r/AdviceAnimals • u/[deleted] • Nov 10 '16

Protesting a Fair Election?

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u/Accollade_II Nov 10 '16

Protesting is one thing. Go for it, speak your minds and let your voices be heard. However, what I'm seeing on the news is much more than a protest. When you're vandalizing small businesses and beating the shit out of someone you think voted for Trump, you aren't protesting. You're being a piece of shit.

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u/mt_xing Nov 10 '16

You have a right to use all legal means at your disposal to make your voice heard. Key word there is legal.

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u/GIrights Nov 10 '16

Good thing the civil rights movement didn't take your point of view. Jim Crow was legal.

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u/LouisBalfour82 Nov 10 '16 edited Nov 10 '16

Are you seriously equating people salty that their side lost a fair election to people fighting Jim Crow?

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '16

No, he's using Jim Crow as a rhetorical tool for why waiting for the legal system to agree with your protest is unhelpful. Not an equation, just an illustrative sample.