It's phases. First week was heavy rioting. Second week was protesters calming down the riots and actually getting some protesting done. 3rd week was the kneeling and the CHAZ arc, and now we're in the Memory Hole History phase.
When there's riots and pseudo-riots, the thread moves fast. CHAZ got
its own 139 page thread, so that info is happening elsewhere. Things got slow and the thread went doomery because of the ideological crap that started happening for the last week and a half. But that also happens on
any random lolcow thread on here; when the subject isn't actively acting out in public, the thread starts analyzing them or discussing tangents.
There's still riots riots, shootings, and burning going on, and now there's statue-toppling to track. If you don't like the discussion in between, quit whining and contribute something yourself.