Subj : Re: It's a start
To   : JEFF THIELE
From : Mike Powell
Date : Mon Oct 24 2022 18:59:00

> Compared to the number of peaceful BLM protests, the acts of violence were
> relatively few and involved a small number of individuals in a vastly larger
> group of protesters. The violent people were not members of the BLM
> organization.

I don't think we know that for sure.  It might be more accurate to say that
BLM distanced themselves from those individuals, or doesn't claim them as
members.  I am assuming they did one of those two things, just as Rose City
Antifa did against the "other" "antifa" protesters in Portland.

> In fact the media, and especially the conservative media, focused on the acts
> of violence far more than the larger protests. There were many protests where
> no violence occurred. The "sugarcoating" is a response to that.

Part of the problem here is that the mainstream media would stand in front
of a scene with a fire in the background and try to pass the whole day's
events off as "peaceful."  From what I can tell, many places were like
Louisville... mostly peaceful during the day, mostly not so peaceful once
the Sun went down.

"Mostly not so peaceful" is more likely to get news coverage, conservative
or otherwise, sugarcoated or otherwise.

> A few got out of hand. The same thing has been known to happen in response to
> sporting event outcomes.

Hmmmm... you are not one of those soccer hooligans are you?  :D

> Presumably it went to operating costs and efforts to bring attention to the
> cause. The house-buying story isn't "recent," and one can "purchase" a $1.4
> million home for considerably less than $1.4 million. Most home "purchases"
> are achieved with a down-payment and financed over time.

To get a loan (from a proper lender!) they have to believe that you can pay
the home off.  To get a mortgage on a $1.4 million home, I would have had
to prove I have a *lot* of money and a way to continue earning that money
over the period of the mortgage.

Now, there are/were lenders that didn't do their proper homework and/or fed
on people who were buying more than they could ever afford.  That is what
leads to housing market disasters.


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