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[NEWS] Violent UC Berkeley riots force cancellation of Milo Yiannopoulos event
SeventhSandwich:
--- Quote from: LeisureSuit912 on February 02, 2017, 01:13:42 PM ---America became independent from violent protests.
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I don't necessarily agree with that. There were violent protests, but what ultimately mattered more was the peaceful spread of ideas about a government free from colonial rule.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Sense_(pamphlet)
--- Quote ---Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. Written in clear and persuasive prose, Paine marshaled moral and political arguments to encourage common people in the Colonies to fight for egalitarian government. It was published anonymously on January 10, 1776, at the beginning of the American Revolution, and became an immediate sensation.
It was sold and distributed widely and read aloud at taverns and meeting places. In proportion to the population of the colonies at that time (2.5 million), it had the largest sale and circulation of any book published in American history. As of 2006, it remains the all-time best selling American title, and is still in print today.
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bloody jumper:
--- Quote from: TristanLuigi on February 02, 2017, 01:19:17 PM ---Civil wars are just larger scale violent protests.
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They're nothing alike, in one two or three fatalities are the result. In the other, thousands die in the name of a cause.
beachbum111111:
--- Quote from: bloody jumper on February 02, 2017, 01:21:47 PM ---They're nothing alike, in one two or three fatalities are the result. In the other, thousands die in the name of a cause.
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Plus I'm pretty sure in the American Revolution the colonists didn't destroy their own cities
SeventhSandwich:
There's lots of differences between a violent protest and a war, but I'd say the biggest thing is that wars are often involuntary. We had basically no choice but to war against Britain for our independence. Protests, on the other hand, can always be peaceful and tend to work better that way.
RedGajin:
--- Quote from: beachbum111111 on February 02, 2017, 01:25:57 PM ---Plus I'm pretty sure in the American Revolution the colonists didn't destroy their own cities
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they sure did in the civil war tho lmao