Getting tear gassed for just standing there doing literally nothing at all radicalises anyone. Don't even need to be borderline left, watch how fucking fast even strong liberals change their tune when they actually experience how bad things are.
The problem with the vast majority of them is that they have zero fundamental experience with the state at all beyond their sheltered privilege. When they get exposed beyond that their entire world cracks. I've seen big liberals swing hard really fucking fast when they experience actual violent repression for no good reason whatsoever. They realise everything we say is true and that actually protesters aren't violent and it is the police that instigates it nearly every time. Their whole tune changes.
Getting tear gassed for just standing there doing literally nothing at all radicalises anyone. Don't even need to be borderline left, watch how fucking fast even strong liberals change their tune when they actually experience how bad things are.
The problem with the vast majority of them is that they have zero fundamental experience with the state at all beyond their sheltered privilege. When they get exposed beyond that their entire world cracks. I've seen big liberals swing hard really fucking fast when they experience actual violent repression for no good reason whatsoever. They realise everything we say is true and that actually protesters aren't violent and it is the police that instigates it nearly every time. Their whole tune changes.