"Looting is Wrong"

[Triana]

[ileus]

1. So looting is right...

[Triana]

2. No. But blazing hypocrisy is also wrong. Perhaps even moreso. n/t

[ileus]

8. So what if Native Americans say looting is wrong?

[nomorenomore08]

16. It's not about "right" or "wrong." Destruction of property in general is certainly not a moral good.

What the OP is really about (IMO) is putting things in their proper perspective.

[nomorenomore08]

15. And murder is also *far* worse than theft. n/t

[LostInAnomie]

6. +1

[jimlup]

22. No but property is an illusion of the system we live under

In some sense I think these situations help us to see the true face of the assumptions that we live under which are built into our psyche at a very young age.

Property is a way of maintaining the class structure in our society. That is its sole purpose.

[Logical]

3. Looting is NOT protesting. It is stealing. nt

[Triana]

4. . . .

[Logical]

5. You OP is lame. Makes no sense. Try again. nt

[LostInAnomie]

7. Man, I can't believe all those peaceful protesters did all that!

Who knew all that peaceful marching was just a smokescreen to steal land, labor, and resources from poor countries?

The things you learn from twitter.

[Recursion]

9. "Corruption keeps us safe and warm"

[nomorenomore08]

17. +1

[Quantess]

10. Looting is a good idea

because breaking into stores to take stuff shows how sincerely you care about racial profiling and police brutality.

Very compelling.

[ileus]

12. If only I could Loot a Bass Pro Shop.

I'd be happy with a buggy of plastics for next fishing season.

[Quantess]

20. I'd go for a shoe store and a liquor store.

Then I'd wear the shoes around town snd tell people the shoes are dedicated to the memory of Michael Brown (very moving). The liquor is just to occasionally toast to his memory. Very sincere!

Just doing my part to stop police brutality and racial profiling!

[chrisa]

11. An insipid and completely ridiculous point.

Once again, another person reaches into the magic bag of historical cherry-picking to try and justify behavior that shouldn't be justified. How much do you want to bet that this person's computer was built by "poor countries" and that it is powered by "stolen resources?"

[ileus]

13. Well now it's being used for the greater good so that would be okay.

[Triana]

14. "justifying" looting, or pointing out rank hypocrisy that's equally unjustified?

You decided it's the former. I think it's the latter.

[chrisa]

19. This tweet is finding hypocrisy where there is none. Looting is universally wrong and deplorable.

It's even worse when infiltrators go to a peaceful protest and hijack it for the purpose of looting and destruction. By that same logic, should nobody in the US point out how bad it is to murder someone because the US murdered Native Americans in the past? The whole concept here is complete nonsense.

[LawDeeDah]

18. I like. But of course this will be misunderstood

and you'll get hammered for posting it.

[brooklynite]

21. I'm sure Natalie Dubois, whose bakery was looted, feels appropriately chastened...

Who should she make restitution to?