Destroying property is too violence —
and it’s obscene to say otherwise
by
Rich Lowry
Original Article
Posted By: MissMolly,
6/5/2020 4:43:45 AM
Breaking things and burning buildings is enjoying a vogue it hasn’t had since the late 1960s or early 1970s.
Arson and looting are a perennial feature of urban unrest, but they have been pretty universally condemned for decades now — until the last week or so.
Forced to choose between criticizing the George Floyd protests when they get out of hand and defending the indefensible, activists and writers on the left have been tempted into the latter.
Their inventive, if completely absurd, contention is that the destruction of property doesn’t qualify as violence and, at the end of the day, isn’t such a bad thing, maybe even a salutary thing.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
JayD 6/5/2020 7:10:40 AM (No. 433080)
Going from microagressions and safe spaces all the way to looting and arson not being acts of violence, the contradictions and irrationality of the left are mind-boggling.
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Businesses, large and small, need to change the way they build and protect their buildings. In Florida, after Hurricane Andrew, the building codes were upgraded and the difference has been remarkable. With just a little redesign, roll-down steel doors for storefronts, impact exterior doors/windows and roof systems can be made almost impenetrable and fireproof. I know this won't stop all rioting but the aftermath and damage would be greatly reduced. As, a home builder, I first thought the new codes would make homeownership too expensive, but that was not the case.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
HotRod 6/5/2020 9:18:50 AM (No. 433213)
Also, #2, the governor and almost all the Sheriffs have our backs. We can protect our property and lives.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 6/5/2020 10:10:15 AM (No. 433289)
Whenever someone says the support the 'right to riot', ask them if they would still support the right to riot if they were on the receiving end, and they were being beaten, robbed, and had all their belongings set on fire. They cannot have it both ways.
I have relatives that are out protesting, and would very much like to know where they stand. How many of those protesters turn into rioters? Its something I would never do or support. I would not feel safe around the other protesters. I would not feel safe under the watchful eyes of the police. Especially if they decide to move on the protesters.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
bighambone 6/5/2020 10:10:32 AM (No. 433290)
Since commercial property insurance generally will not cover so-called urban unrest and rioting, even if perpetrated by fashionably favored inner city Black folks, who keep incompetent leftist and liberal Democrat local and state politicians in political power, as both entities politicians and criminals, claim that they are just working for “social” change, by burning out, looting businesses, and destroying the business owner’s livelihoods. Common sense will tell you that a lot of the currently burned out and looted businesses many of who served low income and Black communities will not be coming back, as who would want to rebuild a business in a ridiculously led political entity where they can’t get insurance to cover future such loses that history has shown could happen again at anytime?
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
DVC 6/5/2020 11:58:49 AM (No. 433416)
A lot of people's dreams and futures burned up in these antifa riots. And their insurance is unlikely to pay off for "civil commotion" or "looting" unless that is specifically covered in the policy. Many policies, especially the more affordable ones, have an exemption for these type events.
Some will get a payout, some will not. How many will rebuild in the same location? My bet is very, very few will want to risk this all over again and even if they have cash in hand, will move somewhere else. And will their particular business model work "somewhere else"?
This is extremely hard on our small business owners, and this talk that "merely" protecting property is unimportant, is very, very wrong.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
JimBob 6/5/2020 11:18:26 PM (No. 434063)
Recall that ESPN writer who was all FOR the Rioters as a brand-new millions-of-dollar apartment building- still under constructions- for modest income people went up in flames.
Suddenly, he started Singing a Different Tune when the rioters approached HIS Gated Community!
Riots and Burning for THEE, but NOT for ME!
Two-faced Leftist Hypocrite!
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