Odd how the writer doesn’t seem to understand what “riot” means. Obviously the biker incident wasn’t a riot. Is this even debatable? The writer’s craving for moral equivalence doesn’t mean that we just toss the meaning of words out the window.
I actually do find the biker incident fairly disturbing — the fact that you could have that kind of violence at a Hooters by the mall. But guess what? It’s not part of a pattern. Which is why there’s no “national freakout” over it.
And of course the writer ignores the most obvious bit of reality, which is that perceptions of black lawlessness are supported by the crime statistics and therefore neither racist nor irrational. Again, it’s the pattern thing.
Comrade, Ruth Bader Ginsberg has not yet issued her diktat on marriage. Certain curtailment of the right to political opposition is an unavoidable concomitant of transitional periods. Efficient implementation of government planning requires collective action and conformity of opinion.
Cordially,