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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I agree with Adam on the general point, but it's more complicated than that. The broader public was less supportive of Bull Connor or Tom Clark than they were of the cops in Chicago, even though the former were beating up black protesters, and the latter mostly white ones.
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I think the 1968 police riot at the Democratic convention is where, in a lot of ways, you can see the culture war emerge in full bloom.
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Black Lives Matter may be the most successful Black movement of all time
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