RIOTING IN THE UNITED STATES

[sally]

Hands down, mask up!

As far as I can tell, those Mockers view all protesters are rioters. They have a mindset regarding it much in the same way they did when Colin and so many others were kneeling. No matter how many times they were told it was to bring attention to social injustice they continued to say, uh uh, they disrespectin' da flag. They wanted it to be what THEY wanted rather than what is was, and is, about.

They're not all violent protests. 

They're not all peaceful protests,  either. 

Cops have no way of knowing what type of protest it's going to be,   hence the tear gassing and trying to disband the protesters. 

All it takes is 1 person to incite violence,  then a few more say 'what the hell,  why not?', and before you know it,  everyone jumps on the bandwagon and half the city is destroyed. 

Now,  everyone looks bad.  The protesters all look violent,   the cops all look militaristic,  and nobody seems to care about the kids who are crying whilst watching their city burn to the ground.

Everybody loses in these situations.

That's pretty much common sense, but no one seems to have much of it anymore.