I kinda hate how auth these riots are making me. A year ago I'd have been like "Damn, while they shouldn't have been hitting the car and climbing on it, that's fucked up the cop kept going and knocked him over like that."
Today I'm like "Damn, why didn't the cop back up over him after he fell off?"
I wonder a lot about how many so-called "peaceful" protests in history weren't. The civil rights marches where dogs were unleashed and people were sprayed with fire hoses: were those actual peaceful or "93% peaceful"?
I can see that. But I think it's a natural reaction to have after years of slowly gaslighting people.
I also believe context is also important. If this was truly a peaceful demonstration and this had happened then your first thought would obviously be justified, but since the start it very clearly hasn't been. As an example, look at that Australian guy getting his head smashed for leaving the house. These particular protests, however, aren't even about lives anymore, they're purely ideological. If they were about justice and accountability then these people would have changed their tune after clear evidence showed racism and brutality weren't involved. They also wouldn't immediately riot and loot before getting literally any details, or clearly advocate for violence and death for that matter.
The broader context here is that our better nature is just being used against us, and has been for years. We're receptive to emotional cries of 'injustice', however hollow they ring in light of the facts.
I used to feel that way to, now I've embraced it. Used to be a strong libertarian until I educated myself. Realized that that most of the "bad" stuff the government is reported to do is in response to either people intentionally acting like assholes or to prevent commies from doing commie shit.
Yeah, discipline has to come from somewhere. If people lack self-discipline, broader society will demand external discipline be imposed. Liberty requires restraint in its exercise.
Or "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.", if you prefer.
I kinda hate how auth these riots are making me. A year ago I'd have been like "Damn, while they shouldn't have been hitting the car and climbing on it, that's fucked up the cop kept going and knocked him over like that."
Today I'm like "Damn, why didn't the cop back up over him after he fell off?"
I wonder a lot about how many so-called "peaceful" protests in history weren't. The civil rights marches where dogs were unleashed and people were sprayed with fire hoses: were those actual peaceful or "93% peaceful"?
I can see that. But I think it's a natural reaction to have after years of slowly gaslighting people.
I also believe context is also important. If this was truly a peaceful demonstration and this had happened then your first thought would obviously be justified, but since the start it very clearly hasn't been. As an example, look at that Australian guy getting his head smashed for leaving the house. These particular protests, however, aren't even about lives anymore, they're purely ideological. If they were about justice and accountability then these people would have changed their tune after clear evidence showed racism and brutality weren't involved. They also wouldn't immediately riot and loot before getting literally any details, or clearly advocate for violence and death for that matter.
https://www.revolver.news/2020/09/meet-norm-eisen-legal-hatchet-man-and-central-operative-in-the-color-revolution-against-president-trump/
The broader context here is that our better nature is just being used against us, and has been for years. We're receptive to emotional cries of 'injustice', however hollow they ring in light of the facts.
I used to feel that way to, now I've embraced it. Used to be a strong libertarian until I educated myself. Realized that that most of the "bad" stuff the government is reported to do is in response to either people intentionally acting like assholes or to prevent commies from doing commie shit.
Yeah, discipline has to come from somewhere. If people lack self-discipline, broader society will demand external discipline be imposed. Liberty requires restraint in its exercise.
Or "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.", if you prefer.