Sean Myers
Nov 7, 2020

--

That's the thing, though: These protests were *overwhelmingly* non-violent (https://time.com/5886348/report-peaceful-protests/). The right-wing media, however, focused solely on the isolated incidents of looting and property damage - many of which were conducted by anarchists, not BLM supporters or leftists - and then spun them off as "violence." Then these shy Trump voters fell for it. It was manufactured outrage that took advantage of a poor understanding of what a protest is (https://medium.com/bigger-picture/we-need-a-more-granular-understanding-of-protest-da4266eb4b07)

--

--

Sean Myers
Sean Myers

Written by Sean Myers

Author of the Cancelling Reality newsletter and author of Flight of Fools, a satire/fantasy about escapism — https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B49PRRSF

Responses (1)