LogFAQs > #956011287

Let's be honest here -- most businesses in Seattle are only flying BLM and LGBT flags in hopes that their places won't be destroyed or looted during the next riot, or are doing it because everybody else is. I doubt most of them actually believe in those causes. Honestly, a lot of homeowners probably feel the same way, or are facing social pressures to put up those markers.

While Seattle has a homeless problem, it also has issues with widespread civil unrest and law enforcement has been handcuffed, which is why you see videos of brazen daylight robberies. The crime and unrest has finally gotten so bad that even politicians aren't trying to pander to dangerous fringe movements like Defund the Police

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/if-the-seattle-mayors-race-is-any-guide-defund-the-police-has-lost-its-steam/

In fact, their candidates are acknowledging that getting of cops was a fucking stupid idea and that the city clearly needs more cops.

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