NPR Provides Platform to Author Who Defends Looting
National Public Radio (NPR) recently provided a platform to an author who has written a book, In Defense of Looting, in which the author, Vicky Osterweil, argues that looting is morally justified, because “without police and without state oppression, we can have things for free.”
In the interview, Osterweil offered her definition of looting — which has become a staple of what many in the mainstream media insist on calling “peaceful protests” sweeping the country. “When I use the word looting, I mean the mass expropriation of property, mass shoplifting during a moment of upheaval or riot. It’s not a home invasion, either. It’s about a certain kind of action that’s taken during protests and riots.”
She added that the word has been “racialized.”...