@ChickfilA members were actually still inside asking rioters if they could get them any thing to help with their looting. A+ customer service even in the heat of battle.
how could we ever expect the situation to get better when looting is condoned, sometimes even celebrated?
That a brilliant idea. You definitely won't get jumped by a dozen people like literally every mob or gang riot ever.
Self Preservation in the middle of a riot while wearing an employee uniform of the place being looted is, "Hey man, I'm just a working shmuck. I don't get paid enough for this. I'm out." That way you only have a minor chance of being robbed on your way out. If you attack someone, you're going to be jumped by the whole mob. No one's going to intervene if you get tied to the back of a pick-up truck and dragged to death after that.
No one involved in any of these riots has any real concept of aggression, and when faced with it would back down as quickly as their feet would carry them.
did you forget what happened to the dude who tried to defend his business with a sword?
He came close to fucking dying.
He did not attempt to defend his business with a sword. He attempted to defend his business with fear of a sword, which is a very different proposition.
If he'd attempted to defend his business with the sword by using it, we'd know him as "that guy who disemboweled half a dozen rioters".
I'm wondering what is preferable at this point: getting beat half to death and becoming a meme or shooting someone who is trying to burn your bar down and being driven to suicide because you are white and right leaning.
how could we ever expect the situation to get better when looting is condoned, sometimes even celebrated?
Fucking honk. Jesus fucking christ.
I'm thinking that may have been a self preservation thing.
ChickFilA, Philly 2020: Would you like some help in looting, xir.
Roof Koreans, Commiefornia 1992: fires pistol at your general direction
When in doubt, seek rooftop access.
You know what else is 'a self-preservation thing' in the middle of a riot?
Anything sufficiently sharp or fast to cause serious permanent damage to the meat sacks we have to keep intact for our minds to survive..
That a brilliant idea. You definitely won't get jumped by a dozen people like literally every mob or gang riot ever.
Self Preservation in the middle of a riot while wearing an employee uniform of the place being looted is, "Hey man, I'm just a working shmuck. I don't get paid enough for this. I'm out." That way you only have a minor chance of being robbed on your way out. If you attack someone, you're going to be jumped by the whole mob. No one's going to intervene if you get tied to the back of a pick-up truck and dragged to death after that.
No one involved in any of these riots has any real concept of aggression, and when faced with it would back down as quickly as their feet would carry them.
He did not attempt to defend his business with a sword. He attempted to defend his business with fear of a sword, which is a very different proposition.
If he'd attempted to defend his business with the sword by using it, we'd know him as "that guy who disemboweled half a dozen rioters".
I'm still amazed that guy lived.
I'm wondering what is preferable at this point: getting beat half to death and becoming a meme or shooting someone who is trying to burn your bar down and being driven to suicide because you are white and right leaning.