• ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works
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    15 days ago

    Insured property damage just wasn’t the purpose or intent of BLM. Illustrating it as such works just as much towards misinformation as the offending meme, if not more.

    • mechoman444@lemmy.world
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      15 days ago

      It most certainly does. It demonstrates just how gargantuan these protests were. They resulted in the most costly protest-related property damage in American history.

      And no, it is not misinformation. It is an objectively verifiable fact.

      If people cannot comprehend the significance of $2 billion, there is not much I can do about that. That is a failure of our educational system, which is an entirely different issue in and of itself.

      But downplaying the damage is disingenuous at best and outright pandering at worst.