If the idea of violent protests don't make you at least little scared I wonder how well you know history. At the same time, real change almost never happens without people putting their bodies on the line.

The right understands this far better than your average liberal/moderate. To be a moderate is to trust that existing systems will (mostly) work.

If those systems fail? What then? To even consider this is moderate treason.

(Cartoons by Mattie Lubchansky https://thenib.com/author/mattie-lubchansky/ )

Mattie Lubchansky

Mattie Lubchansky is the Associate Editor of the Nib and a cartoonist and illustrator living in Queens, NY. Their work has appeared in New York Magazine, VICE, Eater, Mad Magazine, Gothamist, The Toast, The Hairpin, Brooklyn Magazine, and their long-running webcomic Please Listen to Me. They are the co-author of Dad Magazine (Quirk, 2016) and the author of the Antifa Supersoldier Cookbook (Silver Sprocket, 2021).

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@futurebird Wasn't MLK all about non-violent protest, which changed the world in a good way? Weren't the the other violent revolutions really bad for lots of people? I seem to remember the French revolution ending badly for all involved. Maybe I'm missing the joke.
@your_huckleberry @futurebird MLK put his body on the line, as did so many others in the movement, and he was not a fan of moderates (see his letter from Birmingham jail).
@not2b @futurebird you can be nonviolent and take action to change the world at the same time.