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If they're not peaceful - for example, if they're setting buildings on fire - they aren't protestors, they're rioters.
by Lascaille 5y ago
If they're not peaceful - for example, if they're setting buildings on fire - they aren't protestors, they're rioters.
- Izkata 5y ago> if they're setting buildings on fire They still get called "protestors" by the US media if they have the approved politics. For example, a year and a half ago: https://thehill.com/homenews/media/513902-cnn-ridiculed-for-fiery-but-mostly-peaceful-caption-with-video-of-burning https://thehill.com/homenews/media/513902-cnn-ridiculed-for-... I suspect that's the usage of they were referring to.