• explodicle@sh.itjust.works
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    7 days ago

    And yet still people have the nerve to tell us to protest peacefully.

    All they had to do was pay him enough to fucking live.

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      6 days ago

      Destruction of corporate or State property is peaceful protest. It’s nonviolent.

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      7 days ago

      Peaceful protesting is the only effective way unless you plan on starting a violent revolution that will kill lots of people and result in a dictator.

      Martin Luther King Jr. had this figured out. You should read some of his work.

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        6 days ago

        MLK only succeeded because the powers that be had a choice between MLK and Malcolm X.

        If Malcolm X wasn’t a credible force, MLK would have been as effective as OccupyWallStreet

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          6 days ago

          He didn’t actually accomplish much. I’ve read some of his work and while his intentions were good is execution was frankly terrible.

          Violence with just get you labeled as a terrorist by the government and ultimately the public. However, it is much harder to ignore violence and arrest on innocent people. The civil rights movement happened because of two general things:

          1. People were willing to suffer for the greater good

          2. There was clear leadership and direction in the movement. The leadership pushed for very specific things and had a clear plan of how to get to the destination. Protests that protest vague ideas get no where since there is no clear actionable change.