pixie - // How do you know that, though? These are people fighting against racism. In theory. What makes you think that isn't their aim? //
Because the source of their protest was 'Black Lives Matter' - an organisation quite rightly pitched against the institutional racism of some American police personel.
Because of the aforementioned self-aggrandising stupidity of mobs of people over here, they have hitched their waggon to the protest, and make noise and disturbance in the futile belief that it will change anything whatsoever.
Now I am fine with protest if it is meaningful, directed, clear, and with a chance of achieving the desired result.
This was nothing like that.
This was hysterical mob violence resulting in wanton vandalism of a publicly funded and maintained artefact.
If anyone can give me even a hint as to what will be achieved in terms of combating racism, by pulling down and defacing an inanimate object, then I am absolutely delighted to hear from them.