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[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today -1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I don't believe peaceful protests have been effective since the civil rights era.

I can't legally justify violence.

What's the third option?

[–] pohart@programming.dev 2 points 11 hours ago

They've put a lot of effort into convincing us that it's was only peaceful protests that were effective in the civil rights era. IDK if they were really peaceful but at the time they were certainly called violent.

And the government made sure to make white people genuinely afraid of violence.

[–] quetzaldilla@lemmy.world 0 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

You can personally perpetuate violence against our oppressors.

Just don't call on others to do so first.

Other options:

  1. Boycott
  2. Sabotage
  3. Organize coalitions to take concerted action