Peter Gleick

Hey pundits, if you're arguing that it's the protesters fault that Donald Trump is illegally calling out US troops to counter public protests, The Onion is mocking you. Deservedly.

https://theonion.com/protesters-urged-not-to-give-trump-administration-pretext-for-what-it-already-doing/

Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing

LOS ANGELES—Responding to escalating clashes between civilian activists and militarized immigration authorities, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass publicly urged protesters Monday not to give the Trump administration any pretext for what they’re already doing and will keep doing no matter what. “Angelenos—don’t engage in violence and give the administration an excuse to inflict all the […]

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Jun 10 at 12:42amWeb
Show threadclimate voter/radical leftist6d ago
@petergleick nat guard showed up before what little violence there was. Also, looking at this on TV, it seems like an awfully small protest for a city of this size.
Show threadMary Austin VOTED 4 HARRIS!5d ago

@petergleick
There were even pundits railing against people waving Mexican flags. I ranted about that before heading off to an anti-ICE protest, where strangely there were no white pundits present. 🤔

I totally ignore protest criticism from people that useless. When Bernice King says do this/don't do that, we should all listen. But these victim blaming fools who are just hand sitting? Not so much!

Show threadunhammer5d ago
@petergleick Andor S2 should be required viewing before punditing on protests