Paul Krugman

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Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

In the past few days I've been noticing a lot of what I think of as delusional whataboutism. It runs like this: "OK, maybe police are killing an innocent Black person every day or so, but what about all the killing and looting by BLM mobs?" 1/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 22, 2021

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Unfortunately, given where America is, pointing out the destructiveness of selfish behavior will probably just encourage the bad actors to act even worse ... 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 22, 2021

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This would be terrible even if the premise were true — the police, empowered by the law, are supposed to behave better than rioters. But the reality is that BLM protests were overwhelmingly peaceful 2/ https://t.co/6wJj0tyjrV — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 22, 2021