Thread: Rioting. does it actually effect change?

I feel as though this thread has more and more relevance now that the polls have closed and the 45th President of the United States has been chosen. Sure, it wasn't what people wanted, but it was all decided both by the will of the people as well as the Electoral College. I'll agree that it's pretty screwed up and that it needs to be changed, but that isn't what we're all here for. To readdress the question from before, does rioting affect change? I still stand by my thought that no, it doesn't. As I had outlined in the previous post, all it does is creature wanton destruction by damaging buildings, overturning cars as well as add onto the mounting tensions between people of all races, creeds, religions and so on and so forth by assaulting people regardless if they were involved in the riots or not. It stands as to reason that regardless of where you're from, what your backgrounds are and so forth, no one wants a riot. However, it's time to address the elephant in the room and I'm going to try to sound as reasonable and excersize as much restraint as I possibly can, but at this point, all I have are questions. Do you all see for yourselves what people are doing, by taking out their hostilites on property both public and private? Do you see for yourselves what rioters are capable of by airing out their grievances on people who wanted nothing to do with the protest, all while claiming that it's peaceful? Do you all see for yourselves that all it has done is put more and more unnecessary strain on the public as a whole in a time where all it takes is just one spark to ignite a fire within people? Much as I hate to be that guy , but unfortunately, I have to say this. I told you so. It solves nothing. Whatever message you're attempting to send through violent outbursts only gets more and more lost each time a riot starts. Look at what's happening in Portand, Oregon as of right now. I want you to really look at the rioters assaulting people all because they voted for someone different than they did. Look at the rioters as they break windows, looting whatever isn't nailed down. Listen to the things they say and really pay close attetion. Are you telling me that this is perfectly acceptable and justifiable behavior? Or perhaps, you're forgetting the very definition of what a riot is? Here. Let me give you the definition if in case you did forget, complete with pronounciation. riot rt noun 1. a violent disturbance of the peace by a crowd. riots broke out in the capital synonyms uproar, commotion, upheaval, disturbance, furor, tumult, melee, scuffle, fracas, fray, brawl, free-for-all 2. an impressively large or varied display of something. the garden was a riot of color synonyms mass, sea, splash, show, exhibition the garden was a riot of color verb 1. take part in a violent public disturbance. students rioted in Paris synonyms rampage, go on the rampage, run riot, fight in the streets, run wild, run amok, go berserk informal raise hell the miners rioted Click to expand... And so, there you have it. It's high time to take off those blinders and call it for what it is. There is nothing peaceful about riots, there is no message being sent through one, there is no meaning behind them and all these people are doing is cause untold millions of dollars in damages, losing more and more sympathy as time goes on to the point where all it ends up becoming is nothing short of a farce and in the end, nothing gets done.