RE: An interesting theory on the funding of No Kings Day
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The "left" of today really has no plan for effective protests. Even as recently as Occupy Wall Street, there was a fairly clear message and an effort at fairly peaceful persuasion. I could respect that despite thinking the usual arguments missed the mark at identifying the root problems and effective solutions. Now it's as if the sole focus is group anger.
The George Floyd protests could have been a turning point in unifying the public against police brutality and encouraging a reform in "standard procedures," but the self-appointed leaders in the activist communities turned it into a racial issue which alienated many on the "right" who were ready to demand change as well, and the assumption that violence against anyone and anything was acceptable further pushed away the folks whose motive was just law and a more peaceful society.
In some cases, I think there were agents provocateur initiating vandalism and arson, but in other cases it was obviously hooligans using any excuse for hooliganism. Of course this was an easy way to discredit the entire movement, and it had the counter productive result of driving the general public to see the police as protectors from this wanton vandalism. This is extra-absurd as so many still call January 6th an :insurrection" while justifying the frequent violence at "mostly-peaceful" protests as at worst a regrettable but justified retribution.
The left of today has abandoned persuasion in favor of preaching to the choir. The ketchup bottle handmaid costumes and accusations of fascism/sexism/racism/etc. if anyone disagrees with a single point is repulsive. It's obvious to the outsider that something seems to be co-opting their movement. I saw the same kind of subversion way back when the TEA Party kicked off. From the very first event I attended, I saw evidence of some activists trying to divert that righteous anger into a more acceptable populist nationalism the establishment could use.
wonderful response. You always give good ones. There are definitely provocateurs out there but at the same time, the fact that others go along with it doesn't do much for the cause. It just showcases a pack mentality.
I saw one video where a phone store was getting looted and this bigger woman who didn't even go in the store, just decided to break a window anyway, even though the entrance was already open and the stuff had mostly already been stolen. It was just a "I guess we are breaking stuff now... ok!" sort of thing.
Your breakdown as to how this ruins the entire message is very poignant and I agree. The entire idea behind it gets ruined by this and therefore there is a big incentive for the people who don't even agree with the mob to initiate this sort of thing into happening. The only thing they could do to stop it would be to have the entire group be opposed to participating in that kind of thing. If that is even possible.