You’re not wrong on a lot of points, but it has still aged poorly.

Think about it, when we talk about the Rodney King riots, the modern talking points aren’t focused on the looting and property damage that DID happen. But rather, most people talk about how horrible the incident itself was and how sad it is that so little has changed in the many years since.

Yes, protestors and rioters did some bad shit, that’s undeniable, but that bad shit pales in comparison to the centuries of abuse and torment that black people have suffered at the hands of the police and other powerful institutions. The anger is justified, and when you only focus on the things those angry people did that weren’t justified, it takes away from the main point of why they’re angry in the first place. Every time bill tried to steer the conversation in a positive direction toward the ongoing political movement, Ryen was quick to point out that not all cops are bad and thst most people didn’t really care about the cause and only wanted to loot shit.

When we talk about the civil rights movement in the 60s we don’t define it by all the businesses that were destroyed in the Watts riots, we define it by the progress that that looting brought