No. That’s not how that works.

I am not one who took on radical views overnight that were unthinkable to me one day prior.

There’s no way I can actually prove this, but maybe you see truth in it. The vast majority of people calling for “defunding the police” would have found that notion unthinkable just 24 hours prior to Floyd, and yet the idea has caught on like wildfire. If you asked 100 random strangers the day before Floyd if they thought defunding the police was a good idea, how many do you think would have said yes? My guess is basically zero.

That’s what I’m getting at with “media trends.” Things move so fast and people don’t have time to think before they adopt a completely radical new idea. They just spout it and run with it.

I never did that. I am consistent in my principals. You have no grounds for throwing that accusation back at me because I’m not the one leading a revolution. There’s no media trend in following. The only thing I’m following is what I already believed 24 hours before Floyd was killed. So no, that’s really not how that works.