> My best attempt at equivelent from the right would be "stay safe, the Thugs are rioting" during a BLM protest.
But these warnings are a thing that companies do -- through official channels -- when protests that might become violent are held near one of their offices. If your office is in downtown Portland, and if you're on the list of people with office access during pandemic, then you've probably received a bunch of emails warning about looting and/or violence over the summer. Probably didn't use the word "Thug", but in this case there were actual literal nazis so the warning seems reasonable.
I mean if that particular protest had known violent looters in it (ie: Thugs) then I would appreciate the heads up. I don't want to end up with a brick thrown at me while walking home or something.
edit: My liberal friends were generally concerned about our safety during the early BLM protests in our cities. Supporting the cause doesn't mean supporting the violent participants or wanting to get entangled with them.
Communists aren't associated with violent activities in the US in the recent past. As in violence within the US. Nazis/Neo-nazis are. So saying communist would be a political statement as it doesn't pertain to safety while Thug/Nazi is about safety.
I personally consider both "keep safe, there's communists about" and "keep safe, there's trump supporters about" to be political statements that may be against company policies.
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