The New Sea Territory wrote:The first Galactic Republic wrote:This thread needs to seperate legitimate protest from mob riot behavior.
They can both exist at the same time, but they're mutually exclusive.
No, they are not.
The moral judgments people make about then might be mutually exclusive, but plenty of large peaceful protests feature looting or other violent behavior by individuals. At the same time, largely violent protests might have small nonviolent sections within them.
That didn't refute me at all. I did say they can happen at the same time. That's doesn't make them the same.
Like watching TV and eating can happen at the same time, but they're not the same. You'll starve with only TV.