I feel very hesitant about takes that go "THIS IS THE REAL LOOTING." "HE IS ACTUALLY THE THUG." Because it attempts to subvert racial stereotypes in what I feel is very haphazard. It also redirects us from the words we should be using such as white supremacist and capitalism

also if you feel differently let me know. I just feel that when these words are so embedded in perpetuating racism and classism that people aren& #39;t looking at those connections or relearning their meaning.

Like if someone sees looting in a specific light does showing Jeff Bezos and going "this is the real looter" actually help someone or do a "gotcha" moment? Probably not because the word looting while applicable has certain connotations that people aren& #39;t willing to unpack.

This comes from a vice article where the headline calls Kyle whatever his fucking last name an aspiring cop and someone said we should be calling him a thug and it& #39;s like... no I think aspiring cop is accurate and saying what we mean here.