MolecularCactus1324@lemmy.world to You Should Know@lemmy.world · edit-22 days 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-square414fedilinkarrow-up11.2Karrow-down1326
arrow-up1869arrow-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-22 days agomessage-square414fedilink
minus-squarelmmarsano@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·1 day 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-up5arrow-down2·edit-223 hours agoWrong, brah: a violent response doesn’t make a violent protest.
minus-squareouthouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·22 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.