Interview with Don here: https://twitter.com/angelic_no/statu...52961055473670Don, the owner of Central Camera in Chicago has no ill feelings about watching his family business burning down. He says they'll rebuild, but that he's angry about what started it. The death of George Flyod in Minnesota.
"How does the Green Goblin have anything to do with Herpes?" - The Dying Detective
Hillary was right!
I keep staring at the non-euclidian geometry of your pretzel logic and it's threatening to bring an unspeakable madness into the world, like a an argument that was sent from a hypothetical section of spade beyond the known universe, as part of an obscenely bloated discussion about whether or not human beings matter in the grand scheme of the elder gods.
"How does the Green Goblin have anything to do with Herpes?" - The Dying Detective
Hillary was right!
"True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice." — Stride Toward Freedom, 1958
And definitely not just enough to hear the unheard and say that they’re lives manner, but also for that language to actively be put into effect with productivity and solutions, surely by someone with enough power and influence to sway the narrative in that favor.
Cop shoves down old man walking with a cane: https://mobile.twitter.com/bubbaprog...08354821206016
If you’d actually listen to why we’re doing what we’re doing, you’d know that Target was rooted against because it denied protestors who were unfairly maxed water for their eyes. The goods were later distributed to the entire community. They are burning down slave monuments, police precincts, all institutions of violent racism.
Target has done bad things, no doubt and they need to be held to account for that but this isn't going to bring Target down - they'll rebuild and get insurance and their employees will end up unemployed or homeless in the fallout. This will likely increase the chances of target, and other businesses, moving out of the region and creating more food deserts and the small businesses will probably go bankrupt.
Target is nothing like those institutions, and it won't be the only business getting the brunt of this. If anyone wants to purchase things from them that's not going to available to them for a while.
Incidents like this also provide opportunities for criminals who aren't in this for the cause, it's cover for their own gain and they'll bring heat on the actual protesters and won't face the consequences. Do you want the protesters to stop them doing this? Because they'll slink into the shadows while the protesters get the blame.
How's this going to affect the local community? The aftermath will stay longer than the riot.
Edit: Forgot one thing, this is occurring during a global pandemic which shut down the entire world. How many people are going die from COVID-19 during all this? There are no cures, and getting it will do a number on your health even if you survive. It's another vector which will impact marginalised groups who will become more vulnerable and will be exploited by the police and bad actors to harm them.
Last edited by Steel Inquisitor; 05-31-2020 at 01:54 AM.
A lot of cities, including Philadelphia (currently in curfew until 6 a.m. this morning) where I live were scheduled to emerge from lockdown during the upcoming week. Yesterday's madness could not only set things back, but result in a brand new spike of cases. This is damned maddening.
Avatar: Here's to the late, great Steve Dillon. Best. Punisher. Artist. EVER!
In addition to all of this a Native American youth center/tech school for radio, was burned down during the riots when a post office was set on fire.
https://www.indianz.com/News/2020/05...-community.asp
https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/...wkizbyGCkwZ-lg
No one in the news has covered this.
There were several protests under the Obama administration but they weren't widespread nor so chaotic as what we've seen these two days. I remember Obama was unifying the nation during those protests. I don't see trump doing that. I see trump doing the opposite. I can't help but wonder if these riots wouldn't be like this if we had a different president.