If I could gently offer an alternative line of thought in regards to the impact on the election. As a former member of Republicanland I can say emphatically that the violence during the summer of 2020 cost Democrats dearly. Defund the Police was branded on every Democrat to the point they almost lost the House, and Kenosha County, WI has…
If I could gently offer an alternative line of thought in regards to the impact on the election. As a former member of Republicanland I can say emphatically that the violence during the summer of 2020 cost Democrats dearly. Defund the Police was branded on every Democrat to the point they almost lost the House, and Kenosha County, WI has flipped red.
We have enough time and distance until the election, and this is nowhere near summer 2020 levels. But it is a problem and if it is still happening in the fall it could help put Trump back in the White House.
I get your point. But the setting of current protests--on campuses--makes some difference from summer 2020 settings. I think some larger questions might be: how are current clashes similar yet different from summer 2020? Who is benefitting most from scenes of campus chaos? Who benefits from these optics? Who are the good actors? Who are the bad actors? What are the implications that the settings of current clashes are institutions of higher education? Are there other motives to create chaos on university campuses at the present political moment?
If I could gently offer an alternative line of thought in regards to the impact on the election. As a former member of Republicanland I can say emphatically that the violence during the summer of 2020 cost Democrats dearly. Defund the Police was branded on every Democrat to the point they almost lost the House, and Kenosha County, WI has flipped red.
We have enough time and distance until the election, and this is nowhere near summer 2020 levels. But it is a problem and if it is still happening in the fall it could help put Trump back in the White House.
I get your point. But the setting of current protests--on campuses--makes some difference from summer 2020 settings. I think some larger questions might be: how are current clashes similar yet different from summer 2020? Who is benefitting most from scenes of campus chaos? Who benefits from these optics? Who are the good actors? Who are the bad actors? What are the implications that the settings of current clashes are institutions of higher education? Are there other motives to create chaos on university campuses at the present political moment?