(08-08-2020, 07:39 PM)homebiscuit Wrote:

(08-08-2020, 07:33 PM)JackCity Wrote: A just protest is a just protest is a just protest. If you want to say Portland isn't a protest then you would have to first ignore everything they are saying they're protesting against at the protest, which would render the argument worthless

 
But where do you draw the line between protest and riot (illegitimate protest)? Continuously targeting specific people and places for violence, injury and destruction passes a line of legitimacy at some point.

A protest can be legitimate and not be wholly legal. Especially when we have mountains of evidence if police attacking peaceful protests with tear gas and violence over the past 6 months (this is happening in Portland too) 

The line of legitimacy gets very blurred when the reason for the protest also apparently decides the legitimacy of it

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