It seems curious how different media and politicians have been talking about the protests that take place in Minneapolis. They say the protests are produced by left-wing extremists, foreign interference, and even go so far by targetting and blaming Antifa to the point of declaring it as a terrorist organization, all this without evidence.
https://www.dw.com/en/george-floyd-...e-extremist-outsiders-for-violence/a-53642481
- Officials have offered up
little evidence to support their claims that these groups are the primary drivers of violent unrest, with the chaos at the demonstrations making it difficult to verify their identities and motives.
- US President Donald Trump and his administration have solely blamed left-wing extremists and Antifa for prompting violence at the protests — but again,
have not provided evidence.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/su...ns-behind-violent-george-floyd-demonstrations
- Former Obama administration national security adviser Susan Rice bizarrely suggested in a televised interview Sunday that the Russians could be behind the violent nationwide demonstrations following the in-custody death of George Floyd,
although she offered no evidence for the incendiary claim.
But when it comes to protests from other countries, protests that are violent, in which people violate the rights of others for simply thinking different, these people are often called defenders of freedom of expression, human rights and democracy instead, which is quite ironic tbh. What's been going on in Minneapolis shows how much ignorance there is in Trump's politics to not give visibility to a problem as serious as violation of civil rights, but yeah, apparently it's easy to interfere and blame others.
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/26/asia/hong-kong-destruction-support-intl-hnk/index.html
- The airport incident marked one of the defining moments in the protests, which began in June with peaceful mass marches against a now-withdrawn bill that would have allowed extradition to mainland China, among other countries.
It has since spiraled into a broader pro-democracy,
anti-government movement, with protesters laying out five major demands -- only one of which has been met.
- Even more sinister than the destruction itself is "the acceptance from the anti-government people," said Patrick, 26, who also initially supported the demonstrators' right to peaceful protest before the situation escalated. He accused supporters on the sidelines of expressing "
no condemnation" --
meaning they were either scared to speak out against the movement,
or truly believed that violence was right. He said he doesn't know which is worse.
- Standing in sharp contrast on the other side are members of the self-dubbed "silent majority" -- people who oppose the unrest.
They argue that the protesters are spreading chaos and fear across the city,
trashing the economy,
and hurting not just their own cause but everybody caught in the crossfire.
Yes, it's sad to know that this is what "politics" has been turned into