Fragment on Riotous Subjects and Riotous Objects

As Minneapolis burns, I spent a bit of time thinking about this tweet from Nick Land today:

A 'protestors or rioters?' Rorschach blot is the best possible left / right perspective check.

— Outsideness (@Outsideness) May 28, 2020

Suspending the actual rhetorical purpose of this classic @Outsideness shitpost, on the face of it, ‘protestors or rioters’ seemed like a flawed formula to me. Because what even is protesting anymore? A “protest” — at least of the large-scale variety — and especial...