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[-] Sonicdemon86@lemmy.world 97 points 7 months ago

The only, only reason that the civil rights movement worked was because they had black panthers backing them up. Without threat of violence peaceful protests dont work.

[-] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Google "radical flank effect"

Edit: to clarify this is in support of ops comment. What they're talking about is called the radical flank effect.

[-] Sonicdemon86@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months ago

For those of us that are lazy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_flank_effect "The radical flank effect refers to the positive or negative effects that radical activists for a cause have on more moderate activists for the same cause." "Greater differentiation between moderates and radicals in the presence of a weak government.[2][13][14]: 411  As Charles Dobson puts it: "To secure their place, the new moderates have to denounce the actions of their extremist counterparts as irresponsible, immoral, and counterproductive. The most astute will quietly encourage 'responsible extremism' at the same time." "

[-] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 7 months ago

For those of us that are lazy….

Hey, that’s me!

[-] macaw_dean_settle@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

Or just use any other better search like Bing or duckduckgo. googol sucks and was never any good; quit pushing garbage.

[-] piranhaconda@mander.xyz 21 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Going to take me a lonnnng time to retrain my brain to not use "google" as a verb. I need to swap to the generic "search" or something

Edit: I didn't realize, but am not at all surprised, that "google" is officially a verb in the Merriam Webster dictionary

[-] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 10 points 7 months ago

Or we make Google the generic term for searching something online and they lose the trademark.

[-] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 11 points 7 months ago

I hope you're this pedantic when people ask for a Kleenex or a q-tip, or when they use Velcro

[-] phlegmy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago

They might be, depending on their region.
I only know what a q-tip is because I've seen americans say it online.
And while Kleenex is a brand over here, you'd get a slightly funny look if you asked for 'a kleenex' rather than 'a tissue'.

Velcro is definitely used here though, and so is googling, but variants of 'look it up' are more commonly used because it's more generic.

[-] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 1 points 7 months ago

What else can you call a qtip?

[-] brisk@aussie.zone 4 points 7 months ago

Cotton bud, cotton swab, ear bud

[-] SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Ask yourself what is a Q Tip?

[-] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 7 months ago

I use google as a generic verb to search for something on the internet

[-] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 2 points 7 months ago

Kinda crazy that in a space where we are concerned about a armed and masked gunman murders a woman in cold blood, as we wonder how to best cope and move forward - people will still argue about search engine choices.

[-] null@piefed.nullspace.lol 5 points 7 months ago
[-] Uruanna@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Like a drive by, but en passant

[-] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

This is bullshit. The Civil Rights Movement worked because people couldn't argue in favor of the relentless violence inflicted on non-violent protesters.

This entirely modern bullshit is propaganda designed to incite violence today.

[-] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 11 points 7 months ago

For the past two hours, you've been arguing against gun rights. Which is okay - you do you. Not everyone should own a gun. We all see the stats.

But you do realize the white woman who got executed didn't incite violence?

And you do realize that at the height of police brutality during BLM violence - armed BLM protesters stood peacefully to protect the disenfranchised, protesters like yourself - the normally aggressive police behaved?

We get it. YOU don't like guns. But when they're shooting unarmed white women who don't incite violence, a lot of people would prefer to keep their guns with them right now.

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