06-07-2020, 10:50 PM
(06-07-2020, 10:47 PM)samhain Wrote: Let me ask you something. Forget politics. Just think about what you've learned about other human beings over your lifetime.
Think about times you've seen crowds get out of control and the reasons that bring those events to a head. Then, think about what people do in those situations. I'm talking riots after sporting events, at music festivals, bar fights, whatever.
Do you really think people that go into situations like that need political causes to take advantage of an opportunity to steal and tear shit up?
I was at Bengals/Steelers Wildcard game in 15. Plenty of fine, upstanding Cincinnatians just up and deciding to throw random objects over some bad calls. People freaked out on local talk radio the next day. No political cause needed.
I worked bar security for about 2 years. I broke up fights and threw people out of clubs somewhat regularly. Funny thing: conservatively, 40 percent or so of the people I escorted out had absolutely nothing to do with the initial incident. They just wanted a chance to hit somebody and get away with it.
People exist that just want to steal and tear shit up. I'd say there's no shortage of them. It's all about opportunity, and when there are riots and chaos raging in almost every major city, well, that's about as ideal an opportunity to do that as you're ever going to get.
I live in Lexington. UK is traditionally not and SEC power, lol. A byproduct of this is the inevitable scenario of people setting random things on fire, usually old furniture, when the Wildcats win against a national power. One year, some students were arrested for attempting to burn down a vacant old house. Has nothing to do with the game or anything else remotely meaningful. It's just a chance to do something you'd never get away with otherwise.
More and more, I think we'll see that there's no conspiracy right or left behind "riot tourists" who have little to do with protests trying to take advantage of the disorder to do egregious things. It's human nature, whether people admit it or not.
As soon as he brought up George Soros, you can kinda write off the opinion right there. Nothing “moderate” or even reasonable about it
