“Fetishizing distinctions between violence and nonviolence can lead to the indulgence of rhetoric about ‘good’ and ‘bad’ protesters, where ‘peaceful’ protesters are celebrated and ‘violent’ protesters–for example, those who engage in property destruction that disrupts profit–are viewed as disposable and disreputable, And when they refer to ‘peaceful protest,’ they are talking about cooperative protest that obediently stays within the lines drawn by the state. This licenses people to care about the cause being protested without caring about what happens to the ‘bad’ protesters. For example, even as significant numbers of people supported the uprisings following the racist murder of George Floyd, many fewer people vocally defended the rights of protesters who were arrested for acts of property destruction and funneled into the racist carceral system,” ~~ Abdul El-Sayed, the newly minted Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan
Real name:
Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed.
I suspect the press of doing a repeat of the “Hussein” edit from Obama’s name.
I do not want to offend by assuming he actually believes what he just said.
That level of verbal stupidity was worthy of Que Mala Harris.
I’m confused – is this guy talking about the terrible response from the WNBA officials and coaches addressing the recent spate of in-game incidents …
Hate to break it to ya this way Abdul, but I didn’t give a rat’s behind about George Floyd then and don’t give a rat’s behind about him now.
Plan A’s rarely work out but there are still 25 other letters in the alphabet which makes it kind of scary.
Remember 20-odd years ago when people would do a proper fisking and respond to each and every sentence in a post, and explain why that sentence was idiotic? This quote makes me wish we could revive the practice, but it also just sounds exhausting.
Ain’t nobody got no time for dat.
I’d rather fish than fisk.