Why Peaceful Protest Won t Solve Anything
Get free access to Nebula with your Curiosity Stream subscription! Visit https://curiositystream.com/secondthought How many times have you heard people scold protestors for being "uncivil"? How many news stories have you seen about "mobs" and "violence" when talking about people exercising their right to assembly? Isn t the whole point of a protest to get the government s attention? What s going on here? Why are these calls for "civility" so common, and what s really behind that seemingly innocent word? Why Peaceful Protest Won t Solve Anything – Second Thought SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://bit.ly/2nFsvTS New video every Friday! Citations and Further Reading: The original Kavanaugh protest video https://twitter.com/DouglasKBlair/status/1523095574156742657 Civility https://jacobin.com/2018/11/bipartisanship-tribalism-midterm-elections https://jacobin.com/2017/07/labour-entryism-left-momentum-corbyn-party-democracy?fbclid=IwAR1ocTfjOKUngKpqiUf9FRbAnAMj2eIYFy7ATEznZTGdjqnoddI7ryKyuIY https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/05/abortion-brett-kavanaugh-john-roberts-samuel-alito-supreme-court-roe-protest/ https://www.themarysue.com/protests-scotus-abortion-exhausting-civility-debate/ https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/supreme-court-protests/ Biden and segregationists https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/06/19/joe-biden-james-eastland-herman-talmadge-segregationists-civility/ https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/10/politics/joe-biden-center-history/index.html Roe v. Wade maternal mortality rate https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/27/roe-v-wade-overturned-maternal-mortality-rate-will-rise https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-abortion-false/fact-check-termination-of-pregnancy-can-be-necessary-to-save-a-womans-life-experts-say-idUSL1N2TC0VD Maternal mortality rate in the US https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2020/nov/maternal-mortality-maternity-care-us-compared-10-countries Imprisonment/prosecution after Roe https://www.texastribune.org/2022/06/29/texas-abortion-funds-legal/ https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/23021104/texas-abortion-murder-charge-starr-county https://theintercept.com/2022/06/24/roe-v-wade-overturn-economic-impact/ Femicides and abortion https://scholarlycommons.law.emory.edu/eilr/vol34/iss3/3/ Obama deportation https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/obamas-deportation-policy-numbers/story?id=41715661 Obama drone strikes https://www.cfr.org/blog/obamas-final-drone-strike-data https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2017-01-17/obamas-covert-drone-war-in-numbers-ten-times-more-strikes-than-bush Obama austerity https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/austerity-obama-years The liberal view of the state https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHrQW-3M5_Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAbab8aP4_A The study on who the American government listens to https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/testing-theories-of-american-politics-elites-interest-groups-and-average-citizens/62327F513959D0A304D4893B382B992B Follow and Support Second Thought! Twitter: https://twitter.com/_SecondThought Patreon: https://patreon.com/secondthought BuyMeACoffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/secondthought CashApp: $JTChapman Watch More Second Thought: Latest Uploads: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJR_Fq2hhYVEFS11cf1YzG27 Spaaaaaace!: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJQRpqT-hMTTFx8A6VVH3m6v What If...: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJRI7VrWf_-mT0z6lrN--Cvi Popular Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJRx7ZaO9J04Kbob_u5baHxN About Second Thought: Second Thought is a channel devoted to education and analysis of current events from a Leftist perspective. Welcome! Business Email: secondthoughtchannel@gmail.com
