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Selected tweets from a thread posted 2021-10-28:
"The ADA was only passed after wheelchair users physically blockaded the Capitol.
"Women's right to vote was only granted after feminists bombed powerful men.
"The Civil Rights Act only went through after Black people shut down D.C.
"'Civility' is bullshit and history proves it."
-- Vivian (muchnerve)
"There were numerous LGBTQ+ "Protests" for rights back in the day. They'd dress in their sunday best, carry picket signs, quietly march in circles...
"What finally got the ball rolling? A muthafuckin' RIOT!"
-- Ashleigh's Paradigm Shift (ParadigmPins)
"Civility works only on the other end---the impeccable lily white gloves as they essentially push a button to consign all manner of Others to death or worse the world over." -- Brian Jeffears (getter7seven)
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It is a well known saying: "Violence never solves anything."
and it doesn't ... ever.
But it does get at least temporary results.
• Like when cops issue bogus tickets to innocent people. Or shoot random people, just because they're there and the cop can.
• Then, to add insult to injury, we have a wonderful(?) court system that tells us the cops did nothing wrong and we're so lucky to have them to "protect" us!
[Not exactly sure how this isn't also violence being added on top of the violence originally done by the cop(s).]
Fun Fact: You don't have a "right" if some clown can decide to take it away, just because said clown can.
[Warning: I've not even gotten a good start on this rant. Apologies.]
Edit: have to add this:
June 27, 2022
Videos Show Cops Beating Journalists and Protesters at Abortion-Rights Rallies
Trone Dowd / Vice.com
“While I'm filming a police vehicle, I look to my left and stare down the barrel of a 40mm riot gun.”
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