Posted on 05/28/2020 10:23:46 PM PDT by Trump20162020
The recent spate of protests against police brutality have changed the way the left thinks about rioting. The old liberal idea, which distinguished between peaceful protests (good) and rioting (bad), has given way to a more radical analysis. “Riots work,” insists George Ciccariello-Maher in Salon. “But despite the obviousness of the point, an entire chorus of media, police, and self-appointed community leaders continue to try to convince us otherwise, hammering into our heads a narrative of a nonviolence that has never worked on its own, based on a mythical understanding of the Civil Rights Movement.” Vox’s German Lopez, while acknowledging the downside of random violence, argues, “Riots can lead to real, substantial change.” In Rolling Stone, Jesse Myerson asserts, “the historical pedigree of property destruction as a tactic of resistance is long and frequently effective.” Darlena Cunha, writing in Time, asks, “Is rioting so wrong?” and proceeds to answer her own question in the negative.
But the question is not whether rioting ever yields a productive response, but whether it does so in general. Omar Wasow, an assistant professor at the department of politics at Princeton, has published a timely new paper studying this very question. And his answer is clear: Riots on the whole provoke a hostile right-wing response. They generate attention, all right, but the wrong kind.
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“LA Riots in 1992?”
I specifically remember President Bush saying that he will dump BILLIONS into Los Angeles (and maybe other cities), while the rioting was going on.
It worked there.
I guess I’m saying that it worked for the rioters then...Bush was too much of a wimp to capitalize on it. Also, I agree with the other guy, the rioting stayed in Los Angeles, where the beating happened. When cities having nothing to do with the rioting burn, that starts to annoy people.
The discontent brought on by President Bush breaking his "no new taxes" promise combined with the massive tax increase pushed through California's legislature by RINO governor Petie Wilson outweighed any benefits conservatives would have gotten from public outrage over the riots.
Remember all the democrat instigated riots during the 2016 primaries and election? After the one in California, the dems called off their riots, because they realized that they were actually increasing the support for Trump.
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There are a number of effects at play though.
1960: Macomb 63-37 D, Oakland 54-45 R, Washtenaw 61-39 R
1964: Macomb 75-25 D, Oakland 61-38 D, Washtenaw 62-38 D
1968: Macomb 55-30 D, Oakland 45-45 R, Washtenaw 47-43 R
1972: Macomb 63-35 R, Oakland 64-34 R, Washtenaw 52-47 D
1976: Macomb 51-47 R, Oakland 59-40 R, Washtenaw 51-46 R
2016: Macomb 54-42 R, Oakland 51-43 D, Washtenaw 68-27 D
It appears U of M started tilting left around 1972, and has gotten worse ever since. The Kennedy assassination, Vietnam, Ford’s favorite son status....there are so many variables, you’ll see what you want to see.
I appreciate your insights based on experience. Thank you.
Thanks, Reeses, I think you’re right. I happily moved far away from Detroit in 1969.
(And away from CA six years ago.)
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