Post-Mortem on the Baltimore Riots

[jordan179]

IntroductionThe Baltimore riots are over.  The burnt wreckage of what had been the homes and businesses and vehicles of innocent human beings has cooled down.  Victims of cruel, random and racist beatings by the mob are beginning the long process of recovory from their injuries.  Many of the victims' dreams have been destroyed; in some cases the

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[bookplayer]

The distinction between the protesters and the rioters is even more clear when you look into it: Monday's riots were kicked off by a group of school kids who were circulating an advertisement for it on social media, intending to take advantage of the political climate to reenact the movie "The Purge." (This is what the Sun was reporting on Monday night, at least

[jordan179]

Oh, note: I never said that there was anything wrong with the protestors,and I do not think that the protests were wrong. People do have the right to lawfully assemble and express their opinions. The protest was completely legitimate, and there's no evidence that the protestors were rioting.

[gremy]

Blacks definitely have a classic case of Stockholm Syndrome with regards to their voting habits.

[jordan179]

The thing that amazes me is that, after the Democrats oppressed them for a hundred and fifty years, while the Republicans achieved Abolition and the Civil Rights Acts of 1964, American blacks suddenly decided that the Democrats were their best friends and voted for them regularly from the 1970's on. This is despite the fact that the Democrats' racial policies have been utterly-disastrous to black America.

[xiphias]

Do you really not remember the Goldwater shift, and the Nixon Southern Strategy, along with the rise of the Kennedys?

[jordan179]

I also remember that the Democrats kept some of the worst white supremacists in their party, including the infamous Robert K. Byrd. And consistently supported black leaders who made blacks look clownish and inferior, such as Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton.

[little_e_]

Very thoughtful and well-written.
The Baltimore mayor was only incompetent if you assume her goal was to contain/stop/prevent the riots. I doubt this was.

That said, I would not be surprised if it were just incompetence.

[jordan179]

I don't see how the riots helped her political career, or how she might have thought it was going to help her political career, so I think what she was doing was trying to be or at least seem "enlightened" by letting the rioters "vent their rage." Mayor Dinkins of New York made similar mistakes in Crown Heights 1991 and Washington Heights 1992, which ended his political career. And modern Democrats tend not to learn from the mistakes of their predecessors: they have an almost-religious faith in the "correct" way to do things.

[little_e_]

Rioters vote, too.

New York is a quarter black (and that % is unlikely to grow much because of falling black birthrates in the city;) whereas Baltimore is close to half black and likely to become much blacker as the remaining non-blacks vacate the area. Long-term, there are a lot of people in Baltimore who will vote for her--or any black candidate on the Dem ticket.

Also, sometimes people have objectives besides their careers. Like supporting their own ethnic group against another ethnic group.

[jordan179]

Are most blacks really so dim that they don't see that allowing riots in their city or state is bad for them as well, especially as most of the property damage in this riot was to black homes and black-owned or operated businesses?

[little_e_]

PS: Any recommended sources for further reading on riot tourists?

[allaboutweather]

You took the words right out of my mouth Jordan. I totally agree with your post.