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Sometimes, it's the ONLY effective form of protest. A riot was the catalyst needed to spark the American Revolution. The Haymarket Riot is partially responsible for bringing us the 8 hpur work day. The Stonewall Rito ws the cornerstone of the gay rights movement. More recently, the 1992 LA Riots were instrumental in reforming the corrupt and abusive LAPD. I prefer that protests be peaceful, but sometimes destructive protest is necessary to affect change.
Sometimes, it's the ONLY effective form of protest. A riot was the catalyst needed to spark the American Revolution. The Haymarket Riot is partially responsible for bringing us the 8 hpur work day. The Stonewall Rito ws the cornerstone of the gay rights movement. More recently, the 1992 LA Riots were instrumental in reforming the corrupt and abusive LAPD. I prefer that protests be peaceful, but sometimes destructive protest is necessary to affect change.
lets be clear here, if you riot against an oppressive government, and you attack ONLY government protectors, like the police and military, then i would say you have a point. however if you are attacking anything that moves, and destroying private property of innocent people, then no, all that is, is wanton destruction of property and assault on people, and that is NOT a valid form of protest.
This is the problem with the left!! In many cases, since this happened we've heard people say:
"Those weren't protesters, they were anarchists".
Well, as we can see, the left not only refuses to condemn this behavior, some even SUPPORT it!
lets be clear here, if you riot against an oppressive government, and you attack ONLY government protectors, like the police and military, then i would say you have a point. however if you are attacking anything that moves, and destroying private property of innocent people, then no, all that is, is wanton destruction of property and assault on people, and that is NOT a valid form of protest.
I agree about attacking innocent people, but I don't believe private property to be more important than justice.
lets be clear here, if you riot against an oppressive government, and you attack ONLY government protectors, like the police and military, then i would say you have a point. however if you are attacking anything that moves, and destroying private property of innocent people, then no, all that is, is wanton destruction of property and assault on people, and that is NOT a valid form of protest.
They are essentially cowards because they know what would happen if they attacked the police or military. It would not end well for them. It's the same reason why they riot in Liberal areas as opposed to say.. Texas or a strong red state where all the Trump supporters live.
As I said before. Everybody has the right to freedom of speech. There is absolutely NO justification for preventing someone ELSE from exercising THEIR freedom of speech.
When protesters block people from attending rallies because they don't like the politics of the rally. THAT is anti-American and should be condemned in the strongest terms possible and it can never be defended or justified.
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