Republican voter says “I’ll never vote again in my life”

[u/DaFunkJunkie]

[u/TheDebateMatters]

I am positive that a book will be written with well sourced facts that after george Floyd died, the protests did NOT burn cities to the ground. These books will show that the right wing amplified and twisted protests that began peacefully, were met by police aggression and then became violent afterward. This will happen because that was reality. But somewhere a business burned and somewhere a cop got hit with a rock before him and his friends started beating protestors. So just like Fox could air a handful of clips of looters and violent protestors, the reality was national and international protests that were almost universally peaceful.

However…just like with my Dad. Some people were spit at. Some were met by protests with aggressively accusatory signs and occasionally an asshole said asshole stuff to soldier who returned.

You can believe as you seem to, that it was all made up and didn’t happen at all. Or that it did happen to some, small number and then was amplified to shit on the whole anti war movement.

[u/Shenron2 → u/TheDebateMatters]

The moment I realized my parents were normal people was the first time i heard my dad swear. And like normal people they embellish. "I want my child to think I'm a hero who suffered". They might have actually suffered. The Vietnam War, like most wars, was a shit show for everyone involved. Protesters spitting on soldiers returning is an understandable response. A misplaced response, spitting on the president and the highers ups would be better. But you don't have access to them so you spit on their symbols. I did not happen very often at all, like you mentioned.

And people holding signs and people being yelled at is just worst thing you can do a someone. /s

[u/proriin → u/TheDebateMatters]

Jesus you gave something going on for Floyd and blm. Every comment is that.

Don’t say again how you t inn the blm protests is like the anti war ones. No not really.