Why is everyone supporting the Protests - From Celebs, to your favorite streams, even giant corperations

[Lad3004]

It's the most popular opinion and if there's one thing celebs, ecelebs and corporations love capitalizing on it's the most popular opinion.

 

[Syaoran Li]

It's the most popular opinion and if there's one thing celebs, ecelebs and corporations love capitalizing on it's the most popular opinion.

True, but I think these riots are probably going to be the last stand of the 2010's Woke Left, they just don't realize it yet.

This is a "now or never" moment for them since BLM and Antifa have crossed the Rubicon on this one, and with Antifa being declared an international terrorist movement by the DOJ and FBI, with all the grave implications that will entail, the Left is basically giving it their all and going in full blast with no restrictions or holding back.

They're throwing everything they have at their perceived opposition and are going all in on the riots in ways that made the peak SJW brigading of 2017-2019 look sedate. Because they can't go back after this, and I think the more politically minded bigwigs know this. That's probably why all these corporate declarations happened all at once within the last 48 hours.

I'd wager a lot of the turbo-leftists in these corporations are figuring if they can support the riots and openly endorse BLM and Antifa, then Trump and the feds will back down and walk back the terror designations since the corporate lobby has such disproportionate power over both of the major parties.

Trump and the DOJ need to hold firm and not back down, and make it clear they mean business and when that happens, expect a lot of the bigwigs to start throwing Antifa, BLM, and the far left in general under the bus or get taken down with them.

Mark Zuckerberg of all people gets this, which is why he's taking a more neutral stance. I think he can see where the wind is blowing with Corona-Chan taking a bat to the global economy and now the rioting and acts of open rebellion in the United States.

When a fucking autistic android like Zuckerberg can see how bad things have gotten and how it can have a massive backlash against the Left and the current cultural zeitgeist, then you know it's the darkness just before the dawn.

 

[Jonah Hill poster]

Just remember, they’re willingly trying to lobotomize you by pretending to be for something, while forcing you to question your own “beliefs”.

 

[neverendingmidi]

For Sony et. al. I bet this whole corona virus has affected their bottom lines. They already got the money from the retail stores who were selling their shit, and now they'll get a super big bonus when the sales figures come back from the stores that do rebuild and restock. They have bonuses coming in the future due to this shit.

 

[Xerxes IX]

True, but I think these riots are probably going to be the last stand of the 2010's Woke Left, they just don't realize it yet.

This is a "now or never" moment for them since BLM and Antifa have crossed the Rubicon on this one, and with Antifa being declared an international terrorist movement by the DOJ and FBI, with all the grave implications that will entail, the Left is basically giving it their all and going in full blast with no restrictions or holding back.

They're throwing everything they have at their perceived opposition and are going all in on the riots in ways that made the peak SJW brigading of 2017-2019 look sedate. Because they can't go back after this, and I think the more politically minded bigwigs know this. That's probably why all these corporate declarations happened all at once within the last 48 hours.

I'd wager a lot of the turbo-leftists in these corporations are figuring if they can support the riots and openly endorse BLM and Antifa, then Trump and the feds will back down and walk back the terror designations since the corporate lobby has such disproportionate power over both of the major parties.

Trump and the DOJ need to hold firm and not back down, and make it clear they mean business and when that happens, expect a lot of the bigwigs to start throwing Antifa, BLM, and the far left in general under the bus or get taken down with them.

Mark Zuckerberg of all people gets this, which is why he's taking a more neutral stance. I think he can see where the wind is blowing with Corona-Chan taking a bat to the global economy and now the rioting and acts of open rebellion in the United States.

When a fucking autistic android like Zuckerberg can see how bad things have gotten and how it can have a massive backlash against the Left and the current cultural zeitgeist, then you know it's the darkness just before the dawn.

The revolution WILL be commercialized

The sentiment they have is that this and the virus lockdowns would lead to the anti capitalist revolution. Look at the similar rhetoric used: "the economy can bounce back from lockdowns, lives are at stake" and "property can be replaced, lives cannot". With giant corporations aiding and abetting this, they're wrong to think that if the entire system collapses surely socialism will follow. What'll follow is more corporate bullshit, especially since small business is getting absolutely destroyed and the only places that will bounce back are megacorps like Amazon, Walmart, and Target. We've already seen that all we're getting is corporations putting out statements about how they TOTALLY care about you #StayHome #BlackLivesMatter

 

[NIGGER ASS PEE POOPY RAPE]

supporting the riots:

• more entertaining videos to watch online
• more dead cops, nobody likes cops
• more dead leftist retards
• if your workplace gets burned down you don't need to work for a while, enjoy your taste of NEET life
• if you live in a small white town your house will be fine
• if niggers try to break into your house just shoot them

supporting the government/cops:

• muh morals, violence is bad!!! (faggot)
• more cops to enforce unconstitutional laws
• more cops to enforce bullshit laws like "don't smoke this plant it's bad" or "you need to hide your penis in public penis is evil" and ruin your life
• more cops to pull you over for going 2 mph over the speed limit
• doesn't matter where you live, cops will still ruin your life
• if you shoot cops breaking into your house, infinitely more cops and military will come to kill you just like in GTA

 

[Ledian]

A good reason is that it's easy to shit out a platitude on something like Twitter and people will eat it up. It's easy for celebs and random internet personalities, it gets people to leave them alone. For corporations, they don't really have to support anything at all, they just have to act like they do. It's why a lot of their "support" feels soulless and bland. It's just a visual platitude to appease the masses who want their validation. God forbid [BRAND] doesn't have politics they like, they might have to choose [BRAND] instead.
Another reason is that many corporate social media accounts are run by PR who live and breath left politics and probably some suits that this is the best way to get through this unscathed reputation wise since Twitter's "voice" visually looks a lot stronger than it actually is.
Suits never take into account the total and average number of active users, they just know there's probably "100 million users" and that is a lot. What they probably don't know out is, of that, only 30 million are American and who fucking knows out of that are actually constantly active accounts. Could be as few as 5 million.

Plus at the start, it was contained only to Minneapolis then spread like wildfire. Now it's getting worse and worse, the media is trying it's best to paint a rosy picture but the cracks are showing and these corporations now are stuck with supporting rioters and anarchists. They will reap what they sow for speaking so quickly in support. Sony is already facing constant flak for showing support so quickly.

 

[Bum Driller]

According to Reuters, some 2/3 of the americans they polled support the riots. Think about that for a moment.

 

[Cutlass Supreme]

I can't wait until the next political issue comes where they start shaming people for not posting enough support.

 

[Cutlass Supreme]

According to Reuters, some 2/3 of the americans they polled support the riots. Think about that for a moment.

You completely twisted the article: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...f-trumps-response-reuters-ipsos-idUSKBN239347

The survey conducted on Monday and Tuesday found 64% of American adults were “sympathetic to people who are out protesting right now,” while 27% said they were not and 9% were unsure.

. Majorities of both Republicans and Democrats said they supported peaceful protests but believed property damage undermined the demonstrators’ cause. Less than one quarter of Americans said violence was an appropriate response.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

I still think it may be a good idea to do away with thinking of things as "racist" or some other form of "discrimination" in the first place. Such thinking has helped lead to identity politics and the endless "Clown World" of "Current Year", where just about anything can be seen as some new buzzword for "discrimination".

So when someone is really a jerk to someone else, it could just be called being a jerk or the like, not some buzzword for "discrimination" or a "hate crime". Such could help prevent the bullshit "woke" mentality of one always being held responsible for the actions of others of their kind. This other way of thinking could also help bring about the dream MLK had of people being judged by their character instead of their group.

 

[Jarolleon]

That's pretty much it. There are basically only two sides a lot of times in politics, with both sides running to the most extreme end of the spectrum, completely polarized.

"You are either with us or against us."

The "progressive" side picked the rioters. There can't be nuance, there can't be anything between. That is also why they seem to hold so many contradictory positions, such as simultaneous support of Islam and LGBT, supposedly. It's not about logical consistency, it is about political alliances first and foremost. Agree with whomever you are politically allied with. That is about as simple as this heuristic works.

People work like this a lot of times. Alliances form wherever people meet. You will see this even in circles where people proclaim to ostensibly against this form of petty social games. But status and ingroup signifiers can be found everywhere, particularly on social media and Internet platforms. Many of these platforms are practially geared towards signaling and establishing consensus. Like and dislike functionality is an example of this, and the more pronounced these mechanisms are in a given forum the quicker echo chambers form. Twitter is an extreme case of it. Reddit does the same thing by prioritizing what is popular and hiding posts with "negative scores". Many other examples abound, but "reaction" functionality is usually the hallmark of such consensus driven platforms, which is why I think modern social media and many other places with such functionality are absolute cancer.

So how come there is no conservative side that's doing the opposite, and threatening to freeze you out of the oil business (or whatever industries still have right-wingers in them these days) if you donate to "those Antifa/BLM terrorists"?

 

[Shield Breaker]

So how come there is no conservative side that's doing the opposite, and threatening to freeze you out of the oil business (or whatever industries still have right-wingers in them these days) if you donate to "those Antifa/BLM terrorists"?

Conservatives/Republicans are stupid and honorable. Democrats are corrupt.

 

[ProgKing of the North]

So how come there is no conservative side that's doing the opposite, and threatening to freeze you out of the oil business (or whatever industries still have right-wingers in them these days) if you donate to "those Antifa/BLM terrorists"?

Didn’t some politician from Georgia threaten to take away delta’s tax exemptions if they quit donating to the nra?

 

[Notgoodwithusernames]

We need to remember that contrary to what certain fuckheads at the New York Times say twitter is not real life. The vast majority of people either

A. Support the peaceful parts of the protest and condemn the violence

Or

B. Do not support the protests at all

Most support that these corporations and celebrities give is face value at best with maybe a donation here or there.

 

[Mrs Paul]

It's the closest thing we have right now to sports?

 

[Gravityqueen4life]

clout chasers the lot of them!

 

[Made In China]

So how come there is no conservative side that's doing the opposite, and threatening to freeze you out of the oil business (or whatever industries still have right-wingers in them these days) if you donate to "those Antifa/BLM terrorists"?

Because all of the hard-working successful billionaires and millionaires in society are progressives, not conservatives, so it would never go anywhere.

 

[Pissmaster]

• if you shoot cops breaking into your house, infinitely more cops and military will come to kill you just like in GTA

Shoot a cop breaking into your house (RIP the 4th amendment) and the rest of your life becomes the safe house raid in Payday 2 but on Death Sentence w/ One Down and all you have is whatever guns you have irl and also regenerating shields don't exist and you're probably not as agile as video game robbers anyway

but at least you can blast techno like in the game if you have a lot of speakers dotted around your house

also another plus to supporting the riots: Cheap stolen shit, I want me a new pair of $500 shoes for 80% off

 

[Mr. ShadowCreek]

It's what their careers rely on. Think of all the actors who don't usually come in support of this stuff like Tim Allen. Other than Last Man Standing and Toy Story he hasn't been relevant in 20 years. According to Hollywood he was the wrong thoughts and ideas. If the protest and all these progressive ideas are seen in negative light one day they will probably flip. They go with what's popular not with what they really beleive.