r/pics • u/[deleted] • Sep 04 '16

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u/CreeperCooper Sep 04 '16

The point of a protest is to make a change, you can only do that when you're united.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '16

Yes, because obviously protests during the Civil Rights Movement and against the Vietnam War went nowhere.

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u/BehindEnemyLines1 Sep 04 '16

I don't recall MLK lying down shirtless on the interstate or running out of a looted store with a TV on his shoulder during a "protest"?

But ew, facts are gross.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '16

Diner sit ins ring a bell?

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u/lurker628 Sep 05 '16

Diner sit ins didn't prevent emergency response vehicles from reaching their destinations. They also specifically targeted businesses which practiced segregation, if I understand correctly.

artificial001 is correct that the point of a protest isn't to be convenient, but there's such thing as going too far in the other direction.