Are the riots about Georgie Floyd or Covid overreach?

PDT Twitter ^ | 05/29/2020 | vg0va3

[vg0va3]

I think this is about more than just George Floyd.

I believe this is what happens when you oppress free people with the heavy hand of the police state with a complete lockdown for 60+ days. It just takes a spark.

Many came out to protest the abuse of government power in the form of the police officer killing George Floyd. That was the match that lit the protest. The rioters are opportunists trying to take advantage of the protester's grievances.

Just a thought.Not an endorsement of the rioters' actions. This is regarding how society will force freedom at some point.

[Paladin2]

It’s all about getting Trump.

[Rurudyne]

They’re about free stuff liberated from stores, just like all the other riots.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Trump’s tweet does not address COVID at all.
This headline is very misleading.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Yup. All about free stuff. They couldn’t care less about George Floyd or his death.

[ClearCase_guy]

I guess I don’t see a virus connection.

I wouldn’t be shocked if George Soros is trying to fund urban riots and a race war to hurt President Trump’s re-election campaign.

Collusion didn’t work, Impeachment didn’t work. Virus didn’t work, Economic crisis didn’t work … we seem to have moved on to race war.

[Texas Eagle]

I believe this is what happens when you oppress free people with the heavy hand of the police state with a complete lockdown for 60+ days. It just takes a spark.

As much as I'd like to agree with that, the question arises: how do you explain previous riots?

The common denominator in all these riots is a predominant demonicRAT "representation" in the city and state in which the riot takes place.

[Political Junkie Too]

Are the rioters locals or Antifa-type "professional" rioters who came into Minneapolis to stoke the flames?

I heard on the Rebecca Mansour show on Sirius XM that the graffiti that the rioters are spraying are the same leftist anti-capitalist symbols that show up in other city riots.

I haven't checked into it myself, but is it possible that this riot is another outsider leftist attempt to swoop in and take advantage of unrest to spread chaos and destruction?

-PJ

[JBW1949]

Exactly!!!!!!

Probably half the rioters, if asked about George Floyd, would answer “Who????”

[JBW1949]

Most likely BOTH....

[CodeToad]

A bunch of people with some money and nothing but time on their hands. Idle hands, and all.

[ResponseAbility]

****when you oppress free people with the heavy hand of the police state with a complete lockdown for 60+ days****

This is a direct result of Covid-19 measures.

[Political Junkie Too]

Most likely BOTH....

And that's what happened in Charlottesville, when locals were protesting with permits the leftist movement to remove Civil War statues from a local neighborhood park.

Outside agitators swooped in, took over the protest, and turned it into a deadly riot, which was later blamed on President Trump for calling out the truth of what happened.

-PJ

[Buckeye McFrog]

Probably half the rioters, if asked about George Floyd, would answer “Who????”

38% said "a heavyweight boxing champion from the 1950's"
23% said "some psychedelic rock band that white people like to listen to"

[Buckeye McFrog]

****when you oppress free people with the heavy hand of the police state with a complete lockdown for 60+ days**** This is a direct result of Covid-19 measures.

Yes I get the point. But, Trump's tweet doesn't say any of that.

[lee martell]

You’re talking apples & oranges here.

[McGruff]

Your title creating skills are at -1. More like a comment.

[cgbg]

One connection is the riots show is to highlight the disadvantage urban brick and mortar stores have to online competitors.

The second and third order consequences are way over the heads of the gimme dat looters.

You want jobs in your neighborhoods?—fuggedaboudit.

[1Old Pro]

Inner city community organizers are constantly on TV complaining when stores move OUT of their cities. I wonder why they move out of poorly run Dem cities?

[ResponseAbility]

Implied in context.