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I was indeed referring to peaceful protests. MLK was but one example of a peaceful protest that I mentioned, and the numerous TEA Party protests was another example of a peaceful protest.
In both examples, positive results were achieved primarily because the protests were peaceful. In no case can an example be found of a violent protest achieving anything, other than getting people injured.
In the case of the 1960s Civil Rights protests, they had a very dynamic and enlightened leader in MLK. In the case of the TEA Party it was leaderless, with a common theme of limited government and fiscal responsibility binding them together. So it does not matter if there is a leader or not, the fact that both were peaceful and law-abiding is what made them successful protests.
You keep choosing to ignore the fact that perpetual violence - using your term here - was caused by non-protesters towards peaceful protesters. Is it that hard for you to swallow some truth? Man up and acknowledge that fact.
You keep choosing to ignore the fact that perpetual violence - using your term here - was caused by non-protesters towards peaceful protesters. Is it that hard for you to swallow some truth? Man up and acknowledge that fact.
I ignored it because it is completely irrelevant. A peaceful protest is determined by the actions of the protesters, not anyone else. Something you are unable to grasp.
What part of "We are at war with al Qaeda and the Taliban" were you not able to comprehend?
I comprehend that I am not part of Al Qaeda, the Taliban or any other terrorist group, but the US Government can arrest me (and you) on US soil without warrant, without charges, hold me indefinetely without benefit of counsel or writ of Habeus Corpus, just as if I was an enemy combatant captured in war. The US Government has essentially declared the American people suspected enemy combatants. Do you comprehend that?
We have just abrogated the Magna Carter. Great going guys. No Republic can tolerate a government that can terrorize its own citizens on the mere suspicion of “terrorism”. Very quickly criticizing the government or police becomes a terrorist activity and citizens disappear.
I have far more reason to fear DHS and the TSA than I do the Taliban. The main reason is the DHS is already here and very well funded. We just screwed ourselves.
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