the dissonance
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"the cops are lying about outside agitators, make no mistake the violence is being caused by local black people who have had enough, and it's completely justified"
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"the violence is being caused and exacerbated by fascist white nationalists, trying to make the peaceful black protesters look bad because of course the escalation is awful and shouldn't be condoned"
pick one
It is simple:
They want violence (or at leas incite it) but they don’t want to feel excluded from the actual protesters. Violence is okay as long is not made by “outside groups” and is about the issue at hand (police brutality).
They want to see society approve violence “For a good cause” and be recognized for being “in the right side”. They don’t violence being disassociated from this cause or, worse, talked about it like being in the wrong. That’s why they react so badly when a celebrity, reporters or politicians criticizing violence or downplay it, while regular people outside of theIt social media sphere of influence are okay if they support the protests but not the violence.
That’s why they are buying the brand stuff so easy, as long the Corp is telling them what they want to hear and is not in their shit list, is okay and even some sort of proud achievement of slacktivism.
