IMO it’s more nuanced than that. Has he actually claimed anything about cracking skulls
Walz sent in the National Guard and Dems in general have been cheerleading cops, even having one speak at the DNC (but no Palestinians). There is actually less nuance, it’s just full-blown support for state violence against protesters against racial oppression and genocide.
I don’t think it’s bad to respond to someone yelling “he did nothing!” with “actually I did”.
I do because the thing that was done was bad and should not be supported. Here’s another parallel: remember how Dems were shedding crocodile tears for kids in cages under Trump? Imagine if they criticized Biden for not doing "enough " at the border and I stead Dems said, “actually we kept the detention centers and ramped up illegal deportations for asylum seekers and tried to push through a harsh border bill but the GOP voted against it!” Oh wait they also did that. Would, “actually I did put kids in cages” seem like a good gotcha?
What do you think he did wrong vs what principles?
Who? Walz? He called in the national guard to shut down BLM protests, is part of the Pro-cop Dem reactionary movement, and is now complicit in the genocide of Gaza. I don’t expect him to have principals, he is a cynical political animal like his peers.
I expect the people that had Black Lives Matter signs in their windows and a shred of sympathy for Palestinian kids to recognize the inconsistency when it is pointed out and, maybe some day, develop a coherent political understanding.
There is actually less nuance, it’s just full-blown support for state violence against protesters against racial oppression and genocide.
Do you live in the Twin Cities? I remember the National Guard coming in well. What exactly did they do that you find objectionable? I’m not claiming that everything was peachy, but calling what happened “state violence against protesters against racial oppression and genocide” is easy to do on the internet where words don’t matter.
You’ve got a lot of tangents in your comment that aren’t really related to Walz, but comparing what happened with the MN National Guard to what’s happening in Palestine is absurd. I’d expect someone from hexbear to realize how fucked up it is to trivialize that genocide.
Do you live in the Twin Cities?
I don’t reveal my location because snitches lead to terrorism against folks like myself that struggle for liberation.
I remember the National Guard coming in well. What exactly did they do that you find objectionable?
Aside from shutting down the George Floyd protests with tear gas and rubber bullets, beating people, and coordinating with cops to “clear the streets”, detain journalists, and make mass arrests? The use of state patrol officers? The curfews?
Are you unfamiliar with these things? You sound like you don’t understand the connection between the deployment of the national guard, the state patrol, curfews, etc and shutting down the George Floyd protests. I ask because you have appealed to your alleged personal recollection and presumed location.
I’m not claiming that everything was peachy, but calling what happened “state violence against protesters against racial oppression and genocide” is easy to do on the internet where words don’t matter.
What happened in Minnesota re: George Floyd protests was state violence against protesters against racial oppression. State violence against protesters against the genocide in Gaza is ongoing.
Personally, I think words do matter, but you are free to expound on your postmodern nihilist philosophy.
You’ve got a lot of tangents in your comment that aren’t really related to Walz
Such as? If there are a lot I would have expected you to name at least one.
but comparing what happened with the MN National Guard to what’s happening in Palestine is absurd.
I didn’t compare those things.
I’d expect someone from hexbear to realize how fucked up it is to trivialize that genocide.
Good thing I didn’t do that. However, those eliding Dem politicians’ complicity for the sake of cheerleading election year horse race politics are certainly doing that in their own way.
Words do matter. I suspect you’re not from the area and was sardonically calling you out for hyperbole that you’re repeating on the internet.
I expect the people that had Black Lives Matter signs in their windows and a shred of sympathy for Palestinian kids to recognize the inconsistency when it is pointed out […]
I have no idea how you’re not comparing those two, but trying to argue what you meant is pointless. It certainly looks like you’re trivializing actual genocide by mentioning it at all in this context.
Such as? If there are a lot I would have expected you to name at least one.
Whatever Dems in general are up to. I’m just saying I’m not interested in arguing about any of that, regardless of how much I agree with you or not.
I don’t think we’re going to convince each other on the issue over the internet, but IMO you have a marginally less black-and-white view of what happened than the Fall of Minneapolis people. If you insist on saying that the situation was black, then you’re wrong. It wasn’t white either, but that’s just because your worldview can’t handle the nuance. As one example of the nuance, yes journalists got arrested, but that was not with Walz’s approval:
Following the arrest of a CNN crew on live television by police on Friday, an apologetic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz promised that journalists would not be interfered with in reporting on violent protests following the death of George Floyd. […] At a later news conference, Walz said that “I take full responsibility. There is absolutely no reason something like that should happen … This is a very public apology to that team.”
I’m not saying he was perfect, but I would go so far as to say that I bet you wouldn’t have done better in his shoes.
