Nonviolent Protest and Resistance Privileged

[Exian]

What certain point would that be, Thump? Are the issues getting close enough, yet, to where you and Rhythm 'have' to decide whether or not violence might be required?

Hah.  I'm the right shade of lipstick, a combat arms vet....and a married, middle aged property owner in an anomalously wealthy section of rural america.  Not only is our entire system set up to support and fellate me, I -could- open fire on a cop and not only survive...but some dipshit like you would laud me as resisting the evil federal oppressors.

@Exian, they killed before there were sit-ins as well.  African trophy hunting has a long and venerable history with southern racists.  Since we're rattling the bones of the civil rights movement and shaming the current crop by reference, let's take a closer look.  If the civil rights movement was as successful in coercing america to fulfill it's promise, why is there an impetus for rioting today?  Have people -not- been peacefully protesting institutional racism every day since that day?  Is that approach working, in your opinion?  Is the propaganda spun about our current unrest different than the propaganda spun about hat civil unrest?  Today, rioters are anarchists engaged in illegal activities that are ruining america, who don't have it so bad, and just want to upset the apple cart and blah blah blah, yesterday...... the same was said about civil rights operatives.  

Some things never change.  For better or for worse, even.  As an example of the "better", the US will -never- have any purchase on condemning violent rebellion.  We availed ourselves of and reserved the right -to- revolution.  Rioting in the face of tyranny is a foundational american tradition.....but I guess we don;t think that everybody™ should be able to make the same arguments and ake the same actions that some™ of us did.

Would you have me not use John Lewis and the SNCC as a shining example?