Comment by swat535 | Hacker News Reader

Comment by swat535 | Hacker News Reader

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And yet the violent BLM mobs that literally set on fire and looted businesses and shops that had nothing to do with the actual cause were not only not condemned but also glorified and celebrated.

You will not convince me that stealing TVs from target during riots that let to many unjustified injuries and deaths is about seeking justice.

I’m not even American and this was completely obvious.

Please let’s not pretend we don’t have extremism on both sides of the political compass.

I have witness this behaviour on HN many times as well since this website leans overwhelmingly left; try saying anything remotely controversial and watch the downvotes ensue. I intentionally avoid speaking about my own views openly here out of fear of repercussion; especially because many users on this website run businesses and have the power to ruin my career and my livelihood.

If it weren’t for dang, this place would descend to chaos just as well.

I live in NYC and was first-hand there for the BLM protests. Can attest that they were almost unilaterally peaceful from my anecdotal experience. The police were extreme in their responses. I was at Un Sq and ppl in the streets were just chanting "no justice, no peace" (but peacefully doing so, I suppose a bit of irony), and suddenly the police yelled out to disperse. I was off the to the side just to observe a moment of history, and watched ppl obey that order, yet personally got rammed by a police shield and hit with a baton because it just takes a crowd a certain amount of time to move. I was livid and saw police barbarity in action.

There certainly were bad actors. I saw a police van lit on fire. But from what I read in the papers, these were prosecuted and out of staters coming to NY to basically get their rocks off. The overall movement was peaceful.

I watched from my roof as someone rammed a moving van into multiple store fronts. I'm going to stick with my lying eyes.

You watched someone. As in one person. Which the person you are replying to already acknowledged that there were some bad actors however, the movement was largely peaceful.

Saying that you are sticking to your lying eyes is not productive to the conversation when you are responding to someone else with a first person account too.

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