I am not an American. Were the Floyd protests anywhere near as chaotic as they were portrayed in the press? I recall hearing that most protests were nonviolent, just slightly property-damaging. Thanks!

Sincerely, rambling_lunatic

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[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 11 points 3 months ago

Interestingly, a lot of what you saw in the media dictated liberal responses to it. The Democratic and Republican takes are so driven by the tv news. So, you got a crash course in the root cause of a lot of stupid liberal takes. Though, I will say, maybe where you are the liberals are this backwards, but in the US—I mean…they still got some stupid statist takes, but I would strike a few of these. Liberals were mostly supportive. In fact, the George Floyd protests radicalized some liberals I know.

They are still scared statists at heart, but I think a lot more of these are conservative takes than liberal takes. US Liberals are more the “ease off the gas” crowd and the “if you care so much, vote” crowd. Not so much the “protesters are mad they lost the election” and “police repression is A-OK” crowd.