archomrade [he/him]"You're fooling yourself, we're living in a dictatorship! A self-perpetuating autocracy in which the working classes...."
No they aren’t. Not all protests are good. It is essential that political disagreements don’t capsize the society we live in. Any protests that can’t be ignored is essentially mob rule
Any protests that can’t be ignored is essentially mob rule
Thank god for the mob that Marched on Washington in 1963 then.
PugJesusI’m so glad we couldn’t ignore this fine protest
Maybe not any protest then?
I’m just trying to square ‘any protest that can’t be ignored’ with literally every successful protest in the history of democracy. Seems like the biggest difference between your example and mine is that one is demanding equality and one is demanding forced segregation.
Seems like the biggest difference between your example and mine is that one is demanding equality and one is demanding forced segregation.
Which means, in objective terms, the biggest difference between our examples is whether you (or, if you prefer, anyone who isn’t a horrendous cretin) agree with it.
Protests must be addressed carefully - a government that concedes to every large-scale protest has neither democracy nor rule of law - likewise, a government that concedes to no large-scale protests has neither democracy nor, probably, rule of law.
You know if these single issue voters could read, they’re be really mad at you.
You’re completely right, and I find the fact that this needs to be explained very funny.