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Amen.
I hope you’re right.
"The protests were a necessary inconvenience." Yeah you're right. Who needed #BLM anyway? Far far better for it to have been hijacked by young white punks who think anarchy is something to take seriously. Of course, if we had real anarchy they'd be the first to get shot. "Sorry if they negatively impacted your way of life." Keep telling yourself that what you did was relevant or important or somehow only an inconvenience to privileged latte-drinking boomers. It was just a blip. A momentary howl that any psychologist could have predicted given the socioeconomic conditions of the time. Now that woman in Sweden who started protesting climate change when times were good? That's courage.