When right-wingers engage in violence, media conflates it with protest to delegitimize protest. We should, in fact, insist on the distinction no matter what side or faction the violence comes from. Violent protest is legitimate only when & where armed revolution is legitimate.https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1266009731174260736 …
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Our country was founded on the idea that there's a time & place when armed revolution is justified. But the bar for burning it all down is a high one. If you're not making the case for it, don't try to excuse political violence (let alone politics as an excuse for looting).
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If peaceful protest is the only justifiable way to confront a state that threatens people's lives, why do we have the second amendment?
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