Even the largest peaceful protests in history have largely been completely ignored by those in power. "NVR" has historically only worked when it presented itself as the face of neogitation against the actual violent resistance being carried out from behind, for example, MLK was the face, while the power/threat behind was the Black Panthers, Malcolm X and the rioters or Sinn Fein was the face, while the IRA was the power/threat behind.
The Iraq War protest was the biggest protest in the world, 15 million people. 3 million in single cities alone. No one paid attention to it, it was completely ignored and now we are living with at least a million dead, terrorism spread throughout the world and entire countries in ruins. So if you can get 15 million people out there in the streets, entire city blocks as far as the eye can see just jammed packed with people, and those in power still don't give a single fuck, then what is the point? Why still bother with these movements when their non-effectiveness has been shown time and time again?
I used to go to protests when I was in my late teens and early 20s, but I haven't been to one in years because I know they don't do anything or achieve anything beyond making yourself feel good.
So why is this method of resistance so fetishized?
Easton Anderson
Why don't the liberals utilize human stampede tactics if they really want to get things done? Getting a million people to stand still one spot is the ultimate example of a half measure.
Jaxon Reyes
MLK Jr. wasn't "protesting" he was engaging in Civil Disobedience. It's totally different.
Wyatt Ross
It doesn't require much commitment other than showing up and standing around and it's actively pushed by the government as a means of "resistance" since they know it's ineffective unless you a violent wing waiting with you
Nolan Perry
The march today was to bring attention to the disenfranchisement of women. This isn't a hard concept to understand, retard.
Jordan King
My galpal who is a refugee and a "POC" gets so fucking pissed off at liberal "Violence is bad" retards. It's great, she has the ultimate oppression Olympics defence, refugee, PoC, so it's so funny seeing liberals get absolutely destroyed by her and the whole "non-violence is the only way" shit is the thing that really sends her fuming.
Jonathan Sanders
Will will be forgotten about by tomorrow. Great resistance and attention.
Parker Bailey
Specifically a woman being denied an office when it was her god damn turn.
Aiden Walker
This. You can actually tell this is the case because almost all major movements of the past are whitewashed of their violent struggle to pretend that non-violence works. When you are actively white washing and cherry picking and rewriting history, that is when I know something is afoul and there is ulterior aims.
Great example is Gandhi, in the west framed as the lead of the Indian independence movement, in India the leader was actually Bose, who was a violent revolutionary and had double the size of support for his movement, than Gandhi had for his. In many was, India was a tactical withdrawal as well, as the UK had simply lost the manpower the continue the subjugation of South Asia and due to the violent struggles and terrorism taking place across British colonial holdings much closer to home (Middle East, North Africa) they were forced to withdrawl.
Carson Hill
Daily reminder that 65% of the Black US population supported the Black Panthers and said they share the same views and goals.
65% of black people in the US supported a violent militant Maoist organization.
