Do you care? If you do, why are you busting my balls? If you don't then my being a "racist ass" is irrelevant, isn't it? I mean, what difference does it make that I don't care if you don't care either?
Do I care about businesses being burned out. Um. Yeah, a little bit.
So why did my bringing it up elicit such an acid and hateful response from you? Why was your first reaction to label me a racist and presume to tell me I don't care? You care (a little bit) about the businesses being burned out but if
I point it out and condemn it,
I'm the racist. Go figure.
But it wouldn't be happening if the issues had been addressed years ago when they should have.
It wouldn't be happening if the rioters and protesters had stayed focused on the issue of black men being killed by cops and not strayed into anti-capitalism and erroneously viewing business owners as part of the problem.
Businesses have insurance, they'll be fine.
This is something you say when a business is damaged or destroyed by fire or flood, not when a bunch of thugs torch it deliberately and indiscriminately. This is the utmost in arrogant selfishness. Especially considering that it wasn't
your business that was destroyed.
Anyway, no, they won't be fine. You know how insurance companies are. Most will give the absolute minimum payout which might help the owners recoup some of the loss of liquid assets but I expect that in many cases, it will not be enough to actually get the business going again.
On top of that, cities like Seattle announcing that they are cutting funding to the police has forced some businesses there to close permanently or move because with reduced law enforcement presence, insurance companies either will not insure anymore or will render the policies useless in the event of rioting or crime. And unfortunately, the city has made it all too clear that they condone looting and burning.
Some cases, it's a blessing, because 164,000 businesses were shuttered due to Trump Plague. 94,000 permanently, according to Yelp. 1500 businesses have been damaged in riots in Minneapolis, and again, insurance will cover those losses.
Has it not occurred to you that had not the rioters been defying pandemic and social distancing protocols to gather in masses in the streets to loot and burn, your so called "Trump Plague" might not have been as bad? And perhaps some of those businesses would still be open and operating?
No one is protesting about the pandemic and they never have. That didn't come until later anyway.
No, but the Pandemic made things worse. This is what you don't get. If this had happened last year, when most of us still had jobs, and weren't locked in our houses, and weren't having panic attacks... then, yes, this probably would have blown over with some minor protests. Trump didn't cause the pandemic or the riots, but man, he made them both a lot worse than they needed to be.
Nope. Sorry, but looters and burners don't get to use a pandemic as an excuse. Besides, it certainly doesn't explain why the Ferguson riots were so bad. Another thing, if the intensity and violence of the riots could be attributed to folks being cooped up for a long time then any quicker action taken by Trump would have exacerbated the situation by requiring people to be
cooped up even longer.
Again, you don't get to use a pandemic as an excuse to commit an act you know is illegal. If you get to use stress as an excuse for looting and burning then cops can use it as an excuse for shooting people in tense situations. You can't have it both ways.
Yes, they would. After a trial. You don't even want Rittenhouse tried, you want to railroad him because he's white.
Naw, I want to railroad him because he's guilty...
"Railroad" being the operative word here.
and because I want it to be a clear message to any other pindick with a gun to keep it in their pants.
You are aware of the fact that protesters brought guns and other weapons to the CHAZ, right? Are you also aware of the Antifa thug killing the Trump supporter? Were you equally critical of that guy? Did you mention it or condemn it at all or did you not give it a second thought? I'm betting you did none of those things.
Also, you're quick to chalk up the riots to pent up frustration over lack of action on police reforms and you excuse it for that reason and say it was inevitable. Well, the Kyle Rittenhouse case is the exact same thing but in the other direction. Rittenhouse was there to help protect a business from rioters. Ask me why. Because of the frustration of business owners at the inaction of the city and state to do anything about the destruction. If the riots were inevitable then any response to that is inevitable.
Every time you get asked to support your ridiculous claims you crawfish and use the excuse that the other person is playing a game.
No, I just realize it's a waste of time, because wingnuts (and left wingers as well) do one of two things when you bother to provide a source.
1) They pretend they didn't see it and make the same lame ass arguments in another thread.
2) They claim it's "fake news", even if it comes from a credible media source.
It's not worth the time to do to post a link that "Trump is a racist" or "Water is wet".
Their responses to evidence and links are irrelevant. It is your duty when you make a claim to support it. When you refuse to back up your claims it only makes YOU appear lazy and lacking integrity. If you provide evidence and they dismiss it, THEY appear lazy and lacking integrity. Providing evidence for your claims is less about convincing your opponent and more about covering your own ass. Even if they dismiss it, the seed is planted and they can't unsee it.