• Warl0k3@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    So some of the largest protests in the country’s history count as docile now…? No revolution in history has started with the bloodshed, it always escalates (like it is actively doing in the US) and aside from that blindingly obvious historical truth, it’s really weird how attempting to avoid violence is now somehow a societal failing.

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      18 hours ago

      The GOP has said the next civil war we’ll be bloodless if the left allow it. And that is exactly what is going on. No amount of yelling into the wind is going to do anything to a person or people who don’t follow the rules. But keep thinking it might make a difference.

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        17 hours ago

        So the use of protests to establish broad community support for a cause won’t make a difference…? That sure seems to contradict every historical example, but you do you.