Re:Why is there no theory of the just riot? (2021)
by klyrs on Friday January 28, 2022 @12:30PM
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I don't think anybody is defending the legitimacy of rioting, are they? The MLK quote is an examination of the rioters' motivation and state of mind.
Re:Why is there no theory of the just riot? (2021)
by dangerface on Saturday January 29, 2022 @07:50AM
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The topic being discussed is whether there is a legitimate defense of rioting and plenty of people feel like it is. For example if the police abuse their powers its just for citizens to riot against the police smashing police cars and throwing bricks at police stations / cameras. Its very easy to justify the legitimacy of this as you are directly disrupting the ability for the police to operate freely.
Looting another citizen is much harder to justify the legitimacy of, disguising looting as rioting makes it easier to do so.
This sentence is particularly egregious.
To see MLK just come straight out and say black people don't target institutions because they don't care about changing them kind of defeats any legitimate argument for rioting.
The problem with the MLK quote is that he is just confirming what every racist white person thinks, institutional racism isn't a thing black people just want free shit and are willing to resort to violence to get it.