Pam Geller lashes out at critics: You’re saying the ‘pretty girl caused her own rape’

[Tommy_Carcetti]

267. How do I know what?

That King didn't want violence? Or that Geller wanted violence?

King anticipated violence. He didn't want it. And the violence he anticipated was violence that was directly targeted at him and his compatriots, not at people who were bystanders to the conflict. And King didn't see violence against him and his group as an opportunity to demonize an entire group of people. Rather he saw the ultimate juxtaposition of non-violence vs. violence as something that would ultimately be a unifying force when the dust had settled.

Geller didn't just anticipate a violent reaction, she wanted a violent reaction. And she got a violent reaction. And in this instance the only actual victim of the violent reaction was not someone in her group, but instead it was a bystander. And there's no chance she wants to use that violence as a catalyst for unity as King did. She just wants to use it in order to further demonize an entire group.