09-01-2020, 01:50 PM
(09-01-2020, 01:31 PM)Dill Wrote: I could only hazard a guess--she wanted to avoid making the protests about violence, rather than about the issue of just policing which has motivated protests around the world. Plus someone was killed in the recent violence.
To be fair about the comments in the article though, they are totally "unfair." They are implying Harris holds two inconsistent positions. She does not.
Well, she absolutely does. While I agree the article is highly partisan (which is to be expected given the source) it is not incorrect about the Democratic position and how it has recently changed. As we all know the protests have been described as "largely peaceful" by both the Dems and the media. While it was largely true in the beginning it has become less and less so as time wears on. The Dems wanted to keep the focus on the actual protests, which is understandable, however, in so doing they began to look more and more out of touch with the reality of what was actually happening at many of them. As you say, it finally took some people being killed, in self defense or not, for them to finally take a real stand against the ever increasing violence. Now, a more cynical person would quote Don Lemon and his comments about how the violent protests are helping Trump and it's the only thing that's "sticking" as the reason for the sudden Dem about face, but I'm clearly not that cynical.
There has been nightly violence in Portland for over three straight months, finally condemning the violence now is far too little and too damn late.