This comment made my day, just felt it was something more people should see. Thank you, @ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net

https://hexbear.net/comment/4673355

  • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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    8 months ago

    It didn't turn out to be radical but it was the most radical thing a lot of us have experienced in our lifetime. A police station got burned to the ground. Giant crowds of people blocking bridges.

    It did at least accomplish the goal of cops becoming national villains. Their ranks have thinned at least cool-zone

    • anarchoilluminati [comrade/them]
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      8 months ago

      That's true. I mean, a lot of people who participated in 2020-BLM were too young for either Occupy or 2012-BLM so it makes sense as a matter of course.

      But, other than the burning of a police station (che-smile), as far as I can remember all those things were done many times in both Occupy and 2012-BLM too despite the presence of libs. Libs do sometimes like to riot porn as a phase of youthful indiscretion.

      BLM 2020 ranged. I also remember events with the police to prove they weren't ACAB but just wanted police reforms and an end to racial brutality in particular. There was also one video I saw of a large group tackling and dragging someone in Black Bloc and handing them over to cops to appear to maintain civil, peaceful protest which really left me speechless.