I can understand that people don’t like riots.

What really shits me is when people are opposed to completely non-violent disruptive protests. Street marches, die-ins, gluing yourself to statues, throwing non-destructive liquids onto monuments, etc. If you put your mild inconvenience or sense of propriety ahead of a cause, that’s clearly not a cause you believe in, so stop blaming the protestors for your lack of support.

Not all protest is good protest.

Block a random highway and all you’re going to do is get people mad at your cause for making them late for work. Those people could be future allies that are getting driven away. Criticizing the form of protests is valid.

The point of protests is to make the issue were palatable to deal with than the protests.

Being completely demure and effecting nobody is a bad protest. Make the consequences measurable.

I’m not saying effect nobody, I’m saying that the right people need to be effected. Effect the wrong people and you just make enemies.

Sorry, no.

Our enemies have been consolidating power and influence for over 40 years. We do not have the time to nicely convince everyone that ‘our side has cookies’

It is either get with or get the fuck out of the way. Anyone with a brain recognizes that fact.

So you think squirting people with water pistols is more effective?

Historically uhhh b

Voter intimidation was such a problem that it led to the invention of the secret ballot.

So yes, violence is more effective.

Inconveniences like being stuck in traffic are not violence. Grow up.