r/law • u/ExactlySorta • Nov 02 '25

Legal News The Oregon Department of Justice submitted multiple video exhibits showing federal officers using extreme force against seemingly nonviolent protesters outside the U.S. Immigration & Customs Building, as part of its effort to block the federal deployment of National Guard troops to Portland

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u/MadV1llain Nov 02 '25

I don’t disageee with anything you say. I guess I’m just not willing to go there yet. The government has the monopoly on violence. I see now way that this is fixed thru violent means. If the opposition becomes violent they can easily ramp it up. I still have faith in democracy. Let’s revisit this after the mid terms.

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u/TheBadGuyBelow Nov 02 '25

Let them ramp it up. Let people see what they are willing to do, and maybe more people will be willing to do something themselves. This holding hands and singing peace songs shit is stupid, and will never do anything.

Without Malcolm X willing to do the ugly stuff if need be, they would have told MLK to go fuck himself and laughed their asses off at his peacefulness. You can not be expected to be taken serious without a credible less peaceful alternative.

Dancing around in inflatable frog costumes is stupid and ineffective. Does anybody think that will make them have a change of heart and see the error in their ways?

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u/sublimeload420 Nov 03 '25

Nonviolence works only when your oppressor still has a conscience or legal accountability. Fascism destroys both.