Nol Malone ☭Jan 10

If you believe nonviolent protest is more effective, then simply advocate for it. The "don't give them an excuse" line is disingenuous victim blaming. They make shit up. We see it every single day, so please stop embarrassing yourself.

"Our behavior doesn’t drive theirs."

Show threadEndicottRoad59Jan 10
@anolandria Nonviolent protest is more effective.
Show threadPete Alex Harris🦡🕸️🌲/∞🪐∫

@EndicottAuthor @anolandria

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/34738-and-how-we-burned-in-the-camps-later-thinking-what

A quote from The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956

And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if every Security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest...

Jan 10 at 9:22pmWeb
Show threadPete Alex Harris🦡🕸️🌲/∞🪐∫Jan 10

@EndicottAuthor @anolandria
But another way of looking at it is, fascists don't care about protest that doesn't come with consequences for them. They don't care how many people say what they're doing is wrong if nobody is going to stop them doing it.

Nonviolent governments can be swayed by nonviolent protest - it's a negotiation of social norms in that case. But ultimately, protest is supposed to put government on notice that direct action to thwart them may be next.