No argument about the lack of cooperation. But I've taken part in dozens of protests, covered a hundred more as a journalist. Was present at the LA Riots (with a press pass that let me defy curfew). I've never seen violence help. Never. Speaking as purely a strategic method to aid effectiveness.
I think violence would have worked. But resistance groups were scattered, unorganized, and- much like leftist/social justice groups of today- wouldn’t work together due to ideological differences.
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To make sure they're effective is only smart.
Because I'm talking about tactics I think will help us avoid authoritarianism.That's my main intention here. Effectiveness towards victory. That's how my weird mind works. What happens in the mopping up if we lose is an entirely different set of tactics and strategies.
My point was rather that people are already being grabbed off the streets, shipped of to who-knows-where, so optics be damned, it’s time to fight.
Keep up the good fight though, peaceful protests can co-exists with violent fringes.
What was your plan?
Violence is often the outcome of direct action. But without direct action, especially when the regime has the majority control of established levers of power, purely peaceful is unlikely to do anything.
We live in a time when nuance and serious policy discussion are drowned out by increasingly authoritarian behavior and media
Most Americans are disengaged, and many will accept whatever the president or government does—as long as it doesn’t affect them directly. If protest
If the goal is just to sway public opinion while the media controls the
As you often say, leaders are public servants. Their job is to “get us a glass of water.” I want a society where I can have real conversations with my neighbors again. But if push comes to shove—if it gets to the point where basic rights
Need an edit feature.
This is all so open. It's not
Like they're playing 3-D chess with us here.
Hell, that may be happening right now. The media war was lost. Now what?