How left-wing postmodernism works: the word "looting" is criticized more than the act of looting itself. Symbolic interpretation is prioritized over physical reality—all in service of elite political ideology. 
San Francisco 2021: Working-class citizens and shopkeepers get robbed, looted, and beaten in the streets. Elite media engages in elaborate racial accounting and linguistic taboos, all to deny a physical reality that is plain to see.
All summer, we saw videos of mentally ill, drug-addicted black men beating elderly Asian-Americans in the streets; now we see mobs of teenagers looting luxury stores.
The Left retreats to language—"white supremacy," "poverty," "root causes"—rather than confront the problem.
The Left retreats to language—"white supremacy," "poverty," "root causes"—rather than confront the problem.
I directed this documentary about homelessness in San Francisco last year. The logic of the ultra-progressive Left ensures that no progress can be made on social issues until political leaders acknowledge physical reality and confront problems directly.
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