I disagree with many of Chait’s conclusions here but Civis Analytics’ treatment of David Shor for sharing an empirical analysis that shows riots tend to push voters to the right is absolutely ridiculoushttps://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/06/case-for-liberalism-tom-cotton-new-york-times-james-bennet.html …
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White people are more progressive on race than they were in the 1960s. That’s really the difference.
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That's the big difference and also Black Lives Matter has done amazing work changing the discourse so when the crisis broke people were ready to shift.
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Yes, and I've written about that, but those demonstrations were successfully framed by the cops as violent. And in any case, this wasn't true of the civil rights movement, where the violent suppression of nonviolent protest was key to earning public support for the movement.
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Cops were also pretty brutal at the protests sparked by Ferguson
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Fun fact: the Montreal police sent a delegation to Chicago in 1969 to get riot training.
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No social media and no phones in 1968. You can head over to Fox News to see what the mainstream narrative would probably have been today as well without phones and social media bringing the nationwide onslaught of police brutality to everyone's attention.
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There was plenty of coverage of the cops' brutality at the 1968 Dem Convention - everyone saw what happened. That's why the protesters chanted, "The whole world is watching!" - because it was. The public still supported the cops.
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@DanRather was on of the reporters assaulted on camera by cops in Chicago during the riots in 1968. I'd bet he can add perspective here re: what's difference and any so-called white backlash, if he has the time and inclination to do so.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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