Tristan Justice writes for the Federalist about the disturbing nature of recent events.
In case you had any doubt, yes, the nation has gone mad.
Last week, the death of a Minnesota black man named George Floyd ignited the worst outbreak of civil disobedience in recent history plunging a nation already under lockdown stress further into anarchy as angry rioters take to the streets terrorizing American cities in the name of social justice.
Floyd’s death at the knees of a Minneapolis police officer caught on tape was clearly unjust, rightfully setting off a wave of anger over the killing of a black civilian who appeared to be no threat. As the protests got underway however, demonstrations quickly took a darker turn in a nation grappling with record levels of unemployment and an ongoing public health pandemic. With more than 40 million unemployed Americans roaming the streets of a country fatigued under 10-week lockdowns, a nation that has been increasingly convinced by a Left-wing movement that it is irredeemably racist and full of white supremacists was primed for the storm of civil unrest it is now suffering.
The current moment has fully exposed the extent to which ugly divides have gone mainstream, illustrating the lunacy of our new woke-obsessed culture and the incompetency of our leaders. …
… Rioters claiming to be obsessed with racial injustice are committing gross racial injustices themselves, exerting their ruthless fury on their own. For the sake of black progress, protestors are destroying minority businesses, leaving poor neighborhoods devastated and ruining the livelihoods of those who barely emerged alive after two months of pandemic lockdowns. An estimated 100,000 small businesses had already permanently gone under. …
… Antifascists have also trashed literal antifascists by defacing the World War II Memorial, and D.C. rioters have taken to vandalizing monuments of historic Civil Rights heroes, including that of President Abraham Lincoln. …
