If you didn't criticize the violence in the George Floyd protests, or called them "mostly peaceful," then any criticisms of this protest is null and void.
I don't support any violence. I condemn any violence, but if you have tried all legal avenues have collapsed and all peaceful means of trying to seek justice or appeasement, then it is time to remind the government that they must obey the consent of the governed, and if they refuse to follow it, then it is time for the people to demand of the government that their voice is heard and that the government MUST respect their rights. Ideally, this should be done peacefully, if through extreme, measures such as non-violent demonstration, but the US has historically had instances of revolution, such as the American Revolution. Ideally I would prefer civil disobedience, hunger strikes, etc. Violence only begets violence, and I fear that this instance will lead to the outright oppression by the government and large tech to censor, grab power, and limit the rights of the population, which will only lead to more civil unrest.
The rule of law has collapsed, and these next few days will determine the fate of the nation. It will determine if we mimic the fall of the Roman Republic, the French Revolution, or the Fall of the Weimar Republic, or even if this leads to the second Gilded Age of American history, where our country is plagued with rampant corruption, riots and violence, division, the suppression of our rights, and the rise of massive monopolies that care not for the rights of workers nor consumers.
Perhaps what the best thing for our government at this point is a contingent election or, god forbid, martial law.
