Some far-left groups have encouraged peaceful protests to turn violent, experts say

[What if...?]

this country was born out of a violent protest.

Yup. The tea party was vandalism. The Founders were both traitors and war criminals (they wouldn’t line up and exchange volleys until one side had no more troops, as was the “appropriate” way to make war. And don’t get me started on the outrageous practice of targeting officers. They were off limits according the “rules” of war at that time.

 

[What if...?]

Sounds like a lot of righwingers are almost giddy at the opportunity to take it to those troublesome lefties:

The boners it gives them let them see their little dicks for the first time in decades.

 

[Questerr]

Yup. The tea party was vandalism. The Founders were both traitors and war criminals (they wouldn’t line up and exchange volleys until one side had no more troops, as was the “appropriate” way to make war. And don’t get me started on the outrageous practice of targeting officers. They were off limits according the “rules” of war at that time.

The Tea Party was vandalism, tarring and feathering tax officials was assault, the Boston Massacre started with a riot.

 

[Hello My Son]

The British were our fellow citizens.

Not to the colonists they weren't. Hence why they declared independence and fought a war over it.

 

[Questerr]

Not the colonists they weren't. Hence why they declared independence and fought a war over it.

Do you think that no violent protest actions occurred before declaring independence?

 

[Nickyjo]

Been to a lot of liberal-leftish demonstrations back in the day. One constant, despite the vast majority of participants being peaceful, was a small group who acted violently, presumably to bring on their fantasies of some sort of revolution. I worked for the farm workers union in the 1979s, and Cesar Chavez had to deal with some groups who wanted the strikers to get violent. He often fasted as a challenge to these. Leadership on the left - and presumably on the right - can keep things under control. Trump’s apocalyptic language on Jan 6 and his sitting on his hands when things turned violent, undid whatever his words about acting peacefully might have suggested.

 

[jpn]

"threatens you"
Everyone has a right to defend themselves. The left arguing that people don't have a right to defend themselves against threats is not going to win anyone over.

 

[Hello My Son]

You might want to read up on how our nation began.

I'm very familiar. We declared independence because we were not being represented by the British government. Upon declaring independence, the British were no longer our fellow citizens.

That's how "independence" works. It's literally in the definition of the word.

That is a profoundly ignorant thing to say.

It's definitely not a "profoundly ignorant thing to say" that we declared the Brits to be our enemy and then fought a war against them so we could have our own country, and that once we declared them to be our enemy, they were no longer our fellow citizens.

To argue otherwise is just being obtuse for the sake of being difficult.

 

[Hello My Son]

 

[Hello My Son]

Do you think that no violent protest actions occurred before declaring independence?

Are you advocating violence in 2025 because violence was committed in 1776?

 

[j brown's body]

"More than 300 people have been arrested since the demonstrations broke out Friday in Los Angeles, police say. The charges include failure to disperse, looting, arson and attacks on police officers."

There is quite a difference between failing to disperse and the other crimes. The number of arrests for looting, arson and attacks on police would give us a clearer picture of the level of violence.

 

[Questerr]

Are you advocating violence in 2025 because violence was committed in 1776?

I'm pointing out that our nation was founded on violent protest against tyranny.

 

[j brown's body]

""The Network Contagion Research Institute has been analyzing the rise of what it calls “anarcho-socialist extremism.” It has found that the chaos and violence that have broken out at some of the major protests in recent years, like those against the police killing of George Floyd in 2020, weren’t as spontaneous as they might have seemed.""

The AP seemed to come to a different conclusion.

AP finds most arrested in protests aren't leftist radicals

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump portrays the hundreds of people arrested nationwide in protests against racial injustice as violent urban left-wing radicals.

apnews.com

 

[Lycanthrope]

Yeah, I've been thinking about whether to go to one or not. On the one hand I strongly believe in the American right to peacefully protest to effect positive change. On the other hand, I suspect there are bad actors on both sides itching for things to turn physical.

I have a general dislike for crowds, and did even before the era of mass shootings/violent protests.

 

[MTAtech]

 

[Hello My Son]

I'm pointing out that our nation was founded on violent protest against tyranny.

And what does violent protest against tyranny in 1776 have to do with violent or threatening actions being taken against innocent bystander fellow citizens in 2025?

 

[ElChupacabra]

Sounds like a lot of righwingers are almost giddy at the opportunity to take it to those troublesome lefties:

This country's becoming a bit of joke in a hurry.

 

[StillBallin75]

Fascists have never seen protesters being "peaceful" and thought "I'm not gonna target you anymore."

Quit with the pathetic centrist respectability politics, you expect the government to kidnap people's ****ing friends and family and for them to just sit there and ****ing take it.

 

[Taylor]

Quit with the pathetic centrist respectability politics, you expect the government to kidnap people's ****ing friends and family and for them to just sit there and ****ing take it.

Threats like this from the left will likely only increase.

They had four years to address the issue, but only made it 10x worse. We're now to the point where enforcing written immigration laws has them burning cars and destroying businesses.

 

[trixare4kids]

Some far-left groups have encouraged peaceful protests to turn violent, experts say

Unrest in Los Angeles follows a recent pattern: Protests that break out remain mostly peaceful during the day, but at night agitators engage in fiery clashes with police.

www.nbcnews.com

Sucks. We have enough violence in the United States already. No need to push for more.

Buckle up. The Summer of Love #2 has just begun.

 

[Taylor]

Buckle up. The Summer of Love #2 has just begun.

It seems their latest immigration plan is a summer of chaos and destruction.

 

[lynnwinslow]

Are you advocating violence in 2025 because violence was committed in 1776?

Did you defend Kyle Rittenhouse or condemn him?

 

[trixare4kids]

Fascists have never seen protesters being "peaceful" and thought "I'm not gonna target you anymore."

Quit with the pathetic centrist respectability politics, you expect the government to kidnap people's ****ing friends and family and for them to just sit there and ****ing take it.

Everybody drink!

 

[Moderate Right]

Some far-left groups have encouraged peaceful protests to turn violent, experts say

Unrest in Los Angeles follows a recent pattern: Protests that break out remain mostly peaceful during the day, but at night agitators engage in fiery clashes with police.

www.nbcnews.com

Sucks. We have enough violence in the United States already. No need to push for more.

It is the left who are violent. They prove it time and time again.

 

[SCrider]

Buckle up. The Summer of Love #2 has just begun.

It is exactly what you voted for.