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Re:Remington Arms Declares Bankruptcy by refurb on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @02:05AM (#23972764)
I assume it's in quotes because if there were only non-violent protests, it wouldn't drive people to buy guns. Hence "protests".
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Re:Remington Arms Declares Bankruptcy by Shared404 on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @02:13AM (#23972800)
Maybe. On the other hand, I would argue that a violent protest is still a protest, thus the need to specify non-violent.
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Re:Remington Arms Declares Bankruptcy by whammywon on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @01:49PM (#23978606)
Sincere question: How do you differentiate between a "violent" protest and a riot?

Edit: realized I accidentally typed "non-violent" as opposed to "violent".

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Re:Remington Arms Declares Bankruptcy by Shared404 on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @02:01PM (#23978761)
I would say probably destruction of civilian property.

Most of the protests could be considered as violent, due to the police shooting tear gas etc. into crowds of peaceful protest.

Protests where the protesters get violent would in my mind involve

A) Actual retaliation vs police, not just water bottles.

or

B) Destruction of government property.

or

C) Both.

Protests where it devolves into looting private property are not protests, they are riots -- that have at least partially been caused by people who _definitely_ do not agree with the protesters.

Edit: Just noticed your edit, no worries. I understood your intent fine.

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Re:Remington Arms Declares Bankruptcy by whammywon on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @02:09PM (#23978871)
Thanks for the reply.
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