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In Defense of Looting A Riotous History of Uncivil Action

Vicky Osterweil

A fresh argument for rioting and looting as our most powerful tools for dismantling white supremacy. 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 dista...

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The Dan Bongino Show

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The Dan Bongino Show

The host displayed the cover of Vicky Osterweil's book, describing it as a real, crowbartopped volume that defends looting and calls it a riotous history of uncivil action.

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Vicky Osterweil wrote a book called in defense of looting.

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The host displayed the cover of Vicky Osterweil's book, describing it as a real, crowbartopped volume that defends looting and calls it a riotous history of uncivil action.

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Vicky Osterweil wrote a book called in defense of looting.

A riotous history of uncivil action

In defense of looting, this is an actual book in defense of looting for the liberals this year

It's up there with that white fragility stupidity ... liberals love this stuff

The scanning uploading and distribution of this book without permission is a theft of the author's intellectual property

Behind the Bastards

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Behind the Bastards

The book argued in favor of looting, particularly of small businesses, and was met with significant backlash from both the right and the left.

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A friend of mine, Vicky Osterwall, wrote this book called In Defense of Looting.

— Episode: It Could Happen Here Weekly 76

Episode: It Could Happen Here Weekly 76

The book argued in favor of looting, particularly of small businesses, and was met with significant backlash from both the right and the left.

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A friend of mine, Vicky Osterwall, wrote this book called In Defense of Looting.

Oh, yeah. That's a great book.

Episode: It Could Happen Here Weekly 3

Vicki wrote the book "In Defense of Looting" in 2020, and it was published by Bold Type Press. Many people were angered by it.

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In 2020 from Bold press Bold type press both type.

Very good book people got very mad

People got very angry. Yeah, thank you It's it's really I'm really excited to be here to talk about the the anniversary of occupy from yeah Basically, you know when I when I got this whole train rolling So yeah

In defense of looting came out in 2020 With bold type I am currently also I'm obsessed with movies. I write a movie review column for the Al Jazeera plus

Episode: It Could Happen Here Weekly 3

The book was written in 2020, and people were very angry about it. It was discussed as a way of understanding the anniversary of Occupy.

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People got very angry. Yeah, thank you It's it's really I'm really excited to be here to talk about the the anniversary of occupy from yeah Basically, you know when I when I got this whole train rolling So yeah

And the the other the other thing that is probably relevant here is that Vicki was one of the first people at occupy and And it correct me if I'm wrong about this. I found it oblique reference to this in one of the things I read you Facilitated the first meeting.

Very good book people got very mad People got very angry.

In defense of looting In 2020 from bold press bold type press both type. Press. Yeah

Episode: It Could Happen Here Weekly 3

The book, "In Defense of Looting", was written by Vicki Osterweil in 2020 and published by Bold Type Press. It sparked a lot of anger and debate.

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In 2020 from Bold press bold type press both type.

Very good book people got very mad People got very angry.

Yeah, thank you

Episode: It Could Happen Here Weekly 3

The book was written in 2020 and was about the 2020 protests. People got angry about it.

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In 2020 from bold press, bold type press, both type press. Yeah. Very good book. People got very mad. People got very angry.

In defense of looting, came out in 2020 with bold type. I am currently also I'm obsessed with movies. I write a movie review column for the Al Jazeera plus the newsletter sub stack. If you want to read I mean, it's really it is really movie reviews.

The Ben Shapiro Show

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The Ben Shapiro Show

The speakers mentioned this book in the context of how culture shifted to where people wanted to be the robber instead of the cop, noting the book suggested all ideas have equal validity, which the speaker disagreed with, especially concerning socialism.

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like in defense of looting I mean this is what happens and this is how you get a society where people want to be the robber now and not the cop

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The speakers mentioned this book in the context of how culture shifted to where people wanted to be the robber instead of the cop, noting the book suggested all ideas have equal validity, which the speaker disagreed with, especially concerning socialism.

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like in defense of looting I mean this is what happens and this is how you get a society where people want to be the robber now and not the cop

The Matt Walsh Show

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The Matt Walsh Show

In a single episode, the host cited the book as the source of the author's justification for looting, noting her claim that it offers an imaginative sense of freedom and pleasure. He described this defense as insane and used it to illustrate his criticism of the author's perspective.

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Walsh noted that NPR had promoted the book and questioned whether using taxpayer dollars to support it was appropriate.

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NPR also promoted a book called In Defense of Looting.

Episode: Ep. 558 - Facts Don't Matter To Black Lives Matter

The book was cited as the source of the author's defense for looting, claiming it provided people with an imaginative sense of freedom and pleasure, which the speaker found insane.

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NPR just published an interview with Vicky Osterweil who's the author of a book called In Defense of Looting.

One of the dissent defenses she offered for the looting in the interview, not making this up, is that looting feels good. She says direct quote, It provides people with an imaginative sense of freedom and pleasure. It helps them imagine a world that could be.

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