Violence is never a good thing, but protests are often a good thing. Our founders protected the right to protest for good reason. Treating peaceful protesters as though they are rioters undermines a sacred first principle of our freedom. pbs.org/newshour/show/portla…

Protests in Portland grow to 'many thousands' as police and federal forces converge in the city

The Black Lives Matter protests following the death of George Floyd continue to gain momentum in Portland, Oregon, where protesters have clashed with the police sparking another wave of demonstrati...

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"Peaceful protest" is a thing of the past, because it doesn't work. Power doesn't yield to polite requests. Nothing changed until strategic violence started getting their attention. This is moving from protest, to civil unrest, to civil insurrection. A tipping point, right now.
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Replying to @tdyke
History absolutely reports otherwise. From the Indian Independence movement to the Women's Suffragette movement to the Civil Rights movement, peaceful protest changed the world.

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amazon.com/This-Nonviolent-S… Firearms helped the Civil Rights movement.

This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible

This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible

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Replying to @marwilliamson
I get your point, but it's more nuanced than that, according to my own study of history. The strategy of Gandhi/King style "nonviolence" is to provoke violence from the oppressor's goons for the benefit of an audience that, if swayed, will intervene against the oppressor.