Protesters shutting down traffic is good for democracy
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“Taking to the streets is a core part of our right to protest.”
  • Madison420@lemmy.world
    164·
    7 months ago

    That’s literally what it is but who would look to history when install they can rely on how they feel.

    There is no effective protest without violence and property destruction, I invite you to find a single historical example otherwise.

    • PlantDadManGuy@lemmy.world
      1·
      7 months ago

      That US soldier who self immolated a few weeks ago to protest the genocide in Gaza was pretty effective. Oh wait, no it’s still happening. And I guess self harm is still violence. Either way I agree with you.

      • RunawayFixer@lemmy.world
        1·
        7 months ago

        Moderate, considerate and thought through opinions get massively down voted in this thread. Thinking problems through will always be a less popular than taking out the pitchforks and following the herd.

        I’m as disappointed in humans as you are, but I did find a few more bright spots in this thread :)

      • Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world
        51·
        7 months ago

        Bad example. There was tons of violence related to this boycott. There is always violence in a U.S. protest because conservatives insist upon it.

        From Wikipedia:

        King’s and Abernathy’s houses were firebombed, as were four black Baptist churches. Boycotters were often physically attacked.

        Two days after the inauguration of desegregated seating, someone fired a shotgun through the front door of Martin Luther King’s home. A day later, on Christmas Eve, white men attacked a black teenager as she exited a bus. Four days after that, two buses were fired upon by snipers. In one sniper incident, a pregnant woman was shot in both legs. On January 10, 1957, bombs destroyed five black churches and the home of Reverend Robert S. Graetz…