Also Minneapolis

brenda

THIS is Minnesooooooota.

Axtremus

Also a poignant moment from Minnesota:

https://nypost.com/2020/05/29/restaurant-owner-says-let-my-building-burn-amid-george-floyd-protests/

A Minneapolis restaurateur whose restaurant was set on fire by the protestors said to "let my building burn," prioritizing the community over his own building. His daughter later posted: "Gandhi Mahal May have felt the flames last night, but our firey (sic) drive to help protect and stand with our community will never die! ..."

Horace

Spoken like an insured person.

Aqua Letifer

Wouldn't the prevention of the fire be prioritizing his community? What is the community benefit of burning down a building?

jon-nyc

Maybe the building was patriarchal.

jon-nyc

Whiteness on the walls?

Horace

It was an absurd mouth-noise meant to demonstrate the noise maker's virtue which doesn't track back to anything rational, except maybe the self-interest of the restaurant owner in their quest to be accepted by the mob.

LuFins Dad

@Horace said in Also Minneapolis:

Spoken like an insured person.

Nice place you have here. Sure would be a shame if nothing bad happened to it....

Loki

@Aqua-Letifer said in Also Minneapolis:

Wouldn't the prevention of the fire be prioritizing his community? What is the community benefit of burning down a building?

To even have to ask this question is quite shocking but it’s definitely a tribe that benefits from anarchy.

Loki

@Horace said in Also Minneapolis:

Spoken like an insured person.

If the father said the protest would be worth the spread of Covid and loss of lives including potentially his family that would be impressive.

89th

The cleanup efforts are good to see, I saw one black father bring his two kids to help clean up, saying this is the example he wanted to show, not the rioters’ example.

Horace

Cool.

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