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<blockquote data-quote="probinson" data-source="post: 77608176" data-attributes="member: 121249"><p>Not really. The media wouldn't have had anything to cover if there had not been any of that violence.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Source?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>No, I'm not. The media narrative was that the BLM protests were mostly peaceful. They said this with a straight face while they showed video footage of burning buildings. Baghdad Bob would be proud.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Kind of like you're doing.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sounds anecdotal. One guy in one video burned into your brain does not a compelling case make.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You're missing two key words, found in the second paragraph of your article.</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Very few of those charged appear to be affiliated with <strong><u>highly organized</u></strong> extremist groups, and many are young suburban adults from the very neighborhoods Trump vows to protect from the violence in his reelection push to win support from the suburbs.</em></p><p></p><p>There is only a passing mention of "far-right" people being arrested, but literally nothing to quantify that.</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Some of those facing charges undoubtedly share far-left and anti-government views. <strong><u>Far-right protesters also have been arrested and charged.</u></strong> Some defendants have driven to protests from out of state. Some have criminal records and were illegally carrying weapons. Others are accused of using the protests as an opportunity to steal or create havoc.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p>This does not change the fact that the vast majority of the damage done in these protests was NOT perpetrated by the "far-right".</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Here is the original source:</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.justsecurity.org/70497/far-right-infiltrators-and-agitators-in-george-floyd-protests-indicators-of-white-supremacists/[/URL]</p><p></p><p>It concludes thusly:</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><u><em>I</em></u><em><u>f</u> the protests are being infiltrated by police provocateurs, accelerationists or other bad actors, ...</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p>In other words, there is no <em>evidence</em> of this. Just speculation. Not unlike those who speculate that Antifa stoked the flames on Jan. 6.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>True enough. There are most certainly opportunists that simply take advantage of the chaos for their own benefit. That does not in any way absolve the primary perpetrators of or reason for the violence.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="probinson, post: 77608176, member: 121249"] Not really. The media wouldn't have had anything to cover if there had not been any of that violence. Source? No, I'm not. The media narrative was that the BLM protests were mostly peaceful. They said this with a straight face while they showed video footage of burning buildings. Baghdad Bob would be proud. Kind of like you're doing. Sounds anecdotal. One guy in one video burned into your brain does not a compelling case make. You're missing two key words, found in the second paragraph of your article. [INDENT][I]Very few of those charged appear to be affiliated with [B][U]highly organized[/U][/B] extremist groups, and many are young suburban adults from the very neighborhoods Trump vows to protect from the violence in his reelection push to win support from the suburbs.[/I][/INDENT] There is only a passing mention of "far-right" people being arrested, but literally nothing to quantify that. [INDENT][I]Some of those facing charges undoubtedly share far-left and anti-government views. [B][U]Far-right protesters also have been arrested and charged.[/U][/B] Some defendants have driven to protests from out of state. Some have criminal records and were illegally carrying weapons. Others are accused of using the protests as an opportunity to steal or create havoc.[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] This does not change the fact that the vast majority of the damage done in these protests was NOT perpetrated by the "far-right". Here is the original source: [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.justsecurity.org/70497/far-right-infiltrators-and-agitators-in-george-floyd-protests-indicators-of-white-supremacists/[/URL] It concludes thusly: [INDENT][U][I]I[/I][/U][I][U]f[/U] the protests are being infiltrated by police provocateurs, accelerationists or other bad actors, ...[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] In other words, there is no [I]evidence[/I] of this. Just speculation. Not unlike those who speculate that Antifa stoked the flames on Jan. 6. True enough. There are most certainly opportunists that simply take advantage of the chaos for their own benefit. That does not in any way absolve the primary perpetrators of or reason for the violence. [/QUOTE]
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