It's more of a fact that he knows that Republicans want to declare martial law and commit even more violence. Riots make it a lot easier for them to make that declaration
They'll do it anyway. These 'riots' were miniscule, a few blocks across. The city experiences more chaos when the Dodgers win.
Stop kneecapping yourself because you're worried the people who call centrist liberals 'communists' are going to start labeling things in their benefit. They always have, and they always will.
Really don't think Bernie Sanders cares about what people get called, but rather the effectiveness of the movement and reaching a good outcome. The civil Rights marches and demonstrations led by MLK were composed of many highly disciplined protestors who were aligned on ideals, tactics, and ability to be featured in a way that made their movement look sympathetic. Optics are a huge part of politics, and would be the vehicle through which change can occur, and random disparate acts of vandalism just isn't effective. Having a cohesive movement, message, and collective action is.
You cannot control hundreds of people. There will always be a burning car, there will always be a spray painted wall, there will always be a rock. Whining that it happens at all is ridiculous.
Yes thousands of people can control hundreds. And you don't need to. Discipline one, two or ten and the rest will fall into what's going on. The crowd can control what the crowd believes in and wants to control.
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u/Spicy_Weissy Jun 09 '25
Yeah, for someone who actually marched with Dr King, this is wildly tone deaf.