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<blockquote data-quote="Ana the Ist" data-source="post: 75166131" data-attributes="member: 302807"><p>I'm not sure what you're saying here....</p><p></p><p>People can run from a hurricane...but they can't magically keep it from destroying their house. That's not a choice they get to make. </p><p></p><p>The people of Minneapolis chose to loot, riot, and burn down businesses. This is damage they could have avoided entirely .</p><p></p><p>Surely you're aware that many cities and towns saw no widespread destruction or damage during the exact same period?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That's awfully cynical. I don't know who approves these things...whether it's a appointment or committee of senators or something. I certainly don't know of any reason to suspect that aid gets withheld by political bias. </p><p></p><p>I'm not even really mad at the politicians either. The mayor is barely 2 years old, right? Didn't he run on a progressive "reform the police" agenda? I don't think the guy even held office before...so it's probably expecting too much of him to think he'd do what was necessary or tell the people what they needed to hear.</p><p></p><p>It's more the principle of the thing. There's a video that captured the sentiment of it all titled "How can we win" by a Kimberly Jones. I can't link it, there's a little language, and there's a lot to unpack...but the tone and sentiment echoed a lot of what I was hearing at the time. The idea that there's some moral righteousness to all the damage done. It was even echoed by posters here.</p><p></p><p>It's both hypocritical and ironic to ask for everyone else to foot the bill....to try and tear down the system and then come begging for a handout from the same system. It's not unlike the Ayn Rand group getting that government loan. In this case though, it's a bit like being pro-nuclear warfare but anti-radioactive fallout lol.</p><p></p><p>I don't just feel this way about Minneapolis either...any of these places where the people saw it fit to pillage should get the same response.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ana the Ist, post: 75166131, member: 302807"] I'm not sure what you're saying here.... People can run from a hurricane...but they can't magically keep it from destroying their house. That's not a choice they get to make. The people of Minneapolis chose to loot, riot, and burn down businesses. This is damage they could have avoided entirely . Surely you're aware that many cities and towns saw no widespread destruction or damage during the exact same period? That's awfully cynical. I don't know who approves these things...whether it's a appointment or committee of senators or something. I certainly don't know of any reason to suspect that aid gets withheld by political bias. I'm not even really mad at the politicians either. The mayor is barely 2 years old, right? Didn't he run on a progressive "reform the police" agenda? I don't think the guy even held office before...so it's probably expecting too much of him to think he'd do what was necessary or tell the people what they needed to hear. It's more the principle of the thing. There's a video that captured the sentiment of it all titled "How can we win" by a Kimberly Jones. I can't link it, there's a little language, and there's a lot to unpack...but the tone and sentiment echoed a lot of what I was hearing at the time. The idea that there's some moral righteousness to all the damage done. It was even echoed by posters here. It's both hypocritical and ironic to ask for everyone else to foot the bill....to try and tear down the system and then come begging for a handout from the same system. It's not unlike the Ayn Rand group getting that government loan. In this case though, it's a bit like being pro-nuclear warfare but anti-radioactive fallout lol. I don't just feel this way about Minneapolis either...any of these places where the people saw it fit to pillage should get the same response. [/QUOTE]
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