He's an asshat. He's done nothing but promote the hatred and division, is "shocked" and disappointed now, and now he's going to tell celebrities they don't do enough. Don Lemon should worry about Don Lemon, maybe he should do more. I hope everybody he named tells him to get fucked. And why the hell would I listen to celebrities. They are a bunch of self absorbed assholes with expensive shoes and ice cream. They done nothing but tell everybody to stay at home while in their pools or playing basketball in their courts in their basements. Fuck them too.

My initial reaction was he was asking the celebs to speak out against the riots and looting...but I can see now that he apparently wants them to encourage more rioting and looting.

Was the Boston Tea Party a riot?

Was the Boston Tea Party a riot?

They threw shipments of tea into the Boston harbor. Kind of different from looting business, burning buildings/transportation, and throwing projectiles at law enforcement.

They threw shipments of tea into the Boston harbor. Kind of different from looting business, burning buildings/transportation, and throwing projectiles at law enforcement.

I'm gonna guess it was a lot more raucous and disorganized than we might like to imagine. I'd also bet there were guys running crates of tea back to their houses.

But if we're going to make this comparison, it's relevant to ask if we're in the early stages of a revolution. Because if we are, we better hope we have a Franklin and a Jefferson. And frankly, I don't see them.

Wikipedia has a sourced assertion that all 342 crates of tea aboard the relevant ships were destroyed.

Also, the tea and the destruction thereof was directly related to the unease caused by the Tea Act and Townshend Act. Which valuables stolen from unwitting store owners over the last few days have had such a relation—or ANY relation—to the killing of George Floyd, or any instance of police brutality?

Trying to compare this in any meaningful way to the Boston Tea Party is just absurd.

I'm gonna guess it was a lot more raucous and disorganized than we might like to imagine. I'd also bet there were guys running crates of tea back to their houses.

But if we're going to make this comparison, it's relevant to ask if we're in the early stages of a revolution. Because if we are, we better hope we have a Franklin and a Jefferson. And frankly, I don't see them.

I doubt the American Revolution was as civilized and organized as you want to believe. But I'll wait 250 years and see what Wikipedia says about the events of last night.

So because it was a long time ago you just get to cite "time" to discredit two different authors of history on the notion?

Outside of that poor argument, any comment on the whole "stealing a rolex from a pawn shop has nothing to do with Floyd or police violence like the tea had to do with the Tea act and Townshend Act" thing?

I have to say, after reading you rightly call into question credentials/"expertise" regarding our approach to the coronavirus over the past few months, it's quite odd to see you lean on credentials/"expertise" to support your argument here.

I have no credentials and I'm not an expert in anything, but I do understand human nature. And I'm 100% certain that the percentage of rotten motherfuckers standing on the docks in 1773 Boston is the same as the percentage of rotten motherfuckers running around American cities today.

Human nature is the one reliable constant. That's why history repeats itself.

I'm gonna guess it was a lot more raucous and disorganized than we might like to imagine. I'd also bet there were guys running crates of tea back to their houses.

But if we're going to make this comparison, it's relevant to ask if we're in the early stages of a revolution. Because if we are, we better hope we have a Franklin and a Jefferson. And frankly, I don't see them.