Thread: Demonstrating: Violent or Peaceful?

Originally Posted by Darkmatters

I really don't see how lobbing flaming hot toddies at riot officers is going to win back any money from the bankers either though. Are the police really the enemy? Or did you have something else in mind?

It seems like what Occupy needs isn't violence, but unity and organization.

At least some destruction would prove that actions have consequences. Marching around with a sign doesn't appear to provide wrongdoers with any sort of consequences for their actions. Civil Disobedience still means disobedience, and MLK didn't just advocate marches, he advocated breaking bad laws. I'm not trying to advocate violence against anyone, I'm simply waiting for someone to explain adequately how non-violence helps anything. What could non-violent protests lead to that actually helps the cause? It doesn't seem like attracting support for a cause does much unless it could be utilized for some sort of worldwide worker strike. Most people don't seem to support protestors whether they're violent or not because either some undercover feds spark riots or the media paints them as a bunch of imbeciles anyway.