Maybe if far-left ideologues don& #39;t want mainstream America to think they advocate riots and looting, they shouldn& #39;t write books praising riots and looting.
Just a thought. https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2020/08/27/906642178/one-authors-argument-in-defense-of-looting">https://www.npr.org/sections/...
Just a thought. https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2020/08/27/906642178/one-authors-argument-in-defense-of-looting">https://www.npr.org/sections/...
And, no, I& #39;m not advocating censorship. Quite the contrary. It& #39;s actually informative to see this view becoming normalized in far-left intellectual circles. Just as it is informative to see NPR interview the author with total deference and no pushback on absurd factual claims.
Looting isn& #39;t stealing property "by force," she says. It& #39;s a way of "attacking the idea of property."
This guy burned to death in a Minneapolis pawn shop was not mentioned: https://time.com/5869366/body-building-minneapolis-protests/">https://time.com/5869366/b...
This guy burned to death in a Minneapolis pawn shop was not mentioned: https://time.com/5869366/body-building-minneapolis-protests/">https://time.com/5869366/b...
Nor were the thousands of minority businesses destroyed in riots, the hundreds of thousands whose workplaces and jobs disappeared, or the millions whose neighborhoods have been made unlivable. @mtracey& #39;s reporting has been invaluable on this: https://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1287539171083485184">https://twitter.com/mtracey/s...
Vicky Osterweil argues that looting is "a powerful tactic that questions the justice of & #39;law and order& #39; and the distribution of property and wealth in an unequal society." I& #39;d like to see her explain that to Flora Westbrooks: https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2020/06/03/black-owned-salon-burned-to-the-ground.html">https://www.bizjournals.com/twincitie...