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In reply to the discussion: For your consideration: When is a protest more than just a protest? [View all]Ping Tung
(882 posts)14. Agreed. Demos are supposed to bring attention and sympathy for the cause.
The cops became seen as goons protecting the status quo with force and the protestors became seen as citizens exercising their rights being attacked by thuggish cops.
The demos didn't end the war, the Vietnamese did that, but they did wake up Americans who had viewed America as the Good Guys for most of their lives to the reality of war and injustice.
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i was at the same march in 03. w my bff, a fallen away catholic w a jewish hubs. some assholes
mopinko
May 2
#16
A protest that does NOT devolve into violence requires organization and leadership
The Mouth
May 2
#33
Social media makes it easy for bad actors, zealots, and extremists to show up and derail your protest no matter how
FSogol
May 2
#8
"Promoting violence against fellow students because they're Jewish. Trashing university facilities."
Cha
May 2
#35
Most of the civ il rights/anti-war protests I went to were peaceful until the very un peaceful
Ping Tung
May 2
#5
Are you too young to remember the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp of the 1980s?
muriel_volestrangler
May 2
#10
If we'd bring back the soapbox we wouldn't have these dilemmas. After all, it only supports one protester at a time ...
littlemissmartypants
May 2
#11
Gandhi had his hands full! He had to deal with Nehru and Jinnah in addition to the Brits.
LeftInTX
May 2
#24
Yes, but they knew their cause was more important. "I may not make it there with you."
surfered
May 2
#39