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msamba 
Is it just me, or are these two questions the same? “What happened to cause the protests? Why did they happen?”
Nitpicking aside, seems like nothing much was learned at that time … I hope it will be better now. It seems to me that large parts of the entire American society are now fed up with this.
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I think its a different use of the language. As in “what’s happening?” (where are you o
at in your life?) and “what’s up?” (what thing upset you and propelled you to act?)? Lexicographically equivalent but semantically different.
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