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>>laurex+(OP)
I had been heartened by the right's recent upswing in fierce support for the first amendment, but unfortunately I've seen little of that support during the protests as freedom of assembly and freedom of the press have been attacked. For example Rand Paul has not tweeted in a week. Sadly, as always, these kind of principled arguments, on both sides, are a sham to advance whatever the partisan battle of the week is.

>>bosswi+V7
>I had been heartened by the right's recent upswing in fierce support for the first amendment, but unfortunately I've seen little of that support during the protests

You do see a difference in the protests, right? The protests against lockdowns didn't include looting, arson, rape, murder, and multiple murdered police.

Here, have a small sample,

Black pawn shop employee murdered by looters for TVs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhG0v9pDycM

"You said black lives matter.. look what you did to my store"

https://mobile.twitter.com/Mus1yMustafa/status/1267874483840...

Destroying store and beating unarmed woman and her husband

https://streamable.com/rvrwil

Restaurant manager beaten and stomped for trying to defend his workplace

https://streamable.com/ila4dh

Stopping, beating and stomping a truck driver while protesters yell to kill him

https://streamable.com/8zk9dq

Protesters attack a media member and then pummel him

https://streamable.com/p4i3jb

Police officer beaten on the streets

https://streamable.com/je4ki5

Car runs over a cop

https://streamable.com/q4nat7

Protesters set homeless man’s belongings on fire

https://streamable.com/sdjvfa

Throwing fireworks at the cops

https://streamable.com/7sv4a9

Chasing and beating guy with red had

https://streamable.com/rcsmi0

I can keep going. It is utterly dispicable. There's a long long list of videos with these "peaceful protestors" in action. Everyone has a camera, and all of this is available for you to see, if you only choose to see it.

>>panny+xI1
> Protesters set homeless man’s belongings on fire

This was staged by infowars. I cannot be arsed to look at all of your videos.

The right wing lockdown protests had a strong smell of AstroTurf about them:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/21/us/politics/coronavirus-p...

>>pbourk+5T1
>I cannot be arsed to look at all your videos

Oh well, I guess black lives don't actually matter to you then, because the video I lead with is a real black man who really died.

https://fox6now.com/2020/06/02/police-retired-st-louis-polic...

>>panny+dX1
I have seen the video in question. It’s tragic.

You neglect the hundreds of thousands of people who turned up in peaceful protests around the world over the last week. These people are seeking positive change within their communities.

Your attempt to mine a simplistic “protests bad” narrative from a complex event is done in bad faith.