Re: Corona Virus: is it the beginning of the end?
But when they protest, they are still treated like criminals. When they march, when they rally, when they shout. They're too loud. They're a nuisance. They're too angry. They're in the way. They're inconvenient. But they're not criminals. It doesn't stop the public criticizing them, and it doesn't stop the police using rubber bullets, tear gas and riot batons to get their way.
In a perfect, neutral, everything-is-equal world, yes, looting and rioting would be a bad idea, selfish and pointless.
But when you live in a world where all of your other actions can get you treated like a guilty person or a criminal, what else can you do but eventually escalate? Everything else doesn't work.
To be really fucking blunt for a sec? For a lot of these folks, the police are already treating them like criminals, so what's the actual difference? It's not as if law enforcement has needed a probable cause before now. It's not as if they've ever really been held accountable en masse.
Remember, we're agreeing with the idea that harm is being done, and that harm is bad. We agree that it really sucks that this is happening. But if all you do is treat these rioters like criminals, you are ignoring the reason most of them were rioting in the first place.
Also, given that most places had by-laws of large gatherings, should we also treat the so-called haircut protestors like criminals and fine or temporarily jail them all? Because, yeah, good luck with that.
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