the SF statue coverage is so lopsided
protesters were there for Junipero Serra, they brought him down first, then turned to Francis Scott Key & Grant for being slaveowners
but almost all outlets are talking about Grant as the focus, except @rachelswan b/c she bothered to call
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Tbh, seems like a strategic error of the organizers. *ducks*
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In fairness, a mob does not do analysis, and does not execute on strategy It's a big dumb mob
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No it’s not. I know you can’t control everyone and maybe in this case they couldn’t control a splinter group. But there are certain very obvious right wing media traps that are avoidable w foresight.
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Sure, you can build a mob with slightly more discipline, but if you're doing that, you might as well skip it all and go directly to a highly-disciplined terrorist cell
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Aside from an initial few days of chaos, we’ve had weeks of organized peaceful protest throughout the country.
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