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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Over the weekend, I ran into a middle-aged AA man outside a neighborhood store that had been vandalized the night before. He was angry and upset by both the police brutality and the vandalism. And he supported the protestors. But I suppose you would say he couldn’t possibly hold all those opinions at the same time?[/quote]

Over the weekend, I ran into an older AA man who said you made up your story.[/quote]

So you believe every AA person believes what you believe and reacts they way you think they should?  [/quote]

Yes of course, PP does. So do many people. This is why we have a problem in America.

I have seen so many people post about how upset they are about the looting. OK. Looting is not good, objectively, but really? 
I have seen  -- honestly, I think don't think I have seen any -- almost no posts about people who have first hand experience at being at a protest the week, for any duration. I get why you wouldn't go due to COVID, I get that. It is risky, but meaningful to many.

I think DCUM is unfortunately filled with more people who live .25 - 3 miles from the looted areas (which were a lot of places) and got real real nervous the past few nights as a CVS within an 8 minute walk of their house got looted. I think people decided that affected them more than the whole situation with systemic violence against black people. Because it does, actually. Their neighborhood CVS, where they buy a late night pint of Ben and Jerry's and paper towels and that cheap $19.99 anti-aging cream that works really well, being boarded up and closed for a while, and the fear that surrounds that, is more impactful to them than what the protests are all about. So that's what they shout about.

Feeling that is uncomfortable, but not doing anything about it to snap out of that frame and address the empathetic view is more detrimental. And guess what? It will lead to more looting. [/quote]

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