Book Shows How Antifa and Black Lives Matter Justify Looting

Commentators, and politicians insisted that the riots were "Mostly peaceful protests." A new book seeks to justify looting, in particular, and taxpayer-funded National Public Radio published a lengthy interview with the author.

NPR's Natalie Escobar introduced the subject by claiming "There has been a lot of hand-wringing about looting." In the newly-released book In Defense of Looting, Vicky Osterweil "Argues that looting is a powerful tool to bring about real, lasting change in society. The rioters who smash windows and take items from stores, she says, are engaging in a powerful tactic that questions the justice of 'law and order,' and the distribution of property and wealth in an unequal society."

In an interview with Escobar, Osterweil claimed that looting - which she defined as "The mass expropriation of property, mass shoplifting during a moment of upheaval or riot" - is a tool for justice that doesn't really harm anyone.

The In Defense of Looting author apparently has never read or perhaps even heard of Adam Smith, who explained that the idea of property enriches everyone, by encouraging people to work in order to enrich themselves.

The protesters in the larger groups would not continue to march, night after night, if they were truly outraged at the rioting and looting for which their protests provide cover.

Portland Mayor Finally Admits Violent Riots Aren't the Same as 'Peaceful Protests,' After 68 Nights At the end of the lay, looting is still theft.

Despite Osterweil's repeated insistence that looting is an effective tool of protest, non-violent, and somehow also harmless, looting is still theft, a violation of a commandment central to the freedom and prosperity of modern western civilization.

https://pjmedia.com/columns/tyler-o-neil/2020/08/29/new-book-provides-a-terrifying-glimpse-into-how-antifa-justifies-looting-and-rioting-n864754