MushroomElm wrote

USTA wrote I never understood how people think that riots are beneficial toward a cause.

It's not. A bunch of ignorant people get together, wanting to smash things get together and do it. Simple as that. They know it won't help them. They just do it because 'they were oppressed.'

It might be easy to simplify it down to one mindset but there are obviously protesters who think that violence is the only way to achieve the change they want to see.
You're acting like people who think that all white people are racist and that black people cannot be racist are going to think rationally about the consequences of their violent actions and realize that they won't achieve anything.

#BlueLivesMatter -- All day every day.

Doesn't protesting only further the stereotype that they are trying to abolish? I'm just trying to understand this; they protest like this, the police act on the violence and theft, and then they [protesters] get livid at the police -and "white people" apparently- for enforcing the laws that everybody follows? I'm not trying to condescend, I'm genuinely curious as to the logic behind this.

Absolutely ridiculous, I don't see how in one breath these people (violent protesters/rioters not all people) can claim racism and then clump up all whites as evil racists.

These kind of actions only further any progress they hope to gain.

I can understand the idea behind it. If people want it to stop, change the system. While I totally understand civil disobedience, I can't get behind this. This goes too far. This can end up being very counterproductive. When you lash out in violence and destruction like this, it doesn't help the problem that got us to this point. It just reinforces the system you want to change. It makes people lose sympathy for the movement. I do hope the system gets the changes that it needs, but I can't get behind this in any way.

I do not feel bad for these people when I see this at all. An interview was done with the sister of the guy who got shot and was reported saying "stop the violence" but someone else got a reporting of her saying that too but also saying "if you want to burn shit, go burn down the suburbs, we need our business!" These people are just racist. Even when it was a black officer shooting a black person. They have turned this situation about white people.

Let them burn their city down, they're the ones that gotta live in poverty after its all over with.

**** the BLM movement.

USTA wrote Doesn't protesting only further the stereotype that they are trying to abolish? I'm just trying to understand this; they protest like this, the police act on the violence and theft, and then they [protesters] get livid at the police -and "white people" apparently- for enforcing the laws that everybody follows? I'm not trying to condescend, I'm genuinely curious as to the logic behind this.

There is nothing wrong with protesting. It's rioting that's the issue.

Lavish wrote

USTA wrote Doesn't protesting only further the stereotype that they are trying to abolish? I'm just trying to understand this; they protest like this, the police act on the violence and theft, and then they [protesters] get livid at the police -and "white people" apparently- for enforcing the laws that everybody follows? I'm not trying to condescend, I'm genuinely curious as to the logic behind this.

There is nothing wrong with protesting. It's rioting that's the issue.

That's what I meant. Their version of protesting is different than yours and mine (no racism intended). They are much more vocal and resort to violence at a much more accelerated rate than everybody else.

USTA wrote

Lavish wrote

USTA wrote Doesn't protesting only further the stereotype that they are trying to abolish? I'm just trying to understand this; they protest like this, the police act on the violence and theft, and then they [protesters] get livid at the police -and "white people" apparently- for enforcing the laws that everybody follows? I'm not trying to condescend, I'm genuinely curious as to the logic behind this.

There is nothing wrong with protesting. It's rioting that's the issue.

That's what I meant. Their version of protesting is different than yours and mine (no racism intended). They are much more vocal and resort to violence at a much more accelerated rate than everybody else.

BLM protests have been largely peaceful, with only a few getting out of hand.
I'm admitting that what is happening in Wisconsin is very bad, but completely disagree that they're incapable of protesting peacefully.