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With a large enough gathering of people, for a long enough time, there will always be some violence. That doesn't necessarily make the gathering violent and it
by 34679 5y ago
With a large enough gathering of people, for a long enough time, there will always be some violence. That doesn't necessarily make the gathering violent and it doesn't mean the organizers had violent intentions. I've watched a few live streams from people just walking around, talking to protesters at the event and none depicted any violent acts of any kind. There also weren't any swastikas or rebel flags that I could see in the huge crowds. This leads me to believe the incidents that did occur were isolated and not representative of the group as a whole.
- BeefWellington 5y agoAnyone claiming this was a "peaceful protest" is I think at this point choosing to ignore the mountain of evidence to the contrary. Separately, at what point does a protest cease to be peaceful? What percentage of bad apples would satisfy you that this wasn't a peaceful protest? 1%? 10%? 50%? I'm curious because you can make that argument about pretty much any protest/disruption.
- catgary 5y agoThe protest was organized by white supremacists calling for the dissolution of a democratically elected government! Convoy protestors in Alberta were arrested with conspiracy to attempt murder! The discussion on hacker news has been insane.
- zthrowaway 5y agoYou are spewing absolute propaganda. Pure insanity.
- 34679 5y agoI don't believe there's a specific percentage, but for reference, I also believe the BLM protests were mostly peaceful, and I have plenty of video downloaded showing buildings burning and police cruisers being destroyed. Most of the BLM violence that occurred was initiated by police attempting to clear public spaces, including roads. A crowd of people intent on harming others would be violent. I haven't seen any evidence that either protest included such crowds, police excepted.
- catgary 5y agoThe organizers of the protest were all different varieties of white supremacists, and their explicit goal was the dissolution of our democratically elected government.