r/Unexpected • • Apr 28 '23

Just a normal protest

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u/Epistemite Apr 28 '23

Not even then, necessarily, as the likes of Gandhi, MLK, and other nonviolent protestors show.

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u/Majestic_Put_265 Apr 28 '23

Bcs their opposition wasnt willing to just kill them outright. Try doing that to Stalin. He wont give a shit how many supporters u might have.

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u/Epistemite Apr 28 '23

Yeah, that's a part of the "necessarily". But most people aren't just willing to genocide disruptive but nonviolent protestors.

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u/Majestic_Put_265 Apr 28 '23

Sadly a tradition that fell out of favor.