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The only, only reason that the civil rights movement worked was because they had black panthers backing them up. Without threat of violence peaceful protests dont work.
Google "radical flank effect"
Edit: to clarify this is in support of ops comment. What they're talking about is called the radical flank effect.
For those of us that are lazy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_flank_effect "The radical flank effect refers to the positive or negative effects that radical activists for a cause have on more moderate activists for the same cause." "Greater differentiation between moderates and radicals in the presence of a weak government.[2][13][14]: 411 As Charles Dobson puts it: "To secure their place, the new moderates have to denounce the actions of their extremist counterparts as irresponsible, immoral, and counterproductive. The most astute will quietly encourage 'responsible extremism' at the same time." "
Hey, that’s me!
Holy hell
Like a drive by, but en passant
This is bullshit. The Civil Rights Movement worked because people couldn't argue in favor of the relentless violence inflicted on non-violent protesters.
This entirely modern bullshit is propaganda designed to incite violence today.
For the past two hours, you've been arguing against gun rights. Which is okay - you do you. Not everyone should own a gun. We all see the stats.
But you do realize the white woman who got executed didn't incite violence?
And you do realize that at the height of police brutality during BLM violence - armed BLM protesters stood peacefully to protect the disenfranchised, protesters like yourself - the normally aggressive police behaved?
We get it. YOU don't like guns. But when they're shooting unarmed white women who don't incite violence, a lot of people would prefer to keep their guns with them right now.