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What a wildly privileged take. I can think of one time where it worked really well, somewhere is Boston, I believe Tea may have been involved.

Tom Nichols@radiofreetom.bsky.social

I guess no one’s ever going to learn the lesson that rioting in the streets almost always benefits the right wing in American politics. Save me your speeches about Watts. It’s been almost a perfect record since 1968.

Exactly. You call the Boston Tea Party a “carefully planned action,” but when similar tactics are used today, they’re called “riots.” That word is loaded. It’s about framing, not facts. The Tea Party was protest. So are many of the events people rush to condemn now.