• Nightwingdragon@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Fair points. I will admit that I didn’t look at or for every single livestream that was out there. But of all the livestreams I did view, I either saw absolutely nothing at all, a couple of skirmishes that barely qualified as drunken bar fights, and some minor looting. I did not see a single piece of footage that would justify calling in the national guard, and if there is footage out there of riots of the scale that would justify it, Trump would be touting it all over social media in order to make his case.

    • WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 days ago

      I’m completely with you—the response from the government is unjustified, especially against citizens.

      I’m reminded of BLM—some areas were very safe and festive while others were more intense. I’m sure the visual looks very different block to block. I saw other live streamers who encountered no violence—LordHito’s just told a different story, and that was largely because he was intentionally looking for trouble.

      That said, hearing him get a donation to play the Star Wars Imperial March loudly while the cops advanced was something I’ll never forget.