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Dmitry Grozoubinski
@explaintrade.com

Violent or destructive left wing protest is framed as delegitimising the protesters' stated cause. Violent or destructive right wing protest is framed as emphasing the need for urgent action on the protesters' stated cause. As always, right wing men are treated as elemental forces without agency.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social

This is a bit of a atretch/hope: there were 5 protests, with the largest two being up to 300 people, a total of around a thousand or so people.

Dmitry Grozoubinski
@explaintrade.com

When the left riots* the question is "what's wrong with the left?" When the right riots* the question is "what's wrong with the country?" *What constitutes a "riot" can also be wildly different. We're moral panicking over sings at left wing protests as right wing thugs fight cops.

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Brian C. Veteran Bookseller
@chainborne.bsky.social

I think that this is partly because obedience to authority, respect for tradition and in-group loyalty are all conservative right-wing virtues, so if the right revolts then the assumption is "Well, things must really be bad!" Whereas the desire for change is the default state of the Left.