riwo@lemmy.blahaj.zone to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 months agowent to my first protest today :33lemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square124fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down10
arrow-up148arrow-down1imagewent to my first protest today :33lemmy.blahaj.zoneriwo@lemmy.blahaj.zone to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 months agomessage-square124fedilink
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoIf me and my fellow protestors block a road, we are being non-violent, but we are being disruptive.
minus-squareSchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoAnd that is peaceful as well, until it isn’t.
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-27 months ago…and in 99% of the cases where it stops being “peaceful” it’s because cops come in and violently assault everyone to try to break up the protest. I’m really not sure of the point you’re trying to make. Protest can be peaceful, non-violent and disruptive.
If me and my fellow protestors block a road, we are being non-violent, but we are being disruptive.
And that is peaceful as well, until it isn’t.
…and in 99% of the cases where it stops being “peaceful” it’s because cops come in and violently assault everyone to try to break up the protest.
I’m really not sure of the point you’re trying to make. Protest can be peaceful, non-violent and disruptive.