People are literally looting businesses and NPR is publishing interviews supporting it. They’re not just interviewing people who support it—the interviewer also supports it. What makes you think these aren’t actual policy proposals?
They may only propose it for deep social-signalling reasons as you say, but that doesn’t mean it’s not actually a proposal. Historically, we’ve seen that people are willing to go through with mass murders.
I was curious what tone changes NPR made between the archived version you linked and the current version. I ran a quick diff:
hand-wringing about looting. → condemnation of looting
bemoaned the property damage → denounced the property damage
“” → Osterweil is a self-described writer, editor and agitator who has been writing about and participating in protests for years. And her book arrives as the continued protests have emerged as a bitter dividing point in the presidential race.
I spoke with Osterweil about this summer’s riots, the common narratives surrounding looting, and why “nonviolence” can be a misleading term. → I spoke with Osterweil
Now, as protests and riots continue to grip cities, she argues that looting is a powerful tool → Now, as protests and riots continue to grip cities, she stakes out a provocative position: that that looting is a powerful tool
The rioters who smash windows and take items from stores, she says, are engaging in a powerful tactic → The rioters who smash windows and take items from stores, she claims, are engaging in a powerful tactic* new Black and Brown nations → new Black and brown nations
the Civil Rights bill → the civil rights bill
You know, one of the causes of the L.A. riots was a Korean small-business owner murdering 15-year-old Latasha Harlins → You know, one of the causes of the L.A. riots was a Korean small-business owner [killing] 15-year-old Latasha Harlins
People are literally looting businesses and NPR is publishing interviews supporting it. They’re not just interviewing people who support it—the interviewer also supports it. What makes you think these aren’t actual policy proposals?
They may only propose it for deep social-signalling reasons as you say, but that doesn’t mean it’s not actually a proposal. Historically, we’ve seen that people are willing to go through with mass murders.
I was curious what tone changes NPR made between the archived version you linked and the current version. I ran a quick diff:
hand-wringing about looting. → condemnation of looting
bemoaned the property damage → denounced the property damage
“” → Osterweil is a self-described writer, editor and agitator who has been writing about and participating in protests for years. And her book arrives as the continued protests have emerged as a bitter dividing point in the presidential race.
I spoke with Osterweil about this summer’s riots, the common narratives surrounding looting, and why “nonviolence” can be a misleading term. → I spoke with Osterweil
Now, as protests and riots continue to grip cities, she argues that looting is a powerful tool → Now, as protests and riots continue to grip cities, she stakes out a provocative position: that that looting is a powerful tool
The rioters who smash windows and take items from stores, she says, are engaging in a powerful tactic → The rioters who smash windows and take items from stores, she claims, are engaging in a powerful tactic* new Black and Brown nations → new Black and brown nations
the Civil Rights bill → the civil rights bill
You know, one of the causes of the L.A. riots was a Korean small-business owner murdering 15-year-old Latasha Harlins → You know, one of the causes of the L.A. riots was a Korean small-business owner [killing] 15-year-old Latasha Harlins