This needs to be read(understood) by people. Good piece, but these are not rational people or historically astute actions or thoughts on the part of many of the mobs.
Grace. . .
Hi Hal, You were able to leave a comment and I missed it. Sorry it took so long to get approved.
Looting is rational, if opportunistic and self serving. Arson as part of riot is often meant to send a message in visual form. Some reporters tried to explain the arson as rational by saying the fires were lit to hide the evidence that could be used against the looters. Arson is an effective (even if sub-rational) way to gain people’s attention and in effect counter the supremacy image of the knee on the neck.
Hal
June 3, 2020 10:37 amThis needs to be read(understood) by people. Good piece, but these are not rational people or historically astute actions or thoughts on the part of many of the mobs.
Grace. . .
Mark
June 3, 2020 3:43 pmHi Hal, You were able to leave a comment and I missed it. Sorry it took so long to get approved.
Looting is rational, if opportunistic and self serving. Arson as part of riot is often meant to send a message in visual form. Some reporters tried to explain the arson as rational by saying the fires were lit to hide the evidence that could be used against the looters. Arson is an effective (even if sub-rational) way to gain people’s attention and in effect counter the supremacy image of the knee on the neck.