More "largely peaceful" Portland protests

[Von Cichlid]

(08-29-2020, 10:08 AM)GMDino Wrote: Protests about police brutality and treatment of minorities?

Whew!  Better change the laws to punish the protesters more harshly then!

Wait...what?

https://theintercept.com/2020/08/27/black-lives-matter-protesters-terrorism-felony-charges/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=theintercept

One thing I'm sure 95% of this nation agrees on is that the rioting has to stop.  Even the most liberal politicians are coming out and saying this at this point.

Previous posters have said that this nation was built on protest.  Well, that may be true, but at the same time those early protestors did so at the risk of death.  That is why history respects them. 

This current crop is rioting and looting with relative impunity and media support (although that has waned), which is why the majority thinks these people are... not that heroic, to put it lightly. 

To say these protests are about police brutality is complete BS.  I mean, the chaos has freaking gone on unabated for 3 months now.  What government's law enforcement has ever been as tolerant as this one to this kind of nonsense?  Other larger countries would have nipped this in the bud quick.  These riots are not about police brutality, they are about class warfare. 

The protestor of today has no concrete demands that laws could actually provide.  They want "social justice," by which they mean reparations (not just for black people).  The only thing that will stop this on their terms is for the government to give each one an unspecified amount and provide them with all the commodities that they think they need in order for them to feel more equal to what they all consider the upper echelons of society.  

As the previous is an impossible task, the only way to stop the insanity is to start cracking down.  If another more practical way exists, then many in the US would love to hear it.