MolecularCactus1324@lemmy.world to You Should Know@lemmy.world · edit-21 day agoYSK: Non-violent protests are 2x more likely to succeed and no non-violent movement that has involved more than 3.5% of a population has ever failedwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square349fedilinkarrow-up11.08Karrow-down1275cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
arrow-up1800arrow-down1external-linkYSK: Non-violent protests are 2x more likely to succeed and no non-violent movement that has involved more than 3.5% of a population has ever failedwww.bbc.comMolecularCactus1324@lemmy.world to You Should Know@lemmy.world · edit-21 day agomessage-square349fedilinkcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
minus-squarelmmarsano@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·12 hours agoWhat does that have to do with non-violent protesters? Did the violent attacks by police & police dogs make the Birmingham campaign a violent protest?
minus-squarelmmarsano@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-210 hours agoWrong, brah: a violent response doesn’t make a violent protest.
minus-squareouthouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·9 hours agoThe narrative becomes one of violence when violence becomes involved. Cultural thing.
What does that have to do with non-violent protesters?
Did the violent attacks by police & police dogs make the Birmingham campaign a violent protest?
Yes!
Wrong, brah: a violent response doesn’t make a violent protest.
The narrative becomes one of violence when violence becomes involved. Cultural thing.