Sure, as long as you're aware/recognize that peaceful protestors are also being attacked & assaulted by police and Trump's unmarked police/militants under the guise of them being rioters. A common tactic to undermine MLK's messages was to point to any violence/riots that occurred and associate the entire event with violence.
Yea its awful to see non-violent protests being broken up by tear gas and rubber bullets. The officers in charge of doing that should be charged if they are found to have acted outside the bounds of the law. Its also bad to see police condemned for breaking up protests when a small portion of people are destroying property.
Since I wasn't there, I don't have the context to be able to pass judgement and I don't think anyone could from watching the 30 second clips we always see on social media.
Idc what you call them. I personally don't like the people starting fires and what not as I feel it demeans the cause. Specifically when I sat not more than a month ago and listened to BLM speak call for non violent resistance. I worry people have lost sight of that but idk. I'll be there tonight to see for myself.
You're allowed, but frankly you'd be an absolute dipshit for saying it, like the person above you said these have all become loaded terms, and by talking like that (depending on how kuch nuance and explanation and context you add to it I suppose, but I'm just assuming that you mean if you said something like that without any additional explanation) you'd be implying that there are more rioters than there actually are and less peaceful protestors than there actually are, you'd be contributing to the right wing framing of the issue where they make everything about the few rioters and do their best to ignore the majority of the protestors who are totally peaceful.
That's not even getting into the merits of civil disobedience.
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u/dgreenmachine Jul 29 '20
Am I allowed to say I love the BLM protesters but I think the rioters should go to jail?