ironpony wrote:
Yeah protesting is not so bad, the rioting I thought was being too offended more so, or so it came off as. So what is it in the political process that the protestors hope to achieve that voting wouldn't?
Protesting shows there's large body of people who are likely to remain energized and vote against anyone who isn't receptive to their concerns. It also exerts pressure directly, governments have fallen because of peaceful protests.
Look into the role protests played in driving the Civil Rights Movement. Voting rarely achieves much of anything.
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If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing. —Malcolm X
Just a reminder: under international law, an occupying power has no right of self-defense, and those who are occupied have the right and duty to liberate themselves by any means possible.