In Defense of Looting? What! By James Reed

     Yes, believe it or not, one Vicky Osterweil has published a book In Defense of Looting (2020). Here is the Amazon.com description of this Leftoid bs:

“Looting--a crowd of people publicly, openly, and directly seizing goods--is one of the more extreme actions that can take place in the midst of social unrest. Even self-identified radicals distance themselves from looters, fearing that violent tactics reflect badly on the broader movement. But Vicky Osterweil argues that stealing goods and destroying property are direct, pragmatic strategies of wealth redistribution and improving life for the working class--not to mention the brazen messages these methods send to the police and the state. All our beliefs about the innate righteousness of property and ownership, Osterweil explains, are built on the history of anti-Black, anti-Indigenous oppression. From slave revolts to labor strikes to the modern-day movements for climate change, Black lives, and police abolition, Osterweil makes a convincing case for rioting and looting as weapons that bludgeon the status quo while uplifting the poor and marginalized. In Defense of Looting is a history of violent protest sparking social change, a compelling reframing of revolutionary activism, and a practical vision for a dramatically restructured society.” 

     So greedy slime balls, often stealing from hardworking Black people, are really revolutionary heroes? And, poor hungry people stealing designer clothes rather than food, are underdog heroes? This is something that one just calls out as bs, and does not seriously engage with.
  https://www.amazon.com/Defense-Looting-Riotous-History-Uncivil/dp/1645036693
  https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2020/08/27/906642178/one-authors-argument-in-defense-of-looting
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maUnBR1QjOQ

     What if people decided to not pay for Osterweil’s book, but just looted it, which could be done for the hard copy? Did she think of that? Would she mind people taking her stuff? In fact, one reviewer I read, who gave the book a poor one-star review, still was happy with the price because he/she shoplifted it!