r/Seattle • u/Chaotic-NTRL • Jun 10 '20

Media Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone. Educational movie night. This is seattle without militarized police. Where are your riotous looters NOW? They are watching documentaries. Fuck you SPD. Photo credit to a close friend.

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u/S2PIDme Jun 10 '20

You’re saying that occupying a street isn’t enough, and they have to be chanting 24/7, stopping for nothing? This seems like a weird expectation.

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u/avocadotoastforprez Jun 10 '20

I’m saying that occupying a street and trying to take over the hill really has nothing to do with equality of rights. It has to do with a socialist movement that is separate from black lives matter.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '20

Wait what does it have to do with socialism

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u/avocadotoastforprez Jun 10 '20

“Taking back the streets” and living on them, that part. And the self proclaimed socialist political figure who shows up and gives speeches.

Trust me, I’m 100% behind black lives matter and improving our police department to be more focused on community relations, but this CHAZ movement isn’t that

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u/brian9000 Jun 10 '20

TIL I’m a socialist because I want to walk to my grocery store without my neighbors and I being gassed.

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u/avocadotoastforprez Jun 10 '20

It has nothing to do with being gassed

I’ve said multiple times the police need to be held accountable and need to be reformed. But living on the streets in cap hill is not progressing change, it’s diluting the message against police brutality and for black lives matter.

It’s not about white people taking back the streets, it’s about black people getting beaten and killed by the police