See, I don’t have a problem with due process and debate leading to removal of monuments. What I do have a problem with is mob violence leading to any form of capitulation. That’s always been my stance. Now, if we want to encourage political violence I don’t think any of us will like where that leads.
I also think that it’s not courageous to move in a direction that a violent mob has forced one to move to. It’s actually cowardly. Which is my problem with woke capitalism and stuff like the style changes in the AP etc. It’s dishonest, intellectually inconsistent, bigoted and a form of hopping on the bandwagon.
So why is this stuff done? It’s because these folks see an opportunity to exploit a destructive call for equality of outcome by placating and pandering in order to gain political and other forms of power. It’s no different than medieval style religious leaders exploiting a religious message to enrich themselves or demagogues exploiting class/ethnic schisms to empower themselves.
I don’t believe progressives are blind to the danger of mob rule. They just foolishly believe they can control it.