• Rivalarrival
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    1 day ago

    I don’t believe peaceful protests have been effective since the civil rights era.

    I can’t legally justify violence.

    What’s the third option?

    • pohart@programming.dev
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      12 hours ago

      They’ve put a lot of effort into convincing us that it’s was only peaceful protests that were effective in the civil rights era. IDK if they were really peaceful but at the time they were certainly called violent.

      And the government made sure to make white people genuinely afraid of violence.

    • quetzaldilla@lemmy.world
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      15 hours ago

      You can personally perpetuate violence against our oppressors.

      Just don’t call on others to do so first.

      Other options:

      1. Boycott
      2. Sabotage
      3. Organize coalitions to take concerted action