spring-peeper
Well-Known Member
I don't think these riots help the BLM much at all.
Those who want the destruction are using the BLM name in vain.
Did we mention that 93% of all BLM protests did not result in violence?
Is America burning? (Black Lives Matter protests, civil unrest and riots 2020)
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I don't think these riots help the BLM much at all.
Those who want the destruction are using the BLM name in vain.
Did we mention that 93% of all BLM protests did not result in violence?
spring-peeper
Well-Known Member
It just isn't good when it turns into that. Riots are shit
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
Riots are essential. Otherwise, nobody's listening. The status quo remains intact with peaceful protests. Or, such acts like bending the knee are mocked.
I think that riots reinforce something bad. I'd say that they are inevitable but not essential
It is a justified and avoidable thing that the system is causing riots, but they are have no purpose
I wrote that badly
My first thought was 'there are riots because nobody is listening' but I'm not sure if that is true because I wonder how long the riots would last if they weren't listened to. The ones in America and France and Hong Kong seem to me to be all part of some thing but we can't say what it is because we don't know
My first thought was 'there are riots because nobody is listening' but I'm not sure if that is true because I wonder how long the riots would last if they weren't listened to. The ones in America and France and Hong Kong seem to me to be all part of some thing but we can't say what it is because we don't know
spring-peeper
Well-Known Member
don't see it, myself....
Mate, I'd like you to explain stuff to me. I'm not doing well. It probably is incoherent babbling, And still you are telling me to fuck off.
I know I come across as stupid, I am in AA, I just started, I am still drunk. I am just like you trying to understand the world. If you actually think you are better than someone then you should be nice to them
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
Why might people riot, rise or rebel?
Do you think there might be any issues with the system in place, that some might not be able to sit still and be model citizens?
nobody denies that the system has failed, the argument is about what is to be done
Do you even know what system is in place? I don't know anymore
The status quo also loves a bit of violence to justify itself. There has never been a status quo without a threat to defend itself from
Riots (and more, such as civil war) have been the primary mechanism of the achievement of enhanced rights since time immemorial. For the oppressed to win any kind of improvement in their circumstances without some kind of violent uprising is rare enough to be specifically remembered as special. Pretty much everything you think of as an important right in your life was won through large groups of people physically demonstrating they were sick of this shit and not going to take it any more.
I'm not that stupid! Riots happen when something is bad, but things don't always get better just because riots happen!
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
But they usually do. Politicians get complacent, and start to believe in their unlimited powers, and a serious bit of civil unrest tends to concentrate minds.
maomao
普費斯
He didn't say that. He said things rarely get better without riots.
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Have you heard of this big country to the east called China? Apparently they were the richest country in the world until about 200 years ago and now they are the richest country in the world again and what you say is just not true for them
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
China, eh
they're a great bunch of lads
maomao
普費斯
There are regular riots in China that change things. Forcing factory owners to pay unpaid wages etc. The Tian'anmen protests might not have brought about democracy but they had a massive political impact. I'm not sure what your point is.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
TBF, I think freakydave is flailing around a bit, and isn't really sure what his point is, either.
China seems to be getting worse and worse though. The current regime seems to be abolishing even complaint. Maybe it's just because I only watch mainstream news, but the pattern in most places seems to be that civil unrest does not manage to achieve anything because there is no plan beyond the unrest
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
sigh look, rather than this scattergun nonsense, where you just bounce around from unfounded claim to baseless theory, why not go and read about a few riots - look up the poll tax riots on Wikipedia, or something.
The poll tax riots in China or the ones in England 30 years ago?
How are riots in England from so long ago relevant to China in the modern world?
two sheds
Least noticed poster 2007
Oooh did they have poll tax riots in China?
NoXion
Craicy the Squirrel
Don't be obtuse. Look up the history of any of the gains and concessions won by the working class. Count how many of them never involved any violence at all.
I think to stop me 'bouncing around randomly' he/she was trying to connect the poll tax riots in the 90s to China
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