with, giving the terrorists and thugs duck and cover by simply being there for the scum to mingle in with, the protesters have allowed themselves to be used as human shields and are a part of the problem.
Nobody, but nobody I've talked to or read or heard from has tried in any way to justify the murder of George Floyd. None of the victims of terrorism have. None of the business owners whose businesses are ruined have, either, I'm sure. The cop will stand trial. In the meantime, what's it going to take to end the destruction and violence? Are there "terms", or is a counter-uprising and a counterattack going to be made necessary? Because at some point, something's got to give. We've passed one breaking point, which is why the violence started. The next breaking point will be worse. Whether government forces or civilian vigilantes, we just DON'T want that to happen. Do we? I don't.
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