Even if "only for the election", nobody pays for political advertisements when an election isn't near. The disinformation problem won't go away in 2024.
Funnily enough, the CIA overthrew Iran's democratically elected government in 1953, only to sanction them when they are not willing to be US's pawns anymore.
I believe that various examples of this and numerous people being killed invalidates the claim that the national guard shouldn't be on the street with clear curfews to protect life.
I agree that it is a dangerous situation and also want to protect lives and the rights of citizens.
Are safety and the right to peacefully assemble so at odds?
The national guard protecting the lives and rights of its citizens is a far cry from being dominated as a part of a battle space.
If we consider that there may be substance to other viewpoints as opposed to only opposition to our own we could work at addressing some of the root or common goals instead of focusing on division.
Why don’t states and or citizens feel comfortable utilizing the national guard?
Is it reasonable to fear an escalation which may place the American people and their constitutional rights in jeopardy?
Are there approaches that would deescalate the situation that should be favored over those which risk even greater division (in particular between the citizens and the military )?
So do you advocate for the means by which peaceful protestors (and press) have been dealt with after curfew? Is assault a reasonable response to curfew breaking?
Looters should be assaulted instead of arrested? Where is the due process?
People have been assaulted on their own porches, is any of this resolving the situation or escalating it at the cost of the rights and well being of the citizenry?
It is concerning. It's also an incomplete narrative.
The protests are grounded in legitimate grievances, and engaging in public protest is a core right of the citizenry.
The violence effectively delegitimizes these protests in the eyes of millions of fellow citizens. I'm guessing that you may be one of them.
There are serious systemic issues with policing in America and if one only focuses on the bad actors on the "opposing side" then there is no dialog, only opposing monologues.
Peaceful protest is peaceful protest. It's a democratic right and always legitimate.
Failing to properly report the scale of violence and looting whilst simultaneously questioning the legitimacy of the response to it though exposes the media narrative for what it is, not objective.
I'm sorry but I don't believe that you are engaging in good faith. If you are serious about discussing this I can answer your question, but from your comment history and your new account I don't see any value in even trying.
This article makes sense in the absence of proper national reporting on the level of looting and rioting. For those that have seen it first hand, the national guard on the streets is a relief.
i can show lots of cherry picked examples of national guard making bad decisions too, what is your point?
also the man in the linked video wasn't very smart, he took a bat to a fight(with an angry mob) severely outnumbered... thats poor tactical decision making. Sometimes the best answer is to sit back and watch it all go down, and make the insurance claim.
