The Stonewall riots seem to have lead to long-term success. What better alternative would you have suggested than to riot? The Zoot Suit Riots had the opposite

The Stonewall riots seem to have lead to long-term success. What better alternative would you have suggested than to riot? The Zoot Suit Riots had the opposite effect from what you describe. Some of the police joined in on the riot against young Latino males, and there wasn't a powerful backlash against the rioters. The riots in Romania in 1989 provoked a more powerful backlash. The government eventually lost. That makes it sound like things aren't as simple as you describe.