I agree with you. It's a word that means different things to so many people. It frustrates me when the media tries to make a big distinction between protests a

I agree with you. It's a word that means different things to so many people. It frustrates me when the media tries to make a big distinction between protests and riots. Those words have become emotionally charged. Rather, if we're going to have discussions about this, we should be sure to be extra clear about what we're trying to say. I think it's fairly pointless to debate what the precise definition of a riot is. Rather, I was trying express why people see this as different from the "sit-ins" (another wishy washy word) the the poster above you talked about. The reason that I find Wednesday's acts worse is because of the violence. And I think that there could be a much more productive conversation off of that pretense, than over what is a riot vs a sit-in.