09-01-2020, 07:44 PM
(09-01-2020, 07:38 PM)Dill Wrote: These are reasonable points. But it's not quite accurate to say Dems in general have not been condemning the violence. Here's Biden on May 31, three months ago.
https://medium.com/@JoeBiden/we-are-a-nation-furious-at-injustice-9dcffd81978f
Protesting such brutality is right and necessary. It’s an utterly American response. But burning down communities and needless destruction is not. Violence that endangers lives is not. Violence that guts and shutters businesses that serve the community is not.
The act of protesting should never be allowed to overshadow the reason we protest. It should not drive people away from the just cause that protest is meant to advance.
Kamala might be a little late, but other Dems certainly aren't. Starting with the Dem majors of every city hit by riots.
I appreciate your honesty here, but it's not the whole story. As stated in my thread on the subject, the violence in Portland has been ongoing for over three months. It's the right thing to condemn the violence, but it's another thing to not spotlight it and consistently do so when it is ongoing and persistent. This is where even Biden, who I admit has been better than most Dems on this topic, fails completely.