Rioting and Looting Will Not Bring About the Social Change You Desire
Channel: Daily Insight
Date: 31/05/2020

I’m all for peaceful protest. Peaceful protest is an essential part of democracy. Protest can bring about change in the world. Protest can let your elected leaders know that something is wrong in society. But when peaceful protest turns to violence. When peaceful protest turns to rioting. When peaceful protest turns to looting and vandalism, what do you think the government are going to do? Will they just sit back and watch you smash windows and vandalise their neighbourhood? Will they just sit back and watch you burn down buildings and police stations? Will they just sit back and watch you attack police and destroy their vehicles? Will they just sit back and watch you destroy society? No. When you turn violent. When you destroy property. When you attack the police and therefore the government, they will respond in kind. Will any of this bring about the change that you desire? No. It will bring about curfews. It will bring about harsher rules. It will bring in the National Guard. It will bring about more violence. Is that what you wanted? Is that the sort of change that you desired? I don’t think it is. I know you’re angry. I know you’re upset. But violence and looting will be your death knell. If you burn down buildings. If you throw rocks at police. If you smash windows and destroy police cars, you’ve sealed your own fate. You’re no longer the peaceful protester. You’re the enemy.

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Protest against police violence – Justice for George Floyd, May 26, 2020 by Fibonacci Blue / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)
Fort Worth Protest – May 29th, 2020 by Isaac Moore from Fort Worth, TX, United States / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)
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2020-05-29 George Floyd Black Lives Matter Protest in Oakland California by Daniel Arauz / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)
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Citizens work to put out a fire behind ABC Supply Co., Inc in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Friday morning by Lorie Shaull from St Paul, United States / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)
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