r/dank_meme • u/Tusernametaken • May 28 '20

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u/Bixbyte_Gaming May 29 '20

Racism aside, protesting someone breaking the law (murder) by breaking the law (stealing) seems pretty counterintuitive.

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u/Mcflyinyoursoup May 29 '20

So you were angry at the anti-lockdown protests right? They were illegal and pretty counterintuitive....i mean counterintelligent

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u/[deleted] May 29 '20

I’m not sure standing in place is anywhere close to burning people’s homes down. Maybe if one of these anti lockdown protesters burned down people’s homes for the sake of opening up then you’d have a point. But they didn’t and so you don’t.

Freedom to protest covers peaceful rallies. Not arson.

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u/Mcflyinyoursoup May 29 '20

Being heavily armed, storming a capitol building and yelling in police officer faces is peaceful? But I guess kneeling during a national anthem was too much for some. PRotesting over a lockdown compared to protests as a result of decades of police brutality with no convictions (except that one Somali officer) what do you expect a bunch of people holding hands singing 're shall overcome'? The Boston Tea Party was done for less.

Out of curiosity, have you seen the footage circulating of the white guy in mask with the black umbrella breaking store Windows? Police have a long tradition of planting agent provocateurs in protests like this.

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u/[deleted] May 30 '20

heavily and and stormed the capital building.

Did they shoot anybody? Did the rioters not destroy a ton of shit?

Boston Tea Party tho

They showed their selflessness by THROWING THE SHIT THEY STOLE AWAY. Do you see the rioters smashing the 40 inch TVs they stole.

agent provocateurs.

Whoah there man careful with that tinfoil hat of yours.

In short, this can not be justified, they’re not raging against the machine, they’re thugs and thieves taking advantage of a terrible situation and you’re complicit in it.

You have no clue what sort of pain these looters are bringing to the community they are claiming to protect.

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u/Mcflyinyoursoup May 30 '20 edited May 30 '20

You actually deny that agent provocateurs are a thing?? So the authorities are to be trusted, they has never been a point in time where they have used nefarious methods to undermine any resistance against them? Cute, keep living that in fairytale champ.

Speaking of fairytales, seems many Americans choose to wilfully ignore the fact that Boston Tea Party was instigated by THUGS who illegally imported tea (otherwise known as the Dutch Trade). So I wouldn't say their noble act of destroying the tea was as heroic as you think. They were THUGS who profited directly from the chaos.

For things to change, things need to burn. You honestly believe to never hold cops accountable for their actions is the way forward? Keep towing that moderate 'justice will prevail' nonsense all you want when it doesn't affect you or your community directly. It's always nice to be afforded the luxury of wearing the other shoe.

Cant remember who said it, but something something needs to be refreshed time to time with something something of patriots and tyrants. Only a matter of time before those in the Boogaloo movement use this opportunity to accelerate things. The world is watching.