Thread by @PeterMcCormack

Analysis of the US riots requires nuance:
- How another police murder sparked this
- Peaceful v violent protests
- Why violence happens
- Police engagement v batons/rubber bullets
- How MSM stoking flames
- Infiltration by groups such as Antifa

A big job for anyone who tries.

Looting is a great example, it is rightfully being condemned, but it is important to understand why it happens.

It happened in Hong Kong despite the world widely supporting those protests.

Why is the scale of looting in US riots so much higher?

asiatimes.com/2019/10/more-l…

While violence, riots, vehicle destruction and burning down of properties is awful. Again, violent uprisings have happened throughout history.

It is naive to ignore that change has come with violent uprisings, whatever you feel about them.

time.com/3951282/riot-v…

Anyway, a massive job for anyone wanting to attempt to make sense of all of this.

My own view is that there is growing anger at the state and authority, magnified following lockdowns and 40m losing their jobs, infiltrated by opportunities and idiots.

Plenty of other strands:
- Role of Agent Provocateurs and how influential?
- Is this election-related?
- Why is the press being attacked and arrested?

I doubt anyone could come to an accurate conclusion as to why this is happening, just many contributing factors.

The risk of MSM analysis is that it becomes politically motivated and panders to its audience.

How has the United States become so divided?
- Is it identity politics?
- Is it media?
- Is it government corruption?
- Is it police brutality?
- Is it rampant capitalism (haves v have nots)
- Is it all of this?
- Is it other things?